called, “please finish the sweeping.”
“Ya , Mammi.” Katie turned and found her grandmother frowning. “What?” She glanced around the bakery. “Did I do something wrong?”
“No. I just need you to finish up your work out here and then continue with your baking for the day.” Elizabeth headed back toward the kitchen.
“I will, Mammi. ” Katie gazed out the window toward Jake’s truck and smiled. It was nice to have a new friend.
Katie slid chocolate chip cookies onto a plate and then glanced up at the clock, finding it was almost noon. With the plate in one hand and her lunch bag in the other, she crossed the kitchen to the office where Elizabeth sat at the desk examining a ledger.
“Mammi , ” Katie began, “I’m going to take lunch.”
“I’ll join you,” Amanda, her cousin, called from the other side of the bakery.
“I will too,” Ruthie chimed in.
Elizabeth pointed at the cookies. “Katie, did you make those for Jake?”
“No. I made them for everyone. I’m going to bring some out for Daadi and share them with Amanda and Ruthie during lunch too.” Katie glanced at the plate and breathed in the scent of the chocolate chips, causing her stomach to growl.
“Gut.” Elizabeth’s expression softened. “Just remember you need to be careful, Katie. Jake is Mennonite.”
“I know, but he’s mei freind , Mammi. ” Katie turned toward the door. “After lunch I’ll start on a peach cobbler.” She moved through the doorway and found Eli and Jake working together to take apart the existing display cabinets. A pile of wood and tools sat behind them.
Jake looked over. “Do I smell chocolate chip cookies?”
“I made them for you and Daadi. ” Katie moved the plate back and forth. “Don’t they smell gut?” He reached for the plate, and she snatched it back from his reach. “You both need to take a break for lunch before you can have one.”
“What time is it?” Eli asked, wiping his hands on a rag. “Is it lunchtime already?”
“It’s noon.” Katie handed her grandfather a cookie. “Have one, Daadi. ”
Eli grinned at Jake. “ Freindschaften have priority.” He bit into the cookie and nodded with approval. “Appeditlich.” He started toward the kitchen. “Lunchtime. Enjoy a break.”
Jake wiped his hands on a rag. “Let me wash up and then get my lunch out of the refrigerator in the kitchen. Eli said he set it in there for me earlier.”
Katie gestured toward a small table on the porch beyond the window. “Want to eat together on the porch? Amanda and Ruthie are going to eat out there too.”
“That sounds nice.” Jake started toward the kitchen area. “I’ll be out soon.”
Katie moved to the porch and sank into a chair at a small metal table. She looked back toward the door just as her cousins came out.
“What a schee day,” Amanda said as she sat across from Katie.
“Ya , ” Ruthie agreed. She sat beside Katie and placed her brown lunch bag on the table.
Jake reappeared with a lunch bag and two cups of water. Helowered himself into the chair across from Katie and looked around the porch. “This is a nice venue for lunch.” He placed a cup of water in front of Katie and she thanked him.
“Ya , ” Amanda said. “I love eating out here.”
“I agree.” Katie smiled and then bowed her head in silent prayer. Once she finished her prayer, she opened her lunch box and pulled out lunch meat, cheese, and homemade bread.
“So about those cookies …” Jake opened his lunch bag. “I think you’ve made me wait long enough.”
Katie touched her chin. “Hmm. I don’t know.” She pointed toward his ham sandwich. “You need to eat your lunch first,” she teased.
He raised an eyebrow. “But your grandfather got to try one before he ate his lunch.”
“Let him have one,” Ruthie said in Jake’s defense as she lifted her sandwich. “He and Daadi have been working hard on those cabinets.”
“Ya , ” Amanda chimed in. “They
“Ya , Mammi.” Katie turned and found her grandmother frowning. “What?” She glanced around the bakery. “Did I do something wrong?”
“No. I just need you to finish up your work out here and then continue with your baking for the day.” Elizabeth headed back toward the kitchen.
“I will, Mammi. ” Katie gazed out the window toward Jake’s truck and smiled. It was nice to have a new friend.
Katie slid chocolate chip cookies onto a plate and then glanced up at the clock, finding it was almost noon. With the plate in one hand and her lunch bag in the other, she crossed the kitchen to the office where Elizabeth sat at the desk examining a ledger.
“Mammi , ” Katie began, “I’m going to take lunch.”
“I’ll join you,” Amanda, her cousin, called from the other side of the bakery.
“I will too,” Ruthie chimed in.
Elizabeth pointed at the cookies. “Katie, did you make those for Jake?”
“No. I made them for everyone. I’m going to bring some out for Daadi and share them with Amanda and Ruthie during lunch too.” Katie glanced at the plate and breathed in the scent of the chocolate chips, causing her stomach to growl.
“Gut.” Elizabeth’s expression softened. “Just remember you need to be careful, Katie. Jake is Mennonite.”
“I know, but he’s mei freind , Mammi. ” Katie turned toward the door. “After lunch I’ll start on a peach cobbler.” She moved through the doorway and found Eli and Jake working together to take apart the existing display cabinets. A pile of wood and tools sat behind them.
Jake looked over. “Do I smell chocolate chip cookies?”
“I made them for you and Daadi. ” Katie moved the plate back and forth. “Don’t they smell gut?” He reached for the plate, and she snatched it back from his reach. “You both need to take a break for lunch before you can have one.”
“What time is it?” Eli asked, wiping his hands on a rag. “Is it lunchtime already?”
“It’s noon.” Katie handed her grandfather a cookie. “Have one, Daadi. ”
Eli grinned at Jake. “ Freindschaften have priority.” He bit into the cookie and nodded with approval. “Appeditlich.” He started toward the kitchen. “Lunchtime. Enjoy a break.”
Jake wiped his hands on a rag. “Let me wash up and then get my lunch out of the refrigerator in the kitchen. Eli said he set it in there for me earlier.”
Katie gestured toward a small table on the porch beyond the window. “Want to eat together on the porch? Amanda and Ruthie are going to eat out there too.”
“That sounds nice.” Jake started toward the kitchen area. “I’ll be out soon.”
Katie moved to the porch and sank into a chair at a small metal table. She looked back toward the door just as her cousins came out.
“What a schee day,” Amanda said as she sat across from Katie.
“Ya , ” Ruthie agreed. She sat beside Katie and placed her brown lunch bag on the table.
Jake reappeared with a lunch bag and two cups of water. Helowered himself into the chair across from Katie and looked around the porch. “This is a nice venue for lunch.” He placed a cup of water in front of Katie and she thanked him.
“Ya , ” Amanda said. “I love eating out here.”
“I agree.” Katie smiled and then bowed her head in silent prayer. Once she finished her prayer, she opened her lunch box and pulled out lunch meat, cheese, and homemade bread.
“So about those cookies …” Jake opened his lunch bag. “I think you’ve made me wait long enough.”
Katie touched her chin. “Hmm. I don’t know.” She pointed toward his ham sandwich. “You need to eat your lunch first,” she teased.
He raised an eyebrow. “But your grandfather got to try one before he ate his lunch.”
“Let him have one,” Ruthie said in Jake’s defense as she lifted her sandwich. “He and Daadi have been working hard on those cabinets.”
“Ya , ” Amanda chimed in. “They
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