Crazy Conversations

Last night our house was pretty crazy.  My son's piano teacher had come to give him his lesson.  My husband and I were both running late getting home from work.  My younger son had decided not to nap well that day and was not in a good mood.  I was rushing around trying to get dinner on the table.  During the hustle and bustle I noticed that my 3 yr old daughter was wearing a different pair of pants than what we sent her to school in that morning.  When I finally got around to asking her about it, the crazy conversation went something like this:

Me:  "Honey, are you wearing someone else's pants?"
Daughter (enthusiastically jumping): "Yup, sure am mommy"
Me:  "Why are you wearing someone else's pants?"
Daughter (spinning in circles): "Cuz mine were wet."
Me: "Why were your pants wet?"
Daughter (happily jumping again): "Because they were, and my panties were wet too!"
Me (slowly realizing what probably happened): "Did you have an accident at school?!?"
Daughter (enthusiastically): "Yup, sure did mommy! I tee teed in the sandbox!"
Me (stressed thinking about how in the world her school was going to clean out the sandbox and realizing that I hadn't sent extra pair of panties to school with her in months): "Honey, how did it happen?  Did you forget to go potty?  Whose panties are you wearing?!?"

It was then that the said really happily, "Mommy, I get to wear special blue panties!".  She then dropped her pants and my husband and I realized she was wearing a pair of blue boxer briefs!  I guess the "extras" they keep around at school are all boy underwear.  The visual of my girly daugher with her painted nails and big hairbow wearing a pair of boxer briefs was hilarious.  My husband and I got a good laugh about it. As for my daughter, she was thrilled that she got to wear her "new blue panties" until bedtime.  What a crazy conversation!

My recipe of the week is a crockpot beef vegetable soup.  I never really followed a recipe for this one, so it may be just one that my family likes, but it's nice and warm on cold winter evenings.  I usually fix some cornbread to go with it.  It serves us twice.

Crockpot beef vegetable soup
beef stew meat
2 carrots, peeled and sliced
2 stalk celery, sliced
2-3 potatoes, peeled and cubed
1 cup corn
1 cup peas
1 can tomato sauce
worcestershire sauce (a couple of TBS)
salt & pepper to taste
water to cover

Throw everything in the cockput and cook on low all day.  Salt & pepper to taste before serving.  Enjoy!