Jenny Caruso > wrote in
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> I'm trying to teach my girls to bake. They really love it but
> they're... just plain messy. I can't walk across the kitchen without
> feeling like I'm crunching granulated sugar beneath my slippers and
> I'm tired of sweeping. How can I encourage them to be more careful?

Part of learning to bake is cleaning up. Try teaching that as part of the
process. My children are all grown, but I still run my little robot vac in
my kitchen every day. The name is Roomba and it's made by iRobot. Very
helpful even without messy little ones.

Sheila