Today at lunchtime I did what I always do and made lunch for the boys. Henry was stalking me around the kitchen grumbling because I told him that he could play on the computer AFTER we went to the pool but not BEFORE which was apparently a HUGE injustice. So I put him to work finding place mats for lunch, mostly just to shut him up. He did that and then sat at the table grumbling about how long it was taking me to make the sandwiches and couldn’t we EAT already and get the whole pool thing OVER WITH so he could play on the computer?

Argh.

When the sandwiches were ready (which took like ninety five seconds, I swear to you) I asked Henry to call Charlie to the table. What I MEANT was would he walk to the bottom of the stairs and call his brother; what he HEARD me say was would he lean three inches to his left and holler “CHAAAAARLIE! LUNCH IS READY!”

Like I couldn’t have done that.
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