The Magic of Cooking

In the van after going through the McDonald's drive through, all five of us are headed to the Pendleton pool.

"Hey mom, I'm mixing strawberries and plain lemonade to make strawberries and plain lemonade. "

A lone cricket chirped somewhere in the distance.  Before anyone could think of what to say, Ethan joined in.

"Hey, dad."

"What?" I asked.

"I'm mixing strawberries and plain..."

He trailed off as though he'd forgotten the next ingredient.

"Plain lemonade?" I ventured. "You'll never guess what that makes," I said.

Justin joined in with a wrye smile.

"What?" he asked, in mock wonderment.

"Strawberries and plain lemonade," Logan said, with the kind of satisfied enthusiasm that comes from having successfully taught someone an important life lesson.

"That's the magic of cooking!" he exclaimed.

- 16 June 2013