Mama Diaries

Thursday, May 31, 2012

Brownies, Please!

On Saturday, I'll be having a student recital for everyone I teach. Afterwards, there will be a reception. This means that I have a lot of baking to do, because I have about forty students. Yesterday I made my world-famous chocolate chip cookies - the ones I make at Christmas that my husband eats before Christmas, so that I have to make a new batch. Yeah, those. Of course he wanted to eat the whole batch. He complained loudly about his allotment of only two cookies. Today, I made brownies. About four neighborhood kids wandered into my house while I was making them. They must've smelled the scent of brownies wafting through the open window. I pulled them out of the oven and put them on a board to cool off. "Can we have some?" my daughter asked. "No," I said. "They're for the recital." One by one, the neighborhood kids came over to where the cooling brownies were. "Can we have some?" they asked. "No," I said again. Then my husband came into the room - Mister Sweet Tooth himself. "Are they ready yet?" "No." "How about now?" "No." "Now?" "No." Then he started with the chant: "Brownies!...brownies!... brownies!" All the kids joined in. The house was full of brownie chanters. "All right!" I shouted. "You can have a brownie!" "Yay!" I guess I had better go bake some more!

12 comments:

  1. Those of us with a sweet tooth can be pretty persuasive. ;) Good luck keeping everyone away from your next batch!

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    1. I'll have to make them when everyone is sleeping!

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  2. Forty students? Wow! Do you hire a venue to hold your recital or do you have it at home?

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    1. I have it at a local church. This year's recital is going to be long. Hopefully the young ones won't get too restless!

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  3. haha you totally caved in and gave up the brownies! that's sweet though. literally!!

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  4. sounds to good to save, huh--i can never make good brownies!

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    1. I've had a lot of practice. I'm not the greatest cook, but I sure can bake!

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  5. I guess you need to start doubling up your batches. :)

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  6. hahahaha oh that is great, getting the kids going, how can you say no?

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