My wife had a night out with her girl friends recently, and it was my job to handle dinner that night. Being the skilled chef that I am (NOT), I whipped out the Mac and Cheese mix and cooked up a batch of one of my kid's favorite meals.

As I was scooping it up into their bowls, one of them slipped out of my hand and slammed down onto the counter on its side... spilling the noodles onto the kitchen floor. The kids started busting up laughing, and our dog Otis rushed over to see what the rucus was all about.

I figured no harm no foul and let him chow down, while my kids made certain I knew that "Mom would definitely not let Otis do that!" By then I had the camera in hand to take this cute shot of Otis cleaning up the kitchen floor for me, and it took all of about 30 seconds for him to lick away all traces of the Mac and Cheese.

Sure enough, my kids all made sure Mom knew what I had done the next day, and they tattled on me first thing in the morning. I was busted, but it still makes me chuckle thinking about it.

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You should at least let your wife know about this if she's the primary grocery shopper in the family: