Whether it is with baking, hanging up laundry, scrubbing floors, unloading the dishwasher or doing yard work, Ella wants to be right in the middle of it.
At the mere mention of making zweiback, Ella will run to the table and pull the chair over to the counter. As you can see, her "helping" makes things take a bit more time to clean up, and we end up with less in the bowl by the end. Since this first bread making excursion (which may have been pizza dough or bierrocks, I can't remember) I've learned to let her hold an 1/8 tsp rather than a cup when working with flour.
Ella has been very interested and persistent with latching buckles. This has provided her with many minutes of entertainment at a time. Unfortunately, she has gotten much more proficient at it, and asks much more frequently for "hewl" (help) to unbuckle them so she can do it again, and again, and again. . .
Ella helped me plant the pansies, and ever since she is all about being in the dirt and watering the flowers (or just the dirt as you see here - there is nothing but weeds growing in that pot, but boy, are they growing thanks to her!)
Yep, that would be a power tool she is reaching for while daddy is looking the other way and mama is taking a picture. We are great parents.
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