Breathing in the sweetness that is Eden

One of the challenging things about having 2 kids, is making sure you are giving equal time to both kids. Since Tex has been so sick, I think the scale has been a little out of balance and Eden has been the one getting left out. In addition to being left out, she is also 2 and a half, and I have had many many sleepless nights in a row...making me a little less than my "sometimes patient" self. Often I'd go to bed wishing I spent more time with her, thought of more things for us to do and explore...but the other night wasn't one of those.

Last Saturday, Jonathon had a reunion in town to attend. I ran to the store to buy a few ingredients for pumpkin cookies before he left, and once we got Tex to bed at 6:30....the evening was mine and Eden's alone. No interruptions, no schedules to keep, no distractions. Just me, and the sweetness that is Eden. We baked, we made messes, we stayed up 2 hours past bed time...and I could care less. For me, this time we spent together was the breath of fresh air that I had been missing for days. The more time we spent together, the more I realized how much I had missed her. There was time to chat with my little chatter-box, time to eat sweets together and pick at the bag of chocolate chips, time to enjoy one another's company. It was a night I hope to never forget.

Before we got started, I wanted to make sure Eden had eaten her dinner all gone. We made spaghetti, but before she finished her food, the baking bug had already hit her.

I decided that was good enough for me, so we got the ingredients out and got to work. (I didn't feel like deciding which photo was cuter...so you can look at them all. Feel free to vote if you like) ;-)

Mix it all up
and put it in the oven and watch and wait wait wait
And show your pink puppy. It was so fun to watch her as she warned her puppy ever so lovingly not to touch the oven because it is "very hot".

And since you will be waiting so long, you may as well make yourself comfy.

After a few minutes of watching our treats cook, we decided to play on the computer for a bit. Eden loves to make pictures with the paint program. Tonight she said she wanted to make pancakes. This is what we came up with. Notice her suggestion of Mickey Mouse pancakes? I've never made her those...where did she come up with that?

Once the cookies were done and had cooled off a bit, Eden thought they were still a little too warm to eat, so she held it in front of the fan...just like so.

Perfect!

The floor may have gotten a little messy...but I didn't mind. Eden helped me clean up when we were done anyway.

I said, "Okay Eden. We are all done. Time to clean up. Can you help me?"
"Yup!" She replied. "Over here mom. There is some by my foot!" ;-)

I guess she picked that up from me when I am helping her clean up her messes. "Ooops Eden, looks like you missed a spot over here by my foot."

So, we cleaned our whole mess with me wiping it up and her pointing out the spots with her foot. We pretty much had a ball. I hope there are many more nights in store like this for me and my Eedie Bee.