Chef Maddie

Maddux loves Wednesdays. And Fridays. But mostly Wednesdays. When we don't have MOPS (which is at least 50% of the time), it is full-on Mommy-n-Maddie time. No other plans. No other friends. Chick-fest for us. Today we did run two errands, but they were to grocery shop, which she loves. In between those two places, we came back to the house to prepare turkey chili for our Community Group. Maddux pulled over a chair and got ready to help Mommy cook. We both donned aprons, and then Maddux found this crazy feather clip thing that she wanted to wear. The kicker was, it totally matched her shirt! For Maddie, helping meant mostly shaking the spices (most of the time they were closed) and stacking cans and spices, but she was helping and involved. When it came time for her to dump something or mix something, she was in heaven. We ended our day with a quick stop at the bagel store for lunch (on the way to pick up Eli after our second errand). She said, "We havin' 'pecial date wiff Mommy and Maddie?" Good times. I love my special time with that crazy girl!