Baking art and body parts

I've had waaaay too many cups of coffee today, and have been feeling really ambitious, so we made cookies this afternoon. Well, when I say "we" I mean "I" because, being the control freak that I am, I measured the ingredients, dumped them in the bowl, mixed them, and then gave the batter to the kids and told them to "make cookies". This exercise consisted in a lot of licking, munching, and eating dough, and almost no cookies on the sheet. So, of course, I then "made the cookies" and the kids ate them. So much for open-ended child-directed age-appropriate expectation-free activities at our house.

Ok here's a game for everyone to play.. no cheating by reading ahead either. I gave the kids a bath tonight. I like to try and put away a couple loads of laundry at the same time. So, the kids are fighting in the tub, and I'm putting away laundry in the hall, and I hear them fighting, but keep putting the towels away because this is a pretty typical bath, see if you can guess the ending here.

Ben - "SAM IT'S MINE!"

Sam - "No... MINE!"

Ben - "SAAAAAMMMMM MINE!"



Me: "You guys need to play nice and share your toys or you're coming out of the bathtub. If you're going to fight over toys, it's time to come out."

Ben: "But mommy, it's MY FOOT! I HAD IT FIRST!"

Sam: "NO! MY foot!"

(yes, they're fighting over Ben's foot)

Me: "Sam you leave Ben's foot alone, you have your own foot!"

(yes I really said that)

Sam: "foot?"