Our road twists and bends, but it never ends
Zuzu decided she wanted to help me with the cooking this week. So, she got out one of our many kids’ cookbooks and found things she wanted to make.
After pouring over her three-page shopping list covering a dozen dishes, I told her: pick one thing to make per week. This is what she picked.
A double-decker malt. One half vanilla, the other half chocolate–separated by a layer of crushed malt balls. As you can see below, it was a big hit. (Kate chose not to participate.)
A Christmas season housing boom has come to the monkey troop as Stella, Zuzu and Grant went with Sandie to a gingerbread building event at Grace. I can’t speak for Grant’s house in the hours since Sandie snapped this shot, but the girls have brought new meaning to the term being “eaten out of house and home.”
This is not a crying girl. This is the look of conflicted desire: how do you choose between two things you want when you can only have ONE? Zuzu wanted me to come up and and cuddle. I offered instead to give her wake-up cuddles and the first hot chocolate in the morning (seconds when everyone else came down) AND story reading in the morning. The choice was hers: a quick tuck-in tonight, or the deluxe DaddyMom morning prize package. This is the look she made while wrestling with her choice. A little tonight or lots more tomorrow. A dad in the hand, or more tomorrow. Which do you think she chose?
time with Grammy is a treat in our house. She comes bearing fun and surprises for the kids. And, with any luck, that fun includes time in the kitchen. This visit was no exception. When Grammy pulled her chocolate molds and colored chocolates from her bag, we knew there would be more treats than tricks this Halloween.
A few short blasts from the microwave and the chocolate was good to go. Grammy did a couple as Zuzu watched. Then, it was her turn.
There’s nothing that vexes me more in the kitchen than working with chocolate. Grammy, on the other hand, walks in and ping, pang, bang: perfect chocolate. Zuzu took charge and finished the job.
The finished product: looks great, tastes even better. Another visit from Grammy, another tasty treat. Good thing she’s coming back again in a few weeks!
We should all have a fan like Grammy. Zuzu loves when Grammy comes to visit. But, she absolutely glows when Grammy is on the sidelines of a soccer game. What passes between the two of them is nothing short of divine. Indeed, when the two of them connect, a third seems present.
