Chef Brandon

I can't help but brag on my other son today! Brandon is my second oldest child and he is just full of energy and spunk. The girls and I slept on the couch bed last night and Brandon slept on one of our living room chairs (it fits 2 grown people in it). This morning he barely put the leg rest down and stood up before he said, "I'm going to ride my bike." He hadn't eaten breakfast, brushed his teeth, or even peed yet!!! I wish I had his energy. Anyway, the end of the year for me is a stressful time and I had spent most of the day up at the school putting together those end of the year books that Kindergartner's trot home with on the last day of school. I had walked in the door at 5:00 and the first thing out of Brandon's mouth was, "What's for dinner?" UUUUGGGGHHHH...I wish I had my own personal chef like Oprah! I gave him a look of exhaustion and said, "give me a minute, you are asking too much of me." Isn't that horrible??? I can't believe I even said that to my child. My job is to cook for them and I felt he was asking too much...eventually I would have gotten up, but he was starving and wanted food NOW!! So then he says, "Mom, you sit there, I am making dinner tonight." And he went in the kitchen and made macaroni and cheese and hot dogs!!!! He fed the family (Raleigh was at work) and was cracking me up talking about drizzleing hot dog juice over the hot dogs, and adding some garlic salt to the mac and cheese. He was really taking his job seriously and said he loves to cook! Cool!!!! Maybe I am well on my way to having my own personal chef! I may not be as rich monetarily as Oprah, but I feel richly blessed!!! Thanks Brandon!