out smarted!

The Genius

recently i posted about a little boy in our neighborhood who the boys call master. (per this little boys request) we have ended that. they now call him by his name. but for the point of the story, i will refer to him as master. anyway, "master" makes frequent trips to our door. he will send the boys in and they will say thing like "mom, master needs a green popsicle" or "hey mom, master needs a snack". Now it is one thing if we are giving our kids something and ask him if he would like something. however, garran and I both feel that it is a little on the rude side to just walk up to someones house and request food. especially when once it is given he seems to disappear.

yesterday, i think we might have fixed the problem. i love my husband for many reasons, but yesterday it was for his pure genius!!

"master" came to the door and cullan said "master is hungry, can he have a popsicle?". Garran said "no, he can't have a popsicle, but i have something for him." He then told the kids to sit at the picnic table on our back patio.

Garran then came out with a bowl of diced carrots from a can and a bowl of asparagus from a can. he set it on the table and said enjoy. all three just looked at it. then they proceeded to try it. Garran and i sat and watched their faces as the boys tried the asparagus right out of the can. It was so funny. Garran went back out after a few minutes and said, "oh did you guys want something else?" master said "well what do you have?'" Garran replied "hmm, i think we have some brussel sprouts!". needless to say, "master" went home! problem solved.