Monday, April 23, 2012

Chocolate Goatee

     I did some new stuff with the kids during "Mama Monday" but those things got bumped as my new thing because sometimes the silly just beats out the crafty. 
     There is a tray of defunct "fudge" in the fridge.  As I tasted it I realized it reminded me of the top layer of heaven on the chocolate Entennman's cake.   As quickly as I said the words, "This would be good on a cupcake!"....there was John whipping up a bunch of them to top with the rich goo.  It was impossible to eat them without making a mess.  It was too thin to be an icing and too thick to be a topping but no matter what its density it tastes was sublime.  We dug in and there was no way to be neat or tidy.  I put down the role of nagging mother (who tries to teach manners at the table at all costs) and gave in...to...the...chocolate lava.  A drip here.  A smudge there.  Giggles started to spread as slowly but surely we were getting covered.  Hands, arms, noses...nothing was safe.  I then realized at the end of a long and productive Monday sometimes you just need a chocolate goatee.  It made my father laugh and my kids giggle.  Then I sang a little "Somebody That I Used to Know" and made myself giggle.  Get it? Huh? Huh? Do ya?  The morals of this story are: don't take life too seriously and chocolate makes everything better!
   

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