James thoroughly enjoys helping in the kitchen, and it has been a little while since I have purposefully requested his assistance. I decided it was high time to change that, so preparations were made to allow James the opportunity to bake some cookies with my guidance. We even picked up a smaller bag of peanut butter M&M's at the grocery store the other day to add to our cookies.
Yesterday morning the house was nice and cool due to running the whole house fan all night, so I gave James the option of making cookies now or waiting until later. He choose now, and the timing was convenient since Daniel had just fallen asleep in the swing. However, Sam also wanted in on the action, so I ended up pushing two chairs up next to the counter (one for each child) and set some ground rules about being nice to each other during the cookie making process.
Surprisingly, baking with both boys went amazingly well. Sam mostly watched, and James did a lot of the measuring and dumping into the mixing bowl. They both thought it was great fun to watch the mixer beat the ingredients together. Once the dough was ready James and Sam helped add M&M's and chocolate chips. Then came the fun part...taste testing the cookie dough while the first batch went in the oven. GASP! Yes, I did allow each child some cookie dough to eat...isn't that one of the fun parts about baking? James and Sam were allowed to sample one cooled off cookie as well.
It was enjoyable allowing the boys to help make cookies...mainly because they had so much fun with it. Such a simple and easy to create joy...not to mention some adorable pictures of my two special helpers. A morning well worth the cleaning afterward... After all one of the first things James mentioned to my husband upon his return home today was the process of us making the cookies. James went as far to describe what we put in the mixer and how the cookies were completed. Apparently making cookies made a lasting impression for my little man.
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