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... Ying Yue listens as her mother hums a tune while mixing the cookie dough, she tries to sneak a piece of cookie dough but her mothers eye catches her and moves the bowl away.

Pouting she moved to select the cookie cutters. Turning back to see the dough rolled out. Taking the cookie cutter she cut out as many cookies as she can before her mother rolled out the dough again and she cut the pieces. This continued until the dough finished.

Putting the cookies in the oven, she waited for it to rise. Yu Yan watched with Ying before she heard the timer go off. Taking out the cookies and putting it under a fan, they waited for it to cool down.

Ying Yue grabbed the bear shaped cookie jars. Previously her mother had brought the pair of cookie jars so she can cook with her daughter but she took both jars and gifted it to the popular girl in school but this time she won't repeat the same mistake.

The pair of jars were filled quickly; one with plain sugar cookies and the other with chocolate chip. Putting the jars on the kitchen counter she dragged her mother towards her a took a selfie.

Yu Yan smiled towards the camera while pulling Ying towards herself. Thus, a first mother-daughter cooking memory was eternalized.

Unknown to her mother Ying was making a scrap-book with all the memories. She intended to show this to her mother when she started going to university.

Cleaning up the after mess, a loud growl was heard resonating in the kitchen. Yu Yan surprised, laughed.

"Oh! My little baby is still hungry."

Grabbing little Ying and tickling her stomach, she was awarded with a tinkling laughter. Yu Yan prepared a quick warm lunch seeing that clock as striked 2:00 pm, they have been cooking for an hour.

Time sure flies when you are having fun she thought to herself. After lunch she covered little Ying under two layers of sweater before grabbing a coat for herself. They left the house.

She took Ying to the park but when they reached there it was void of children. Yu Yan in her excitement forgot that most of the kids went to movies this week because a latest animation was being released today.

Looking towards Ying she saw how she was watching the elderly couples feeding the birds in the park.

Quickly checking her wrist watch she found out that they still have 15 minutes before the movie starts. Turning to her. She bent to Ying's height, grabbing her attention.

"Ying! Mommy is sorry, she forgot that the latest animation movies was being released today. But if we hurry we can make it".

Yu Yan knew that Ying wanted all the latest things and wanted to be involved in all the latest gossips and on-goings. Her palms were getting sweaty and she was biting her lips nervously waiting for little Ying's response. She didn't want this little thing to cause a rift between when everything was finally going good for once. ...