Here in Huron County the winters are long. It’s always windy because of the lake, so even when it’s not snowy it tends to feel freezing cold. This results in stir crazy children and parents ready to pull their hair out.
Most playgroups are in the morning, which leaves the afternoon empty. I’ve been trying to cut back on our grocery expenses, and what better way than to do some baking. Toddlers love baking. It’s messy, delicious and an easy way to drive mom crazy. It ticks all of the toddler boxes.
Today we baked chocolate chip cookies. It went something like this:
Lucy, don’t eat the flour. Please stop eating the flour. Don’t touch the batter. Please don’t eat the batter. Don’t eat the batter. Stop. Eating. The. Batter. IF YOU EAT ANY MORE BATTER YOU CAN’T HAVE ANY COOKIES. STOP EATING THE CHOCOLATE CHIPS!
Sounds familiar, right? Somehow we don’t get too messy, but that’s probably because I only let her dump ingredients, not measure them yet.
I haven’t tasted the cookies yet but they smell delicious and they successfully used up about 45 minutes of the afternoon. The toddler might be a bit wired but I’ll still call it a win.
Stay warm everyone!
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