Brooke and I enjoyed a few minutes of quiet to do some painting while the boys went to get haircuts one afternoon.  She painted a purple turtle with ballet shoes, a rainbow with a teddy bear, and a lemon tree with a lemon and a bug with long skirt.

Now that Brooke is comfortable using a ‘big’ knife to dice already prepared pieces I have moved her up to full prep (starting with the whole vegetable).  Since we are eating a lot of bell peppers from our garden she is a pro at halving, cleaning, and slicing one start to finish.  She helped prepare these for roasting with the radishes and then learned to egg wash and coat pork chops with homemade panko topping.  (Don’t worry, that little thumb was tucked- she knows 🙂