Thursday, December 3, 2009

A day in the kitchen

In my tiny pool of available time, I am managing to squeeze in a very small amount to baking. It is that time of year after all. I have a new little helper. I've always had help in the kitchen. And I still have my big boy helper sometimes. But now I have a cute little helper whose smile lights up my kitchen. See what I mean. She asks a million and one questions. I understand about half of them. That is big. I used to not understand anything. We are coming along. I think it is moments like these that are helping. She and I are spending time together just talking. No big brothers around. She can't just nod to what he says; she has to talk to me herself. And to top it off, she is learning to make apple crisp. In another year I will be able to send her to the kitchen to make me dessert while I veg. on the couch. It's an investment in the future I figure.
BTW, what do you think of my new wall color in the dining room? I told you I couldn't stand wood paneling. I'm not sure just how I feel about painted wood paneling yet. But replacement wasn't in the budget for this year. $20 worth of paint was. I like the color a lot. We also painted the kitchen a bright sunny yellow. And I used a yellow green as an accent. I will show you these things another day perhaps.

7 comments:

Flea said...

I love the new color in the dining room. And I love Anna's smile. So glad to hear that she's talking some and that you can understand! Send me some of that apple crisp! It's freezing here and I need warm food!

Gina said...

That's awesome! Phee loves to help in the kitchen too :) Love the wall color, excited to see pics of the kitchen color as well:)

Gina said...

Going to the post office today ;)

Donalyn said...

with a helper that cute, I am not sure how you get anything done - so distracting! And you know I love it when people match their wall color to one of my favorite daylilies!

2nd CM said...

I'm glad you asked because I noticed the new color right off ... it's very nice! ... looking forward to the kitchen pics!

Louise said...

E- I love the color and that smile surely does light up the kitchen.
enjoy!

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