Sneaky, Sneaky

The most unusual thing happened a few days ago. I will try to explain this story the best way I know how.

It was like any other day in the Carey household. The kids were full of energy and having fun playing, Kenny was at a meeting, and I was beginning to fix dinner. I knew that Kenny would come home hungry and that the children had not eaten anything since lunch, so I decided to fix dinner early and have it ready at 4:30. I called the children to the table at about 4:45pm and was greeted with the response, "Yuck, chili!" by the small blondie (AKA Katie). It was no surprise for we all know that she is a strict vegetarian (minus the vegetables). Katie preceeded to tell me that she was not hungry, and Cole (the tag along) echoed her response. Maddie (our angel) loves chili and scarfed it down within seconds. The younger two skipped off as I called after them, "You will not get anything else!"

I was being patient that day, and we were having friends over soon, so I did not feel the necessity of them eating dinner right then. Well, our friends arrived and we visited for a few hours. Kenny had returned home, and he noticed the full plates sitting on the table, but did not seem to mind also. We went about our evening sitting in the living room, however we did walk outside for a small moment to show off our newly landscaped back yard. 6:30 rolled around and our friends left, but to my surprise the two younger children did not come and ask for food. Kenny and I ate, and still not a peep about nurishment from either child. I had also made corn bread, and I know Katie will eat that, but she proceeded to tell me she wasn't hungry. Finally 7:30 came and as we prepared the children for bed, I warned them....You may wake up hungry tonight, but I don't want to hear about it! They went to bed without an argument, and Kenny and I just stood with mouths agape, not sure what to do.

Now here comes the interesting part. As Kenny and I prepared for bed I was in our bathroom. I glanced over at the garbage, and I noticed that there were some cookie wrappers in it. I will proceed to explain my thought process:

"Hmmm, that's strange. Cookie wrappers in the bathroom garbage?!?"

"Why would Kenny eat cookies in the bathroom?"

"Wow, he must have been really craving cookies because he ate 3 bags of them!"

"Wait... Kenny wouldn't have eaten those in here!"

"Hmmm....3 empty cookie bags....3 children who were not hungry for dinner....3 empty cookie bags....3 children...."

Now, for most who know me you understand my delayed thinking process-he he.

Well, I can now proudly say that I have sneaky kids! I'm sure they think that they got away with this. Kenny and I were both too entertained over the thought of them hiding in our bathroom eating cookies to punish them. I thought most parents would find this humorous. It's amazing what these little minds can do when they put all three of them together:)