The Enablers

Dinner at our house does not usually end with a dessert. Most of the time dinner is filling enough that dessert is just not required and we'd rather have the kids eat a good meal without having to bribe them with dessert. But desserts do happen occasionally.

My in-laws (Memere & Pepere - French for grandma & grandpa) always have dessert and we have most Sunday night dinners at their house.

Last night was a particularly light meal that needed to be followed by a sweet treat. We finished our meals and were still at the table when DaMom asks DaGirl what she would like for dessert, here's what happened:

DaGirl: COOOOKIEs
DaMom: We don't have any cookies.
DaGirl: CREAAM
DaMom: We don't have any ice cream.
DaGirl: (pauses - you could see the thought coming) MEMMES HOUSE!!!

We all laugh.

DaMom: My mother's got to hear this!

She grabs the phone and rings her up.

DaMom: Hey mom, guess who wants to come over for dessert? YUP. What's that say she thinks about your house?

She hands the phone to DaGirl and with little prodding DaGirl tells Memere that she'd like ice cream for dessert. They end the phone call with some laughs and we think no more of it.

DaMom gets up to make some cookies from scratch while I bathe DaKids.

10 minutes later guess who's here? With ice cream. And brownies. And whipped cream.

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