A joyful heart is good medicine,
but a crushed spirit
dries up the bones.
- Proverbs 17:22
My family loves banana muffins, not
just any banana muffins…mini muffins.
This has become almost a weekly event
at our house.
Usually we have a few brown bananas
left over from the bunch we buy at BJs and it takes a few simple ingredients
and viola....muffins!
Monday morning the kiddos were busy
playing and I thought I’d go into the kitchen and mix up a batch for a fun
mid-morning snack.
It didn’t take long for the kids to
slowly come into the kitchen.
“Mom, whatcha doing?”
“Can I get up there?”
“Can I help?”
And so it began.
All three kiddos sitting on the
counter each having a turn pouring in the flour, sugar, butter, eggs, and
bananas.
Each child had a turn pushing the
button on the mixer.
This was taking extra long, and to be
honest I just wanted to be done with the baking, pop them in the oven and move
on to other activities.
But they were LOVING it. They were encouraging each other, and wait
for it…..NO ONE was arguing.
My heart was so full.
I even let them fill the muffin tins
with the batter
Ok…maybe I went too far…this was extremely messy. I was having a June Cleaver moment, and thought “why not?”
This small insignificant moment in my
day taught me so much.
Don’t miss the joy in the midst of
the MESS.
What can you do together this week
with your kiddos?
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