Landmark Today!

Ok, here is my disclaimer: For those of you who are not interested in the ravings of a hopelessly smitten mommy, do not read on. You will not be interested.

For all those who are left reading: I gave James his first cooking lesson today!! I have waited for this moment from the day I learned I was pregnant. I. Love. To. Cook. And I want to share the fun with any inquisitive little person who will help.

I woke up this morning and just knew it was a pancake day. It is Sunday after all, and I was very hungry. After getting James up, I proceeded in the general pancake direction. James is now of the age where he doesn't want to be left out of anything, so when he saw me in the kitchen, he pulled up his little stool and situated it right next to the bowl. (ah, the stool, with that little stool, James can be so independent, but he can also get into sooo much trouble. The stool and I have a love/hate relationship.) Then he proceeded to pull out a very dirty spoon from the sink, and headed for my pancake mix. AHHHHH! (I say AHHHH! alot when James is in the kitchen,)

I decided then and there that at the age of 2 and three months James was ready to be my new kitchen assistant. So I handed him a clean spoon, and let him go to. All in all, things went very well. There were no bowls over-turned, no flinging of batter, and no temper tantrums. And James behaved pretty well too.

I guess it is not the absolute first time James has gotten to help in the kitchen. Apparently he helps his sitter make cookies once in a while too. But this is a landmark occasion for me, as I plan to have James be a world class chef by the age of 10. Or at least be able to make me dinner.



And for those of you who have seen Jay's blog recently, James is also going to be a head-banger in a rock and roll band.