My Happy Little Helper

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I am putting together a Ward Activity and needed to make these little signs to put on the entry doors to promote. Know what I mean? (if it's against policy to put these on the entrance doors, please don't tell me for a few more weeks) So I had this idea of how to go about it and asked Rae to help with the pictures. I would do the writing, she would do the drawing.

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Here is her first one.

Stick figures on swings? Perfect! That's exactly what I was lookin' for!

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So she got one done and I had an appointment to run to so I asked her to draw 4 more pictures and I will fill in the rest later.

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I loved what I saw when I came back! So cute! Smiley sun and all!

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She called and said, "Are turtles okay?"

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So very! So sweet. So cute.

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And then......

Oy.

.Who do you reckon was behind that idea?

(did you notice the frowny sun?)

tsk, tsk.

A Recipe from Aunt Lula Mae

Aunt Lula Mae has only shared two recipes with me. Her Mac and Cheese which uses Velveeta and a dessert that I had lots growing up but we called it 'that cookies stuff with the whipped cream' but I like what Aunt Lula Mae's calls it.

She calls it Goop.

Now I'm gonna share it with you so grab a piece of paper and a seat because you are going to have to write this one down.

You need all these ingredients.

Got that written down? So you don't forget?

cookies

milk

whipped cream

How much, you ask? Well, that depends, how big of a dish you usin'? How many people you feedin'?

I can say that for my pan I used one container of whipped cream and one package of cookies.

And by the way, experimenting with the cookies is a requirement, so says I.

I love the coconut but growing up we mostly used these-

So what you do is a quick dip of each cookie in the milk and layer them in the pan like so-

Then layer the whipped cream like this-

Then the cookies again. And repeat until you are done repeating and finish with whipped cream on top.

Did you write that down?

layer

repeat

top with cream

Stick in the fridge for a while. However long you can wait.

Then serve in a cute little dessert dish.

Did you write that down?

Serve in cute dish

I topped mine with toasted coconut and at first I felt like it was wrong, wrong, wrong to mess with a good thing. But actually, if it's wrong I don't want to be right because it truly kicked it up a notch and is how I must now eat my Coconut Goop, I decided last night.

Don't let the simplicity of the Goop fool you. It's creamy deliciousness at it's finest and such a fun treat that the kids can make.

And eat.

Did you write that down?

eat

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Movie making, I learned, takes time. In other words, the movie from last night isn't ready to share. But be prepared, Nolan has prepared something exciting. Think CSI Miami.

P.S. Does anyone need a printable version of the recipe?