Near the end of a long and difficult evening Clara looked up at me with a face full of frustration, pulled herself up tall, swelled up her chest and said:
“Well, Dad makes better pancakes than you!”
Please note, this is NOT the look Clara was giving me this evening!
Which is true.
Once we were done with our “pancake discussion” I laughed my way downstairs and made a batch of this (http://ourladyofsecondhelpings.com/2012/02/02/super-bowl-snacks-sugar-and-spice-popcorn/) Sugar and Spice popcorn.
I’m planning on saving her some.
Any girl who can make me laugh (though she certainly didn’t intend to) after such an evening is worthy of a popcorn treat tomorrow.
Who needs pancakes?
Besides, when Clara is “discussing” things with her Dad she might need to know that her Mom makes way better popcorn than he does!
Behind the Willows 
I need to learn some humor from you when it comes to the mean things kids say. I am having a tough time with Henry right now and need to blame it on him being a smart and independent 4 yr old that only wants to do things HIS way.
I think I have a six year old like that… her insults are less funny and didn’t make it onto the blog. I think next time they say something that is actually mean I’ll just pretend it’s because my pancakes are terrible- hopefully it’ll help! 🙂
I think my mother would have battered me…. Or suggested I went and tided my bedroom.
“tided my bedroom” – I’m pretty sure I heard a different version of that growing up as well! At least it had to do with my room and waiting until my Dad got home… 🙂
Now I know what my wife feels when my son said, ” I want to eat the mango curry dad made,” when his mom asked him one day what food he wants her to cook for him. And I rarely cook. Great post!
Mango curry? Yum! I say if your going to cook rarely cook great when you do. My Dad cooked very little while we were growing up but the homemade hash-browns he made were the best – still are!