Twin Juice

I was in the living room this morning, enjoying the sunrise, when Rob walks in.
"They're getting into trouble in the kitchen."
Oh no. What are they doing?
"Putting sugar in water and drinking it."
I called for them to stop.
"It's okay Mom! It's sweet! It tastes good! We're making juice"
I shudder to think what church is going to be like this morning, knowing they're doing sugar shots in there.
I told the boys it wasn't really juice, because there wasn't any FRUIT in there. "Ohhhhhhh".
30 seconds later, Rob says "Why are you giving them permission to cook by themselves?"
I didn't! I swear!
Both boys came in and showed me their "special treat juice". They'd thrown a whole strawberry, stem and all, into the sugar water. Great. That's MUCH better.