This Reminds Me

Archive for July 2nd, 2006

Lois and Julia made chocolate chip cookies this afternoon – certainly a “first” for Julia.  Lois is our kitchen pro – creative, yet methodical, and capable of turning out some mighty Good Eats on her own.  But she took the time to allow Julia to “help,” plus offer instruction including:

-  “Always use more chocolate chips than they say.”

-  “The sheet is hot – don’t touch.”  (Had to anyway – ouch!)

And perhaps the most important:

-  ”You can’t put the spoon back in the bowl after you lick it.”

I tried to stay out of the way.  Keith – ever the supportive parent – wandered into the kitchen repeatedly to sample to batter ensuring “quality control.”

“Hurry and get them in the oven before Daddy comes in for more quality control!”

Julia pronounced both the baked and unbaked samples “foosna” – “tasty.”

Is there anything really more fun than making cookies?  The kids have always loved making the sprinkle kind, too.  When we lived in Houston, Judy kept us supplied with sprinkly sugar in every color of the rainbow.  Shortly after I took this picture, I discovered 2-year-old Hannah and 4-year-old Lois were licking their raw cookies so the sprinkles would stay on well.  (sigh)  I decided the baking heat would kill any germs.

Lickin’ – er – Lookin’ Good

Julia will be starting kindergarten this fall.  She’ll learn something that we could all remember: “Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you.”

Be good.