Our Kitchen Counter

Our kitchen is where all the action is... whether we're sitting around talking, playing a game, doing homework, baking, painting fingernails, administering first aid... it all happens in our kitchen.  It's the hang out.  And with our kitchen, anything goes.

We are a game playing family... and a competitive family.  And not just the regular board games like Ticket to Ride, or Settlers of Cataan.  We create our own games.  Crazy games.  One game involved coming down the hall weaving in and out of the bar stools, throwing a ball into a cup or bowl, sliding across the counter, and countless other obstacles all within the confines of the kitchen.  And you were timed.  Then of course, everyone would like to go again and again trying to beat the best time.  We have had anywhere from 65 pounds to 190 pounds sliding across our kitchen counter at top speeds.

Since the first time the nail polish was spilled on the carpet, a new rule was established that all manicures and pedicures were to be done in the kitchen.  I can't tell you how many times we played "Salon" and had a plate of  Pepperidge Farm Milano cookies to serve as I applied the polish.

Dying Easter Eggs is a holiday tradition and thank goodness for a countertop sealer to protect from the many drops and spill of egg dye.  At Halloween, this counter is full of sliced pumpkin bread and a crock pot full of cider for cold Trick or Treaters.  Thanksgiving brings countless pies created and Christmas fills the counter with candies and cookies.  New Years and the counter is covered with snacks and plastic champagne glassed filled with sparkling cider.

If our kitchen counter could talk.

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