Huckleberries: Kids’ fam grows to meet their sweet tooth cookie demands

So two neighborhood kids showed up at the front door of Casa Oliveria recently, asking if they could plow the driveway for money. They were about 7 and 5 years old. A brother and a sister. Their snow shovel was bigger than they were. The chances that they could handle the snow load on the driveway were slim and none. Mrs. O declined their offer, giving each a fresh-baked cookie instead. Then, Mrs. O offered to give the children a cookie for each member of their family. Their nuclear family has four people in it – Dad, Mom and the two kids. The little girl, eyes fixed on the giant chocolate kiss in the center of the cookie that she’d received, responded: “We have 29 in our family.” I’m glad Mrs O didn’t fall for that fib. Or I would have been without a cookie when I got home later in the day/ DFO , Wednesday Huckleberries column. More here.