As part of her preparation for  first communion, Pumpkin helped bake the bread that was to be used at the service. Our church observes first communion at the Maundy Thursday service following a Passover seder.  She seemed to enjoy every part of the experience, particularly hopping on up to the rail at Easter to take communion together as a family for the first time.  However, the subtleties of  transubstantiation are wasted on a seven year old and, if you ask her, the best part by far was baking the bread. I couldn’t let all that bread-baking energy go to waste!  The recipe is Pain Ordinaire and is easy peasy.  We froze half and used it later for pizza dough  – totally brilliant.

I love watching her knead the bread. I could watch her hands all day.