Last night we baked chocolate cherry "Black Forest" cookies in honor of the holidays. Baking with a fourteen-month-old is fun, but definitely a two-person (plus the baby, of course) job.
A list of things she *can* do:
+Lick spoons (if you're not afraid of the raw egg in the cookie dough)
+Pat the electric mixer to encourage it as it runs
+Pull measuring cups out of the drawer
+Stand on a chair and heckle us
A list of things she *thinks* she can do but probably shouldn't:
+Run the electric mixer
+Crack open eggs
+Stick a utensil in the bowl while the electric mixer is running
A list of things she surprised us by doing:
+Whisk together several ingredients in a bowl (with assistance)
+Show no interest whatsoever in eating the powdered sugar
+Put measuring cups and utensils back in the drawer when asked
The lesson is that our children are constantly surprising us and are certainly capable of things sooner than we can possibly imagine.
Also, baking cookies is universally a great activity for parents and children to do together.
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