I have to start by saying that I am the WORST baker! I have been known to forget ingredients, make a mess of the kitchen, burn the end result, etc…you name the disaster and I have probably been there done that!
This cookie project wasn’t about making the best cookie or perfecting my baking skills, it was about the experience I was to have with my daughter. She was excited to make cookies for her class of 8 students and I was excited to do this together. We got the kitchen ready, preheated the oven, triple checked to make sure we had everything we needed and then…got to work. We weren’t the cleanest nor did we get the recipe absolutely perfect…and we were okay with that.
I got some much needed one on one time with her, she got to spend some quality time with me, Daddy got to spend time with Delise and vice versa and everyone got to eat cookies in the end…it was a win win all around!
This experience reminded me that Annora will only be 4.5 years old once, that I need to embrace these activities and memories because the opportunities will diminish if I don’t act on them, and that even though baking is not my strong point, we can learn and make baking messes together…those are my kind of memories and lessons! On a side note, Annora was GREAT and I can see baking as a strong suit in her near future.
You know, it wasn’t about baking at all…the baking could have been replaced with crafts, biking, making a fort, playing Barbies, etc. Spending time with her was priceless…and the cookies were an added BONUS!
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