Onion juice!

Pretty girl!

Cassidy REALLY loves to cook. She’s been SO AWSOME lately and while Ben and I work out in the evenings, she cooks dinner. The work out and the kitchen are connected so if she needs to ask any questions or oversee how things are going, we’re right there.

Scene: Kitchen, Thursday night.
Menu: Cayenne-Rubbed Chicken with Avocado Salsa

Me: *pumping iron*
Ben: *pumping iron*
Tony Horton: BRING IT!
Cassidy: Mom, how do I get the onion juice?
Me: Ummm.
Ben: What?
Cassidy: I need the onion JUICE.
Me: I think you need to read the recipe again.
Cassidy: It says: “Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, combine onion and lime juice; set aside.”
Me: HAHahhah. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. HAaaaAAAAHHHHAAHAHAHAAHHAAHHA
Cassidy: …
Ben: Onion. *deep breath* And lime juice.
Cassidy: OOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Me: OMG REMIND ME TO BLOG THIS LATER!
Cassidy: *angry stare*

Sometimes living with a teenager is better than TV.

Life with a teenager.

Phone call today on the way home.

Me: WWWHHHHHHAAAAAAaTTTT!?
Cassidy: Mama?
Me: Cassidy.
Cassidy: Is it okay if Alexis comes over? We need to bake stuff for the bake sale we’re having for Lucero Luna.
Me: Do you have your…
Cassidy: My PE clothes are in my bag.
Me: And you talked to your teacher about that…
Cassidy: She put the grade in wrong, I got a C but I’m going to do some corrections and bring it up and it will be better.
Me: Okay, I’ll be there in like 10 minutes.
Cassidy: OKAY!
Me: OKAY BYE!

In the car:

Me: I can already tell what’s going to happen here. I’m going to be up till 11:00PM baking things.
Cassidy: I’m going to make it all!
Me: Between shopping for the stuff, homework, laundry, vacuuming and dinner you are going to bake four batches of brownies and two batches of Rice Krispie treats?
Cassidy: YES!
Me (to Alexis): I’m going to be up all night baking.
Alexis: Probably!

Go to store. Buy ALL THE THINGS!

Me: So four boxes of brownies, two boxes of Rice Crispies, three packages of marshmallows, two bags of M&Ms. Wait, why do we have two bags of M&Ms?
Cassidy: For the rice crispy treats!
Me: We only need one bag, there are enough for like 78 BILLION BATCHES there.
Cassidy: They’re two for $8.00!
Me: So get ONE for $4.00!

A minute later they reappear!

Alexis: They’re actually $7.00 a bag! So you get a whole extra bag for $1.00!
Me: Oh, well then you should get two!
Cassidy: OMG WE JUST PUT IT AWAY!
Me: WELL GO GET IT AGAIN!
Cassidy: OKAY! *epic eye roll*

On the way to the car:

Cassidy: So we need to make the posters tonight so we can put them up tomorrow so kids bring money.
Alexis: Okay!
Me: WAIT! WHAT!?
Cassidy: We. Need. To. Make. Post…
Me: I GOT THAT!? Tonight? So this things isn’t till Wednesday!?
Cassidy: Nope.
Me: @(#$@#*)$)@*#%@#% You told me we had to bake TOOOOOOODAY!
Cassidy: I did?
Alexis: I’m pretty sure you did say that.
Me: I AM GOING TO LOSE ALL MY HAIR
Cassidy: I’ll still think you’re beautiful.
Me: I’m going to punch you in the face.
Alexis: I’ll still think you’re beautiful, Cassidy.

The only reason I didn’t make them walk home from the store is because I think what they are doing is very admirable. They are trying to raise money to help whatever family Lucero had left give her a decent funeral. I can’t be mad at that. And I’ll probably be up all night baking and that’s okay.

Cassidy is on the yearbook team? Committee? And she and her friend suggested that they make a page for her in the yearbook.

This kid. Sometimes I want to punch her in the face, other times I want to hug her till she promises to never leave home.