Chicken and Crowder

Elli has always enjoyed music, and I've tried my hardest to steer her in a direction that alleviates us from the burden of an endless loop of kiddie songs. I can take only so much "Baa Baa Black Sheep." Specifically, the steering has been toward those artists I enjoy and whose lyrics will not make my face red if my 3-year-old asks "Mommy, what's that?" Where that has led us, though, is a fierce loyalty as of late to David Crowder Band. And when I say loyalty, I mean infatuation. I mean she would rather watch DCB videos on YouTube than the latest episode of Dora the Explorer. Of course, I partially credit this phenomenon with 1) killer vids and 2) David himself. Have you ever seen this guy? Who wouldn't be fascinated?

For some reason she also has it in her head that David Crowder is my uncle. Not sure how she came up with that, but hey, something for the journal, right?

I guess it should have been no surprise to me the other day when Elli burst out into a DCB chorus while we were making chicken salad.

I should digress here and say that Elli and I have cooked numerous times since Krista's arrival, but cooking and documenting the session in photos is one thing. Etching out time to share it all with you is another. Sorry about that. Maybe I should just post all the pictures some day and let you all guess what it was we were making. Tell me what you think.

The other day, just ahead of an insanely busy week in terms of appointments and a planned trip, I had about 30 minutes to prep a weeknight meal of chicken salad. Daddy was doing some yard work, and Krista was still down for a nap, so Elli and I got out her steps and whatever I could find in the house to throw into the chicken salad, and off we went.

Step 1: Dump the chicken into the bowl...

...and a little bit on the floor. Seems like old times, doesn't it?

Step 2: Check on Daddy.

He's fine.

Step 3: Break up the chicken and add the ingredients.

Step 4: Humor Mommy by singing "Here is Our King" one more time because she didn't get the video started in time on the first round.

Step 5: Taste test!

Done. She followed this up by coloring a Father's Day card for Daddy.

When she finished,shestuffed inside two tickets to a DCB concert and the hopes of being the one he asks to go with him. If he does, 'twill be her first real concert.

Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there! Doing anything special for the dad(s) in your life?