Mary Poppins has long been a favorite movie around the Jay household. (Even before there were any little Jays! It’s always been one of my favorites!) But we ramped it up a notch when I took the (older) boyz to see the musical about a month ago. Since then we’ve had a lot of balancing acts on the edge of the sofa to perform “Step in Time” and lots of dusters and mops used as chimney sweep brooms. Even Griffin is getting into the act and carrying around a little duster saying “Chim Chim Chim a ROOO!” Carter has decided he wants to be Burt for Halloween. So I’m trying to rig up a Mary Poppins costume to go along with the act. Last week they pulled stools together in the basement and put on a whole show for me & Daddy-o. Carter was a natural Emcee. Not sure where he’s seen a variety show but it rivaled the Lawrence Welk show for sure!
Today we made some homemade sugar cookies and cut them out in the shapes of pumpkins, half moons, cats, bats and the like. Baking with the Boyz is always an adventure! We did well – until I turned my back for a second – I think to run upstairs and get Griffin so he could join in the fun of icing a cookie or two. And when I came back Carter had literally dumped the WHOLE jar of sugar sprinkles on one cookie! I’m grateful that I had grace in that moment and I just laughed and asked where he got ahold of that? (Silly Mommy for leaving it out on the counter and leaving the room!)
But then it happened again when Griffin was icing his cookie. I paused to pick up my camera to capture a moment or two of the mayhem and caught him in the act of dumping “Just a SPOONFUL OF SUGAR”…. in the most delightful way!!! 🙂
