Halloweenie!

"I'm so excited for Halloweenie!" Rachel said tonight, trembling.

(The latest cute thing she does is tremble when she's excited. It's so adorable!)

Drew pretended that she meant we would eat weenies on Halloween instead of duck soup (after she fills up on trick-or-treat candy, of course!). Rachel and I had a good time feigning horror and exclaiming, "No! Noo!" until he finally relented.

Rachel and I also outflanked Drew in the "over/under" argument. As in, should the toilet paper be inserted in the holder so the paper rolls OVER the roll, or UNDER?

I'm an under person; Drew is an over. We've been arguing about this for years. It even continued in Africa, when Drew would sign his letters, "p.s. over." It took so long for me to catch on that he claimed he won the battle. HAHAHA, I said, and continued to insert the toilet paper under.

(Really, people, we do discuss more substantive stuff. Like, if it's ever OK to deny medical care for your kid based on religious beliefs, or if the economy will improve in time for Rachel to find a job and leave our house; and how many men are on a baseball team. I still don't know the answer to that one. Nine? Eleven? Does it really matter?).

Tonight Drew told me that he and Rachel were having the over/under discussion, and before I could prompt her, Rachel -- who was sitting and listening to us -- yelled, "UNDER." I said, "yeah, UNDER!" Drew said "OVER!" but he was no match for the two women at the table. I feel so sorry for him -- this is only the first of many times he's gonna be outvoted on critical issues.

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Drew pretended he wasn't going to share the pretend candy bars he told Rachel he would eat for dinner one of these days (instead of a nutritious meal).

"There's a rule you need to share your candy with us, Dad!" she admonished him. "Sharing is caring!"