She placed her ears on the phone and heard Peter said, "Mom, I ate carrots today!"

"Well, Peter that's great!" Veronica Parker squinted and smiled.

"Mom, I taught Daniel to write today!" Cathy joined.

Daniel nodded his head with a slow half-beat, "Yes, Cathy teach me how to write Mom "

"Both of you were very good today!" Veronica Parker thought, how can Cathy teach Daniel how to write when she didn't even know how to? But she just kept that to herself.

Julie said, "Mom, Josh didn't finish his meal, I helped him eat it up!"

Josh said, "No Mom I ate it all by myself."

Veronica Parker felt...