Esther grabbed one of the small crimson baskets stacked with the aid of the desk and passed it to lily. “Let's get started.”
They moved past the vacationer provide section-postcards, pens with ferries on them, little brown and white candlesticks made from Mount Saint Helens ash, Christmas ornaments. Esther went on ahead; lily rolled slowly behind her.
They came to the cereal first. Esther grabbed a field of Cap'n Crunch and tossed it into the basket in her mother's lap.
“There's nothing suitable for you in that cereal.”
Esther turned, noticed her mother's frown. “Should I get the kind with crunchberries? It provides fruit.”
“Very funny. Will you grab one of these granolas for me-the sisters make it, if I take into account correctly.”
Esther reached for the beribboned bag of cereal an
