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The ordinary moments #5

15/09/2013 | posted under: Linkys, Guest Posts & Sponsored

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Yesterday was a baking day. I’m not a fan of messy play. I HATE getting the paints out – my house is messy enough without cheeky handprints everywhere or the dog being given green streaks. But I love to bake. I stopped doing it when the boys were small because I was too busy, but now that they’re old enough to get involved I like to make things with them. 

When I’m in the middle of baking with them I always wonder why I put myself through it. If you’ve ever tried to bake with more than one preschooler ‘helping’, you’ll know exactly what I mean. Yet I still do it, and each time I let them attempt to break an egg/hold the whisk/ help me measure the flour. Each time we all end up covered.

After we’d baked a giant Victoria sponge and a couple of trays of chocolate brownies, I let them sit with the bowl to lick while I washed up. When I turned around two minutes later this is the view that greeted me. I love that even Ted the labradoodle is getting in on the act.

SAM_4186 I couldn’t resist including this second picture snapped of T1, caught red handed with that cheeky grin.

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Comments

  1. hurrahforgin says

    15/09/2013 at 6:28 pm

    so cheeky!
    I used to love licking the bowl out when i was a kid…ok i still do!

    • TalesofaTwinMum says

      16/09/2013 at 12:48 pm

      Haha me too but I don’t get a look in anymore – the pair of them lick it clean between them! x

  2. Mummy Hearts You says

    15/09/2013 at 7:38 pm

    I am a big fan of baking, and I love to bake with Moo. She loves to lick the bowl out!

    I love that 2nd picture! so sweet, yet so cheeky x

    popped over from Katie’s Ordinary Moments

    • TalesofaTwinMum says

      16/09/2013 at 12:49 pm

      Thanks for stopping by. That second picture completely sums him up – he’s so sneaky and cheeky all the time! How can you ever get angry when he smiles at you like that?! xx

  3. Jane Blackmore says

    15/09/2013 at 9:35 pm

    Messy play is evil – although your two make it look cute!

    • TalesofaTwinMum says

      16/09/2013 at 12:50 pm

      Messy play is evil but chocolate doesn’t count because they can lick it all off themselves! x

  4. Katie @mummydaddyme says

    15/09/2013 at 10:44 pm

    Licking the bowl is a TOTAL ordinary childhood moment but an AMAZING one. I loved doing it as a kid. In fact I still do. And I am with you on the whole messy play thing, I should do more, in fact I have a post coming up saying something similar in the week. I just can’t stand the mess. x

    • TalesofaTwinMum says

      16/09/2013 at 12:52 pm

      Messy play is what pre-school is for! Kitchen mess is much easier to clean up than glitter, mostly because they can lick it all up! Plus there is a cake at the end of it which is always a bonus. x

  5. ourlifebusymakingmemories says

    16/09/2013 at 1:01 pm

    Mmmmm! I need to go home and bake now!

  6. Dawn Frazier says

    17/09/2013 at 12:08 pm

    I enjoy baking with my girls and sometimes my son joins in too. I’m a bit like you in that I don’t like getting paints out either! My girls love it when the recipe for a cake needs two eggs. They get to crack one each!

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