Thanksgiving Food - Chex Mix & Kooking Kids!

Item #4 on the EPIC

Thanksgiving cooking list 

is really not worthy of its own posting...

Chex Mix?

Really?!?!

It is not about the Chex Mix,

exactly,

it is more about the sweet baby boy,

EATING

the Chex Mix...

(sort of)

Mom makes huge batch of 

Chex Mix

Then she puts it on the counter

as she continues her

baking

and

cooking.

Only to turn around and find

her 3 year old

pushing the cooler holding the 

brining turkey (see last post)

around the kitchen.

He effortlessly maneuvers it

to right infront of the Chex Mix.

(and pumpkin pies - take note of those

these are the ONLY pictures I have

and they will be featured in the next post)

Back to the kid pushing the turkey in the cooler

around the kitchen...

Said freaking cute 

3 year old

hops up on the brining turkey

filled cooler

and starts to 

help his little self to the 

Chex Mix!

However,

I quickly discovered that he was 

sitting there 

PICKING

through the Chex Mix

and pulling out 

JUST

the pretzels!

See?

Stinker!

(Chex Mix - HIT (the pretzels anyways))

(Talley:  2-HITS, 2-MISSES)

While Mommy was cooking away in the kitchen,

my little people wanted to help SOOOOO bad,

but I was kinda in a groove

and 

politely (maybe not quite so politely)

declined their offer/request

of help.

Then it dawned on me!

There was an

Easy Bake Oven 

sitting UNOPENED

in our garage!

(gotten by Ms. Priss 11 months ago - sigh)

So again,

Jackson was head chef

and thankfully he can read!

So I let him at it!

The littles were his sous chefs again.

They seriously needed 

MINIMAL

help from mommy!

This was cute and I was super happy that

they were cooking too,

and not "helping" me.

However,

these are the smallest,

most pitiful excuses 

for baked goods I have ever seen!

I was quite disappointed in the portion

size.

There was quite a bit of effort for

literally a NIBBLE

of a "cupcake".

But they had fun.