kids in the kitchen

Once upon a time
I used to sneak into the kitchen to cook dinner.
Doesn’t work anymore.
Hasn’t in years, actually.
Which is fine
‘cause I’ve learned a thing or two.

~
They see me grabbing the bucket of grain
and
pretty soon
there’s a chair by the mixer
with an eager helper standing on it.
(the chair, not the mixer)
~

so
it was really no surprise
when I sat down with some veggies
(yes, Honey, I sat down to do food prep ~ can you believe it?!)
that I soon had offers of help.
My first thought was
Ummm
I’m cutting vegetables, there’s nothing you can do.
Thanks anyways.
But then I figured
Really
What’s the worst that could happen?
The very worst that could happen
if I let them help cut
was
a finger tip could get cut off
and
surely they couldn’t cut hard enough to cut off the whole tip…..
So I went ahead and let them help.

Josiah cut up an entire 8 oz pkg. of mushrooms!

Brandon,
who is becoming quite proficient with a knife,
cut up the broccoli and cucumber

Jeremiah diced most of a bell pepper

...and the pizza was delicious!
Great cutting, guys!
thanks for all your help.

~

I should probably confess....
I was a bit of a 'mother hen'
Jeremiah suggested I video him cutting the pepper,
but I decided against it
since the entire audio portion would be
me
saying,
"Watch your fingers.
Keep your fingers away from the knife.."