Veronica raised her children in the art of snarkjitsu.

son: "Lily made me carry the watermelon up the stairs instead of taking the elevator. It's her fault I fell because it was too hard to walk with a watermelon."

Veronica: "Aww, you should write a book about it, and call it 'I Don't Know How to Walk With a Watermelon.' Maybe it will be a best seller and you can use the royalties to pay someone to carry your watermelons in the future."