“yes silly! candy… he said he would if I didn’t tell on him about…. Oh…”
not making eye contact with her, she would quickly walk past her , changing the subject.
“I could eat candy for every meal, momma! it’s THAT yummy!”
starting to giggle, she covered her mouth to hide her mischievous smile from her mother.
“just… seeing what henry is doing! where is he?? he said he would give me candy today!”
[ frowns just slightly, before her expression smoothed out once more ]
oh, i was about to ask you the same.
( i was about to put away the cleaned and ironed clothes. )