My Little Chef in the Making

Addison is growing fast! Super fast! Lately she's been talking up a storm, exploring everything, and wanting to "see" what I'm cooking or baking. So today I decided to pull up her stool and see if she could actually "see" what I was doing, without falling off the stool in the meanwhile~lol. :) She actually is tall enough that she could "see" very well what I was doing so I gave her a little cooking lesson on how to grate cheese. She LOVES these spinach and cheese squares I make for her (thank you Christine Robinson for the recipe over 13 years ago!). I had to grate a pound of monterey jack cheese for the recipe. And don't you know, she stood there so still on her stool and watched me grate and talk about what grating was and everything! All the while she was nibbling on the cheese :) That's my girl!

Later on I made chocolate chip cookies but she was too busy playing to "see" what I was doing. I too got busy doing others things...like playing outside, to finish the cookies, so I had put the batter in the fridge. After dinner I said "Addy let's bake the cookies!" She was happy to stand on the stool again and try to help scoop the cookies onto the baking sheets.

Today was so fun! I've been excited about the upcoming stages of her development, while enjoying the one she's actually in. I love to cook more than bake but I think I may have a little chef on my hands~she and I can learn and grow together. She really enjoyed being in the kitchen with me too! I love being a mommy. It's the best job in the whole world!

Later on tonight she was saying "cookie, cookie mama" so I said "ok Addison I'll be right there to get you one..." And don't you know she ran into the kitchen, climbed up on that stool that I had forgotten to put away and had grabbed a cookie and had it in her mouth in no time! I was amazed. She's a smart cookie if I do say so myself ;)