{with Thanksgiving} Day 26: bigs helping with littles

A 7 year old girl and a baby are match made in heaven. I get multiple requests a day if Lucy can hold Mary.  Usually she clings to me, but every once in awhile she'll take Lulu's hand and walk off to play.  I love that my older girls adore Mary.  

I was in the kitchen most of the afternoon making pies and Lulu came up and asked if she could take Mary to play in the basement.  This was a first to let her take Mary out of my sight, but Lucy's 7 going on 17.  I could hear them downstairs playing and laughing and the it quickly turned to tears when Lucy wouldn't let her jump off the couch. I was thankful for those few moments to clean up the kitchen and for a sweet girl who loves to help her Mom.  

She also helped me make this apple pie. Our first attempt at homemade pie crust...