Page 223 of Small Town Firsts
“You are,” I corrected.
“That’s what I said.”
I snorted. She picked up her teapot and set it on the table then proceeded to take each of her stuffed animals off the table.
“You can bring down one of your friends.”
She looked up at me with her arms full of Care Bears. “But Ally.”
“We’re going to make pancakes. It gets too…” I trailed off when she dropped three out of the four in her arms and ran for the door. “Sticky.” I crossed my arms. “Laurie?”
She halted. “Yes?”
“Is that how you treat your toys?”
She scrunched up her face and hugged Share Bear tighter. “Um, yes?”
“I don’t think so.”
She sighed dramatically. “Okay, but only because I should put my friends on my bed.” She set Grumpy Bear and Leo on the bed. “There, just like Daddy.”
“Grumpy?”
“No. Friends in bed. All snuggled like you and Daddy.”
My eyes widened and I choked. “Uh, let’s go downstairs, okay?”
“Okay. Can we have chocolate chip pancakes?”
“How about banana?”
She put Share Bear in a headlock as we neared the stairs. “Ohh. I’ve never had those before.”
“Never? We need to fix that ASAP. How about banana with peanut butter?”
She squinted up at me. “I don’t know. That sounds gross.”
“Banana and Nutella?”
“Now we’re talking.”
I laughed and took her hand as we went down the stairs. “Sounds like a plan.”
When we got downstairs, I pulled out the ingredients for pancakes. I’d been with Seth when he picked out all the things for his kitchen. I knew where almost everything was.
Well, except the cinnamon evidently.
I opened doors and backtracked to the pantry.
“What are you looking for?”
“Cinnamon.”
“Oh.” Laurie zoomed out of the kitchen into the hallway. She came back with a white bag full of supplies. She couldn’t quitelift it, so she dragged it along the floor. “Daddy went to the store for cookies stuff.”
“Thank goodness for Daddy,” I murmured as I moved forward to reach for the bag.
“I got it.”
