Chocolate - the answer to all of life's ills

On Thursday and Friday last week I watched Noah + two 5 year old missionary girls ALL DAY. These girls are wonderful, funny, loving little girls and I was happy to watch them so their parents could go to the training seminar. They are also both strong-willed and opinionated so while they start out excited to be together, they are more than ready to part company by the end of a day.

Thursday went well - no impossible-to-resolve arguments, for the most part they played nicely together. Friday wasn't so good. For a number of reasons, two days in a row seemed to be one day too many for Emma and Maddie to get along smoothly. From the get-go, they were arguing...over everything. Even after a "rest" in front of a movie (they don't really take naps) and lunch. HOWEVER, Emma's mom packed chocolate cupcakes and a frosting recipe, and I was reminded that there's nothing like chocolate to soothe the temper and bring girls together in happy harmony...even at the innocent age of 5. :-) After frosting and eating the cupcakes, not another argument erupted for the rest of the day.

Thank God for chocolate!