Brownies

A funny story from our babysitting adventure.  On Saturday I made brownies.  I forgot to take a picture, but these from google look about the same.  Anyway, today President's wife came to the office to thank us for taking care of the kids.  She said they were all happy, calm, the house was clean and everything went great.  She was happy and that made me happy.  Then she said that they loved the food that I prepared and they also loved the brownies.  She wanted to know how I made them and did I just use the brownie mix that she left at the house?  I told her that yes, I had just used the brownie mix.  "Well," she said.  "The kids liked yours much better and in fact so did the President.  What was my secret ingredient that I added?"  I laughed and told her it must have been the contest.  As we were finishing up dinner, Dan wondered who would be the lucky one to get the first piece.  When I told him that I hadn't even cut the brownies yet, he said that was even better.  Each person could cut just the size they wanted.  Then the kids said we should have a contest.  I quickly said that yes that my John and I would ask questions and the first person to reach 10 points would be the winner.  We proceeded to ask some very difficult questions; scientific facts, equations, literature questions, mathematical questions etc.  The older kids got all of the answers instantly.  They are all very bright.  Then I had to throw in a few ballet questions for little Emily to be able to get some points.  I asked what a pas de chat was.  She quickly showed me and got a point.  Then I asked what an arabesque was and she and John almost tied.  John was first, so he showed us an arabesque.  We all giggled at his manly attempt.  Then I had Em do it.  Of course hers was perfect, so we gave the point to her.  Everyone agreed that she should have the point.  We laughed and had lots of fun asking questions and the kids giving the answers and trying to beat one another.  It was a close contest, but John finally won.  We all applauded.  No wonder those were the best brownies ever.  They had to work to get them.  Haha.