Dinner Conversation
Tonight while I duked it out with a blob of pizza dough from the store bakery, rolling it this way and that on a baking sheet, Madalyn exclaimed, "It's beau-ti-ful!"
Later on, the three of us- Evan, Madalyn, and I- sat around the dinner table discussing how the earth rotates and revolves. (My head inflates just a little when I impart such wisdom on them, which I figure is okay because pretty soon I will be all "um, I'm not sure... go see if your dad knows?") A pepperoni served as the sun, and a piece of asparagus as the earth. I explained day and night, and dark and light, turning the asparagus in my fingers. Then I explained a year- 365 days- of moving the asparagus around the pepperoni while it turned. When I was all done with my elegant demonstration Evan said in a delighted manner, "Mommy, that was pretty. Will you do it again?"
...what satisfactory darlings I live with tonight!
