Tea

Sophia boils the kettle and steeps the tea. She hands a cup to Chloe and as I do not LOVE tea Sophia does not pass me one. I thank God for that because I never had to taste the horrible concoction. Chloe takes a sip and just about throws up. She screeches

“What is this?”

Sophia says

“It’s mint tea.” The she herself takes a sip and again just about throws up, she spits it back into her cup and with a what-is-this look says “Very rotten mint tea.”

She takes Chloe’s cup and goes back into the kitchen this time she throws out the tea and using the newly boiled water makes apple cider. Now I like apple cider, but Sophia thankfully didn’t think of giving me a cup. Once again Chloe takes a sip and whispers to me “what is this?” I sniff it and I answer

“It’s apple cider.”

She takes another sip and says “It tastes like Pee.”

I give a little giggle thinking she just doesn’t like apple cider. Then from across the room I here Sophia say…

“What is this?!”

Once again Sophia takes the cups away and goes into the kitchen; she takes a sip from the kettle and just about chucks her cookies.

Mom earlier that day had gone on a cleaning binge and had filled the kettle with vinegar, but had forgotten about it.

Lessons learned: always check the WATER before you boil.

Oh and, ah… never ask Sophia to make tea