Our
day was blessed yesterday with a visit from a Whirlwind. No, it’s not quite hurricane season. Cailyn spent the day with us since both her
parents were at work. And, boy did she
ever earn her keep.
It
was time to bathe Freddy and give her a flea treatment, so Cailyn jumped right
into the mix. She grabbed the vacuum
cleaner and took care of both rug areas as well as the two chairs that Freddy
hangs out in. Then she climbed right in
the bathtub with the dog to make sure her little client received the best spa
treatment ever. She even continued the
massage treatment well into the afternoon (aka brushing away shedding
hair). I’m pretty sure Freddy will
welcome her back every bath day.
And
during the down time at the pet spa, Cailyn pulled me away from my computer
work station. She said I needed a break
and she needed someone to “work” with her a little bit on our latest jigsaw
puzzle. Yeah, I haven’t mentioned this
one much. It is a tough one. 1000 pieces, but it’s all snow and
trees. Not much variation in color or
pattern. It’ll be a while before the
completion announcement on that one, even with the outside help. Oh, and somewhere in there she made me a
peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
The
highlight of the Cailyn incursion, however, had to be the Kids’ Baking
Championship in the kitchen. Between
Cailyn and Chris they must have perused a hundred recipes for everything from
sugar cookies to sheet cakes. But the
winning selection was lemon cupcakes. Chris
pulled out all the stops, and they created a couple of dozen cupcakes with
lemon icing that actually reminded me of pudding pie. Cailyn said next time she wanted to put a
lemon curd on the inside. Now that would
certainly put it over the top on its road to pudding pie-dom. Oh, what’s pudding pie? Only one of my all-time favorite lemon-y desserts
– one my own Nannie used to make.
Finally,
I have to make mention of a commercial I saw on TV. I thought it was going to be that tear-jerker
one that plays all the time about the dogs that need your help to rescue them
from horrific abuse and such. Same
music. But it wasn’t dogs you would be
saving this time. Nope. I did a double-take. This was save the polar bears. Send in your money to adopt a polar
bear. For eight dollars a month you can
get your very own Polar Bear Adoption Kit.
And why do you need to save a polar bear? Because they need polar ice. I guess that costs eight bucks a bag …
Matthew
20:28 says, “… just as the Son of Man did
not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
Father,
thank you for our time with Cailyn. She’s
really growing up. Guess that’s how you
made her, huh? Nice job. Amen.
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