I is for Independent

This post is all about Addie, who is having quite an independent Thanksgiving week so far.
For our family Thanksgiving this year, we are having what promises to be a rather epic pie contest. Why a pie contest?  Because...pie.  And because...who loses?  No one.  Let me clarify (as I had to do for Addie yesterday) that this is a pie baking contest, not a pie eating contest. Addie was bummed at that news and felt a little cheated at not getting to eat a whole pie by herself.  I digress. Back to the story. Addie decided to participate in this contest (and I quote) "all by myself." She decided on a peanut butter pie. She found the recipe online, printed it, read it, told me what to buy at the store, and made the pie(s) with minimal help from me.  This was perfect because it is a frozen pie and did not require use of anything sharp or hot in its construction.  The same cannot be said for "messy" ingredients.  Between the powdered sugar/stand mixer combo and the creamy natural peanut butter, there was a bit of a mess to clean up when all was said and done.  Interestingly, she wasn't so bent on doing the clean-up work all by herself. Go figure.

Peanut butter is messy stuff.

Folding in the whipped cream

Ta-Da!

Filling the shells

Then, today, I attended a show that Addie's class staged.  It was the second of a two-day, 5 show, run.  It ran approximately 7 minutes and was a live-action rendition of an alphabet book about Thanksgiving. Addie was assigned "I" for "Indian."  She memorized her line last week, and she delivered it...well...take a look.


I'm so proud of my independent little kiddo. So, here's the last word on this. To quote Addie (age 1-3ish) "I do it!"