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| Starting young. |
What we have learned.
My children are so much part me and so much part their father. We are spending few weeks with my in-laws and they enjoying seeing the vibrant and inquisitive side the girls got from their father. From me, I hope, my girls received an appreciation for good food. Or at least that is what I am attempting to teach them.
Since that first summer when Audrey learned to make the family favorite Strawberry Salad we have cooked together a lot. That was three summers ago and more often than not the girls help in some way with at least one meal a day. We have learned so many ways the girls can pitch in and they surprise me all the time by wanting to try something new.
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| Two-year-olds can chop |
What started with a salad has progressed to the girls being an integral part of the meal-time prep. They love to help and sometimes fight over who gets to stir, add, or chop something. Maurene's favorite words are, 'me too!'
The girls can:
- Cut fruit
- Stir batter
- Crack eggs
- Gather ingredients
- Set the table
- Wash unbreakables
- Clean counters
- Load/unload dishwasher
- Roll pizza dough
- Sweep and mop
Don't doubt what a child can do, no matter the age. While looking through pictures recently I came across more than I can count of the girls sweeping up one of their messes, pouring ingredients, or watching something bake in the oven. And one beautiful picture of Maurene in a high chair playing with a bowl and spatula because she wanted to help too.
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| Mo's second summer at the lake. |
They have learned so much!
ReplyDeleteThey have both grown and learned so much.
ReplyDeleteWow!
ReplyDeleteThis is so neat.. it's amazing what they can do at such a young age.
Especially neat is the chopping!
Also the egg cracking - now you have to teach them to do it with one hand :)