A Dozen Hands

Yesterday after preschool, I swept through the house (literally) and then drove over to Mariah's school to pick her up along with three other Girl Scouts. This was repeated by three other troop moms and each returned to their kitchens to prepare a 5 course meal (whew) and eat it in 1 1/2 hrs. My mom helped us and I remember thinking, it was a tad easier when I helped 10 preschoolers make fruit salad. Of course I was mostly photographing that, and it was only one dish. I think it was the multiple dishes that made things kind of hectic. What is it they say about many hands? Well, I don't think it applied here. The girls dropped, knocked over, and spilled everything, all while talking nonstop and trading spatulas, the little darlings. Bless their hearts. But, we got 'er done, and it tasted wonderful! The girls were eating when parents arrived, but they enjoyed telling them about it. We made fruit smoothies, green salad, spinach & cheese pinwheels, chicken pasta, and fruit tart pies. Mariah really enjoyed sharing her house for the cooking badge they all earned.