In my kitchen at any given moment you might find:
~ a baby helping with the dishes (or at least providing cuddles to his mama whilst she washes the dishes)
~ general silliness with grapes, and the gobbling of grapes as well
~ an art project of one kind or another in process (sometimes a complex & messy affair, sometimes a simple drawing)
~ an independent young man (who was just recently a toddler) taking the recyclables out for his mama
~ bread cooling on the stove-top
~ a bowl full of fruit for snacking or for rotting (if mama has intentions of baking banana bread)

**inspiration for this post came from one of my favorite blogging mamas: http://www.soulemama.com/