Because-- when I should have been starting dinner-- I was doing this instead.
Sarah got this Easy Bake oven set from Gran and Jimpa for Christmas. She got it out around 5:00 tonight and asked if we could do it.
Everything in me wanted to say no. I needed to start dinner. I didn't want to get it all out. I didn't want to supervise. But I said, "Sure."
I'm always glad (in retrospect) when I say "yes" to doing things with the kids... especially when I could just as easily-- and justifiably-- say no. I had other things to do. I just worked all day at a preschool. I wanted to be left alone.
But you know when you have those moments of clarity that remind you that these moments fly by and one day they won't ask you to hang out with them quite as much so you dig down deep and find the energy to make microwave cookies??
(Did you follow that run-on sentence??)
This was one of those moments.
Caroline kept a watchful eye on her big sister.
After accidentally baking pink fondant because we mistook it for pink sugar cookie mix and after starting all over, we made these fashionable cookies with green fondant.
It's a dress and a high-heeled shoe. Can't you tell??!!? ;)
I was offered a bite. (I passed.) But the chef and her assistant gave them 2 thumbs up.
I've been cautioned in the past about doing too much with my kids to entertain them. I've been told that they need to entertain themselves. But I never regret these times. I never regret putting my own agenda aside and dirtying up the kitchen to do something that they want to do. And they're always appreciative of the time that I spend.
So I just made quesadillas tonight. And we didn't eat til 7:30. But we had sugar cookies covered in fondant at 5:30 as a snack. So we were fine. ;)
