Food for Thought- Family Style

Mollie came over yesterday with the kiddos and we hung out and played around the house. It was a dreary, cold day so we talked, ate, watched movies and downloaded loads of country tunes. We were singing a classic 70's tune when she told me how she lost Mother of the Year status, and I thought it was so funny I had to post this. Friday morning when her son Padyn woke up he asked her, "why didn't you feed us dinner last night?" Mollie looked at him stunned,and reminded him that he ate a sandwich in the car on the was from one activity while traveling to another activity. Then he asked her, "when did you and Anya eat dinner?" She smiled and told him how she and his little sister ate a sandwich in the car while watching him play said activity. He thought about this for a moment and then asked, "Well, when did dad eat dinner?" At this she began to laugh and replied, "I don't really know, but probably before he went to coach baseball". After 3 questions she realized that maybe they all needed to sit and eat a meal together more often. And when, she wondered, had she begun to consider a sandwich dinner? We all lead hectic, sometimes crazy lives. I can't think of anyone busier than my sister and her family. She does more in one day than I do in 2 days. She is an amazing mom and juggler of schedules. I get tired just hearing about all she and her family does in a weeks time. If there was an award for Most Ambitious Mother I'd vote for her( as long as she promised to make me a sandwich).