“Eat some peas,” my wife said, handing our oldest son the serving bowl of steamed peas and carrots.<\/p>\n
He waved her away. “I already did.”<\/p>\n
She tilted her head and raised her eyebrows at him.<\/p>\n
“I did! I did!” He turned to his younger brother. “You saw me eat them. Tell her!”<\/p>\n
A slow smile spread across my nine-year old’s face.<\/p>\n
His older brother slumped in his chair, defeated. “Okay. I’ll eat some more, but I did already have some.”<\/p>\n
“I saw him,” I lied. “He’s good.”<\/p>\n
My youngest son flashed me a “how could you?” look.<\/p>\n
I’m not really sure why I did it, but I think it was his smile. There’s just something unsettling about seeing an evil smile on a 9-year old’s face.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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