helping hands

the ultimate party food around here is 7 layer dip. and yes, tomorrow we are having a par-tay! my cute cousin emilee is getting married and we are having a huge family shower and i am bringing the dip. usually i get pretty worked up about it being perfect, but i just read an article about being "the good enough mom". basically it's better to make good memories with your kids than to try to be perfect all the time...so, i let the kids help me make the dip. they stirred, they spread things, they even helped sprinkle on the tomatoes, olives and cheese. it was SO fun and it turned out great! not perfect - but good enough:) their favorite part was olive fingers. yum!