Addy-Mai’s favorite two phrases right now are “I help please” or “Help me please”.  She is both so independent and so newly dependant all at the same time. She’s at that age where she’s long-ago mastered a certain skill but learns that if she asks nicely enough someone will surely do it for her and save her the trouble. She is only interested in doing what she is either not allowed to do or has not yet mastered. Its a dangerous age. While I blog this, she is watching Dora upside down while doing a handstand against a chair alternating with running over to empty my purse and wallet of its contents and then (if I’m lucky) reassemble them in her own unique way. But not until she paints herself with lipgloss and considers popping a few coins in her mouth. Gotta watch her every.single.second.

Today Addy and I decided to baked up some cookies together. She LOVES to cook. It definitely fills the need for “I help please” and passes the time for both of us.

We decided on chocolate mocha meringue cookies, mostly becuase they fit into my new healthy lifetsyle*

First we measured out the sugar and the cornstarch and whisked it all together (and by “whisk” I mean shake the container very hard):

I cracked and separated the eggs and Addy poured the whites into the mixer

While we waited, Noah showed Addy how the bowl can make beautiful music if you bang on it over and over again:

When the eggs were frothy, we added sugar by the tablespoon. This was Addy’s favorite part!

She only spilled a little:

Then we waited and watched while the eggs and mixer did their magic:

This was very exciting work:

Addy felt great a new love for the Kitchen-aid that she had yet to know before:

The eggs take a very long time to get stiff. While we waited, I broke the hard news to Miss Mai that her cookies would contain chocolate. Oh the joys of chocolate are not lost on one so young!

There was much “Help me please” going on in the hopes that I would open the chocolate:

But in the end, she found her own ways:

Finally! Finally she got to add the magic chocolate:

Oh the magic that chocolate preformed! It changed our eggs to brown!

She added some coffee and when I wasn’t looking, added a little extra for good measure:

We put our cookies into the oven:

And an hour later, we had meringue goodness!

Mmmm!! Deeee-licious!

*this is the Healthy Lifestyle by which I expect to lose a significant amount of weight over the next year. It is not a resolution. It is not a diet. It is boring to talk about. But you can damn well be assured there will be gratuitous pictures when all goals have been met!

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