I decided that today (since it's dark and gloomy AGAIN), that I would make my yummy Swedish coffee bread.
I like to do things like this when the kids are at school or napping because I know how much faster and cleaner it is when ALL the kids are gone. But today Amber was NOT napping, she was awake playing in her room, I thought she'd never hear me.
I began making my bread without anyone present. Amber occupied, dad outside working to complete the sprinkling system, and the older kids at school! Perfect timing. I was hurrying along because I know that my time alone is limited. The loud sound of the Bosch mixer echoes throughout the house and then---little missy discovers that I am doing something fun in the kitchen-----WITHOUT HER! My short time of being alone, content and calm comes to a screeching halt when Amber comes running around the corner with all her might and says, "Mommy, Ambew hewp you?"
How could I not let her help me when she asks with such a sweet voice? I nearly made it from beginning to end without little hands making things messier and more complex. Not today!
I agree to let Amber help because I know that there will soon come a time when she is older and will no longer WANT to help.
It just so happens that I was cracking the eggs (the messiest part for a little one to do) into the bowl when Amber came running in the kitchen and little miss independent, sandy blonde haired, blue-eyed 2 yr. old believes that she can do better. I hates to say, "no" when there is such excitement in Amber's eyes. I agree to let her crack the eggs. I hand Amber an egg and wah-lah.
JUST WHAT MOM WANTS......AND NO LESS.
Anyone want bread? It was made from the cutest little girl and made with all the love in the world.
AAARRRGGGHGHHHH!
