Life does not always give you what you expect, but we have come to trust that we are always where we are meant to be and with faith, hope, and love we can conquer anything. Most importantly, it really is all about the journey...

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Beach Camping: kitchen helper deja vu

In preparation of the rest of our camping trip, we needed a delicious dessert to bring to the beach, of course! Charlie wanted to help and luckily there was a step that was perfect for a three year old to help with - sprinkling a layer of peanuts and chopped peanut butter cups. Yum. It took great restraint for Charlie not to snack while sprinkling and he *almost* succeeded! 


(Charlie loves getting stickers from the grocery store 
and putting them in the most obvious of places, as you 
can see. At least it was a real sticker and not the 
bright orange paid sticker that has ended up smack 
dab in the middle of his forehead more than once...)

As he was sprinkling, I was reminded of another time a three year old was given a similar task in my kitchen.  I went looking back through my pictures and this was from March 2010. Emanuel would have been almost exactly as old as Charlie is now - maybe just a a week or two difference. He helped me make magic cookie bars while a much younger Charlie napped in his crib. And I recall him having similar issues restraining himself from eating chocolate chips as he sprinkled. 



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