Why Don't You...

Bake something for a friend and deliver it to them.

Or do something unexpected for someone...just because.

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I have a friend who just moved into a new house and is due to have her second child next month and another friend I was going over to hang out with last night and I decided to take them muffins.

I still have a freezer full of blueberries from Michigan that I need to do something with after all.

I also made a batch for Eric because he does love my super-easy blueberry muffins 

with the delicious crumb topping...if I do say so myself.

So yesterday Charlotte and I  spent the afternoon baking muffins for our friends while Wyatt
was with his grandma & grandpa shopping for school supplies.

We turned up the music, put on our aprons and got to work.

I stopped by the cake shop and picked up some cute liners and a few boxes.

Because cute liners, a box (as opposed to a ziploc bag) wrapped with twine and a little
 card add just a little something extra and really does make all the difference. 

Who doesn't love to receive something freshly baked...

Or something from your garden....

Or a bouquet of flowers... just because?
I know I do.

I think these little gestures, disguised simply as something fun for the kids and I to do,
is such an important lesson.

For my kids, for myself, for all of us.

It really is better to give than receive.

It feels good to make others happy.

I'm now flashing back to my mom saying this countless times throughout my childhood and me(sometimes) rolling my eyes at her....it stuck though.

I don't think we're going to change the world by baking muffins...but then again, maybe we will.

And do you know what I left my friend's house with last night?

A bag of roma tomatoes, cucumbers, cantaloupe, eggplant and mint from her garden.
Lucky me.

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If someone was to surprise you with something today, anything...what would it be?
I'd love to know!
Hope everyone is having a great week...the first day of school is exactly one week from today!
Yikes!

eta: *{blueberry muffin recipe here}*