 ~ Mrs. Steve Harrington ~ It be like that sometimes.
Rachel didn't go after Haddie, deciding her best friend needed some time on her own. She reasoned it all worked out for the best as at that moment because it meant she could get to work on Haddie's presents. The girl was at a complete loss as to what to get Haddie and a few minutes ago, it had finally occurred to her. She would make Haddie a batch of goodies! But these goodies would be minus the sugar.
"Come on, Barkley. There's lots to do.'' Rachel dragged a stool so that she could reach the cupboard to grab all the ingredients. Barkley helped by lugging the packet of flour and other ingredients over to the kitchen table and then jumping onto a chair to a chair so that he could set them down. Rachel soon added the bowls and measuring equipment. "Thank you, Barkley. You're always such a wonderful help.''
That was when she heard the noise coming from the direction of her bedroom that was Haddie moving her furniture. The girl tilted her head, listening. Even Barkley had his head tilted like his owner, his ears perked up. "Oh, Haddie.'' She sighed. "I wonder what she's up to. I'm not sure I want to find out.'' She forced herself to go ahead with the task of backing: preheating the oven, mixing ingredients together, rolling out the dough and using various cookie cutters to make the treats. Once she set them in the oven, she checked in with her mother who had asked her to do so to let her know that everything was fine. Mae allowed her daughter more freedom of using the oven than Phillip who was always afraid his princess would get burnt.
When the baking was done and the cookies were cooling, she washed the dishes and set about prepping the things she would use for decorating the cookies. She would be working with sugar free ingredients for this as well and luckily there were such ingredients in the kitchen since her mother frequently used them. Rachel patiently and as expertly as possible decorated each. There were a few that had Eagles, a few that had Lions, a few that had what looked like ferrets (if you squinted at those cookies, you could guess they were ferrets) and a few with owls.
But Rachel was pleased with her work. "I'll have to keep this safe until tomorrow.'' Meaning she had to ensure Haddie did not find them. |