keeping score...

... this morning i had the pleasure of overhearing two older jewish mothers get in a friendly pissing contest.

the Little attended a bday party where the spread was a large long table of goodies to nosh on - bagels, fruit, chips, cookies, sticky buns, and the like. at one point most all of the party guests and parents had headed outside to watch the kids make slime with the mad scientist, and so i went to the table in search of whatever caffeine i could find. as i poured myself a diet soda i saw two women talking and i easily identified them as the grandmothers of the bday girl. they were both admiring the spread of food that was on the table and just as the maternal grandmother complimented and praised her daughter for all her hard work at preparing such a beautiful spread the paternal grandmother promptly gave all the credit to her son by commenting that he had been the one to go shopping at costco for the food. this continued pleasantly back and forth for a few minutes before i was distracted and walked away. what's funny is what i know will probably happen at the end of the party or the end of the day -- the parents who threw the party will smile at eachother a smile of relief and be glad that they, as a team, pulled it off.