The Witching Hour

A friend of mine describes the Witching Hour at her house as the hour right before bedtime. For our family, it is the hour before supper, usually between 5:00 and 6:00. And let me tell you right now that it is not the kids who are in danger of turning green and taking a broomstick out for a spin. The trick is finding the right amout of snacks to give the kids without filling them up to the point where they do not eat their supper. The problem lies in the fact that I like to have us all eat together every night. DadOf3's job does not always let him get home at the same time every night. Some nights (like last night) he is home at 4:30. Some nights (tonight) he is not home and it is already after 6. The kids have been bickering and snipping at each other for the last hour. It is either feed them or put a call into the neighborhood black cat and dust off my broomstick! Bon apetite!