Last September or October, I read something where, about this mom that lives up north, and she and her son are inside for a good part of the year. Her son is about Anabelle's age or younger, and they love to bake together. He helps her. She said their favorite thing to make together is taking a spiced cake mix and adding applesauce or pumpkin to it to make it a little different and more healthy. She said they have a wonderful time and he is just the best little helper. Well, I thought, "I can do that. Next time I bake something, I will let the kids help me and it will be just like a science class and they'll learn all kinds of things and they will have a great time." I'm sure you all are already shaking your head thinking, "What a sucker?!" and you would be right.
Last November, I gave it my first go. We made my favorite muffin recipe, bran muffins, and the whole time I felt like I was constantly having to tell them not to do something and I was getting very frustrated and upset and it was not fun at all. You'd think I would have learned my lesson. Nope.
I thought after a few months, my kids would have grown up a bit and would be a little more well behaved to help me make the muffins (plus Beckett had been begging me for a few days to go buy eggs so we could make the muffins). I was so wrong. I got them each their own little bowls with a little sugar in it and gave them their own spoons so they could pretend to be making their own muffins and would hopefully let me do my thing. It worked for about a minute and then they wanted to help me stir and help me dump in stuff. At one point, Belle had a 1/2 tblsp. and wanted to help me stir the dry ingredients. When I noticed she had the spoon in there, I tried to take it away, but she was too quick for me and yanked that spoon back, throwing a flour mixture back behind her all over the fridge. It was not a fun science class at all, especially for the teacher.
So, the moral of the story is, don't bake with your kids (unless you are using a packaged mix).
2 comments:
Ha ha! Like you, one time I decided it would be fun to have a group of kids at my house make their own pizza's....bad idea, flour and pizza sauce everywhere!
Ander loves to cook and bake with me and is a great helper in the kitchen now, but this is after we had our fair share of frustrating attempts like yours.
At least you tried!
hehe...I sure do love those kids. Living with Taffy, I saw how she handles Reece wanting to help out. She just gives him utensils and an empty bowl and has them pretend to cook. He even has an imaginary oven under the table. It's pretty cute. Maybe you could try the pretend thing, or buy some plastic foods. Then again, they may have already experienced the real thing so the imaginary won't work. Good luck!
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