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the door with the bright blue bakery box!

I’d been dodging her demands for Dutch

chocolate caramel cupcakes for weeks…

The kid has a wicked sweet tooth!

11:21 – What about her dad? Does he have a sweet tooth too?

11:22 – Nah… He actually prefers tart

and salty…

I quickly typed:Interesting! Tart and salty sounds like me!I deleted the words instantly. Even I knew how lame they sounded. I needed to add flirting instructions to my future lesson plans. Fortunately, Pete was quicker on his fingers than I was

11:22 – I headed straight for the

peanut-butter and jelly pretzel cupcake!

Yum…

11:23 – Eww…

I only ordered that one because the lady said little kids love it.

11:24 – What can I say? Sometimes

I think I have the palate of a five-year-old…

But not the body!And deleted again.

11:26 – Really? I don’t believe you.

I saw you hitting the tuna tartar pretty hard at the party!

I almost mentioned spotting him at the sushi restaurant, too, but managed to maintain some restraint.

11:28 – So I was right…You couldn’t keep

your eyes off of me…

11:29 – I won’t confirm or deny... Cocky, much?

11:31 – Well, you do know what they called

me in grade school…

I pounded my forehead with the back of my hand. Was there a flirting for idiots book I could download tonight? Right when the banter was becoming fun, I had to make him remember that!

11:31 – Fine. I am actually a foodie –

I just pretend to only like kid food

11:32 – Why? Because it is all your daughter eats?

11:33 – No, because it is all I can cook.

11:32 – I love cooking. But don’t do it enough. I hate cooking for one