{conversation between me and my youngest child}
ME: Do you want me to bake more pumpkin bread so you can bring some to your girlfriend's house for Thanksgiving?
CHILD: It's okay. I have leftover pumpkin bread from the batch I took to work.
ME: No, you don't. Not really.
CHILD: Yes, I have one whole container that's still full.
ME: Um.... No, I don't think so.
CHILD: Mom, the container with the pumpkin bread is on the kitchen table.
ME: Yes, it is, and I've been eating it.
ME: Yeah. Pretty much.
(Pause. Momentary silence.)
CHILD: Yes.
ME: Yes, what?
CHILD: Yes, I want you to bake more pumpkin bread so I can bring some with me.
{And so it goes. Happy Turkey and Pumpkin Bread Day, all!}
