With
Matthew in school all day, I’ve lost my most reliable kitchen helper. But never
fear. There is another apprentice ready to step into his shoes. Malia has
decided that helping in the kitchen is fun. She will run into her room and grab
her apron and oven mitts and then join me in the kitchen.
A little background on the matching aprons: my mother-in-law made me this apron as a gift on the occasion of the arrival of my new stove a year after we moved into our house. When Malia was a baby she was completely intrigued by the ladybug print fabric. She would stare and stare, grab the fabric, she was really entranced. So I got online and found the same fabric, purchasing most of a bolt so I could use it to decorate her room. Her curtains are made from the same fabric and she loves them to. There was still lots of fabric left over so I made her an apron and matching oven mitts for Christmas. Now she dons her matching apron (although hers is still bright and new and mine is quite faded from many washes) and we work together in the kitchen. The hardest part is convincing her that she really is only two and isn’t old enough to handle a knife or the hand mixer alone…
Luckily for us, I happen to have what we call "the wiggly cutter." It cuts veggies in a nice design and is much easier to handle than an actual knife. All my kids have used this handy little device as they began to acquire their kitchen skills. It was worth every penny. And it makes the veggies pretty. :-)
