In article .com>,
"TaraDanielle" > wrote:

> Hi
> Last night I told my son dinner had a lot of steps, and he'd need to
> amuse himself quite a bit. He asked to help instead. So he helped me
> make waffles (from scratch) with chicken (from whole) and gravy (his
> was better than mine). It was great, he stood on a chair and really
> followed directions. He's a very young five, usually he gets mad when
> he can't do the eggs and leaves after two minutes. He made faces and
> said pulling warm chicken off of bones was disgusting, but he did it
> :-) He then set the table and we ate - it was delicious!
>
> Just light on gravy, my fault - I don't keep stock on hand since DH is
> allergic to it. The only almost emergency was when Zander mixed the
> flour and water for the gravy and went to dump it in the waffle batter
> - but I caught him in time.
> Tara
>
> PS We have been eating a lot better, but Zander's Dad was out so we
> took the opportunity to eat something he can't have. But he can have
> some leftover waffles this morning, and I got turkey SSG.
>

Kids are never too young to learn to cook! :-)

Well done!
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