Cookie Quiet Time

Poor Joshua gets very lonely in the afternoons. It is our traditional "quiet time" where he is to be in his room while Elizabeth is asleep and I am getting things done or napping (rarely!) too. This was not a problem last school year, since Benjamin was here to keep him company. They played really well together and built some amazing train tracks and Lego creations together.

Even after half of a school year, Joshua still has a hard time having quiet time by himself. Many days he'll ask me, "Mom, will you be my quiet time buddy?" Today I was thinking ahead and I talked to Joshua about having his friend Drew come over to make cookies with us. He was SOOO excited to have her come over!



Elizabeth was supposed to be napping, but she was being so good that I let her stay up while we made the dough. She was pretty content to play with the measuring cups.




Drew and Joshua took turns putting ingredients in the bowl and they worked really well together. They had a harder time figuring out the right size of dough balls to make, but we had fun anyway!




Then Drew got to go play upstairs with Joshua and be his "quiet time buddy" for a while -- what a fun afternoon!