Stealing time with sweet C man

In case I haven't made it clear I ADORE my time with my kids, including my niece and nephew. In fact as this week begins knowing that it includes only the quad I am a bit uncertain what to do with us. I mean the weekends, evenings and time off throughout the year are focused on our little family but well summer is supposed to be the 6 pack. Aging kids mean there are more camps and activities to pull away from our lazy days together thus this unusual week. In fact pretty much this whole month includes people here, there and everywhere. I digress so back to our topic at hand, C-man. My dad began calling all the kids by their first initial doing so for C and K because well they are part of the family. C is similar to Michael in many ways but yet they do differ. C would rather hang with the adults if the rest of the kids are zoned in on the tv for too long. I used to refer to him as my shadow when he was there prior to starting Kindergarten.
These days I rarely have that time with just him. But when it happened just last week it was worth the wait. We ran an errand and made a stop just so he and E could look around (of course being the cool Aunt and buying him a couple things). He was polite and grateful not expecting me to buy anything. He clearly enjoyed having someone littler than him to boss a bit though she did not. He chattered away and we laughed the whole time. Then we came home and E went to nap leaving just us two. Since he loves to help in the kitchen we decided to make a treat for the rest of the crew when they all arrived back at the house just a couple hours later. Despite his picky thoughts for a few of my suggestions we went with an oldy but goodie.

 First get choc chip cookies and ice cream flavor of your choice. We chose Chips Ahoy because those are the only kind without eggs for littlest. Vanilla was the only flavor we had but I have loved to do many different flavors in the past.
I scooped it out, smoothed the sides so they would roll easy for C-man. He happily made a variety of mixtures with sprinkles, red hots and choc chips. On top of that he made a few dedicated to specific cousins fav colors too.






                          YUMMY! The chef simply MUST taste test :) It is so fun watching this guy grow!