Best M-Day Present Ever
I know it's odd for a man to rave about a Mother's Day present, but rave I must. It was an ingenious plan, hatched by another mother. As the holiday approached, my kids dutifully made up their Mother's Day gifts. Ga Dai had cooked up a little musical number and Siu Wan had made up a little card/wall hanging. They were both quite nice. However, their plans were altered a bit the day before the event. A new expatriate family has rolled into town with three kids, the oldest being the same age as Siu Wan. We met them a couple weeks back and have started doing the playdate thing. Anyway, they had invited our girls over on Saturday morning. Yau Neih and the girls went over and Yau Neih chatted for a while. Then she came home to collect me and do the grocery shopping. Then plan was to meet up again for lunch, after which we would collect our kids. Apparently when Yau Neih left, Roxie--the other mom--sprung her idea on the girls: bake up a batch of chocolate chip cookies to give for Mother's Day. A nice gift for a woman who a) likes chocolate, b) has no oven of her own, and c) likes chocolate. (It's a perfect gift if d) the chocolate loving woman is nice enough to share food presents with her family. But I digress...) What made it nicer was that it was totally unexpected. So Roxie gets my hero of the month award. I'd give her a cookie but, uh, they're all gone.The question is, do we need to reciprocate for Father's Day? How long does it take to brew beer, anyway?
posted by John @ 7:19 AM
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