Helpers

Tenley was in charge of family night last night and she wanted to teach a lesson on being happy. We found an article in the Friend magazine about how when we're helping we're happy. It was a great lesson and it reminded me that I need to be more willing to let my kids help when they ask to. I'm all about doing things as quickly and efficiently as possible so when my kids want to help I know it will take twice as long and leave a bigger mess. But more importantly it helps them feel important and it gets us working together! So today I let them make cookies! We had leftover chocolate chip cookie dough from our trip that Tenley rolled into balls and put in the oven. And Brad helped Kade make snickerdoodles! Kade did a really great job following a recipe for the first time. And they were all delicious!