Yesterday afternoon, I was sitting on my living room floor going through recipe books and playing "boo!" with Carter. "Boo" is simply played by me saying "Boo" to him and he gut laughs (with his Chris Farley double chins) and runs as fast as he can with his best Napoleon Dynamite run! Seconds later, he comes sprinting around the corner and says "Boo" (which sounds more like "ba") and "scares" me and the gut laughing continues.
The "Boo"'s and laughing sparked an interest in Ella and she came over to play with us, but quickly got side tracked by the recipe books in my lap (a girl after my own heart). She carefully studied the pictures on each of the pages. I told her to pick a recipe out and then we could cook it together sometime. She was so excited!
As the night went on, so did our nightly routines and I had almost forgotten about the recipes. When Ella was in the bath, we were discussing what we'd like to do the following day. I suggested that maybe we take a little trip to Disneyland. I thought that would trigger an automatic response of clapping and happy hollers of "yes!" But to no avail. I could almost see the wheels turning in her head. Disneyland? hmmm.... Cooking new recipes...hmmm? Quickly her mind was made up and she declared very mater-of-factly that her choice was to cook with me!
I was shocked and not prepared for that response. I had to take a moment and soak it in!
Finally, I said: "Wow. o.k., Then Cooking it is!"
So today.... We cooked!
On Ella's menu: Chocolate chip muffins and lemonade slush...
And it was a success!
Now our bodies are full of chocolate chip muffins and lemonade slush!
Now our bodies are full of chocolate chip muffins and lemonade slush!
Quite the combo!
