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Recently, if you can stretch that to include 3 months ago in the middle of March, Timothy wanted to have a dinner that was beyond our ability to make in the time allotted.  He offered to feed Sarah if that would free up enough time to make his requested dinner.

He did fairly well with both stages of the feeding.

Although he allowed her to make as big a mess as she wanted to with the veggies, so it’s not something that we let him do too often.  It was nice to have Timothy be willing to step up and help out.

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  1. Andrew and Liz OrtonJune 7, 2009 at 11:17 PM

    What dinner did he request?

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  2. MaryAnnJune 8, 2009 at 9:24 AM

    What a good big brother!

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  3. Austin's MommyJune 8, 2009 at 3:42 PM

    Oh, what a good brother. I don't know if it is just the camera angle but woah! Check out those thighs! ;D

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  4. Lynda/MomJune 8, 2009 at 5:01 PM

    It is nice when they're far enough apart that the older one can be helpful. I think that is the only way you can have more than two or three kids. They are so cute together. Aunt Lynda

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  5. GrammyzanneJune 8, 2009 at 10:39 PM

    He sure wanted that dinner. What was it? Fun pictures.

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  6. jared and mary 2June 9, 2009 at 12:10 AM

    I don't remember exactly what the dinner was, but as I recall it was simple but time consuming. It may have been pizza. Making the dough, cooking the sausage, spreading the dough, etc. It takes a while.

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