It's Time

    Annie always helps me with the dishes at home, but on Sudays at my mom's, the moms always take over the kitchen. 

This Sunday when the cousins left early I decided it was time. 

Time for Annie to join the women in the kitchen. 

   She was excited when I asked her to dry the dishes

for Grandma while I fed Roo, "Ooooooo!  Really?!"

Then we told her all about the kitchen:

It's a privilege to be invited into the kitchen to help.

We don't let the men help because it is too much fun!

It's a bonding time for the women,

we talk about how our weeks went and all kinds of good stuff.

:)

As I listened from the next room I heard her,

"So Grandma..what did you do this week?" 

...and they talked.

And then it was true...all the stuff we said,

it is a bonding time...it IS fun. 

Made me smile as I remembered all the hours trying to get my sisters to do the dishes for me.

 And when Grandma rested on a stool to talk to me for a minute...

Annie peeked her head in,

"Grandma!  Get back to work!"

Made even me think of dishes in a whole new way.