Sunday, February 1, 2009

That's Right Ladies...He Bakes, Too!

I had a great surprise one day this week when I picked up Sam from Ms. Pat's house. She met me at the door with a bag full of diapers and pull-ups. "Here, we don't need these here anymore." I asked her three times before leaving if she was sure. Sam had been three days without wearing anything but underwear, even at naptime! So, to celebrate, Sam and I made cupcakes!

Sam chose the cake mix, the frosting and the decorations for the cupcakes. He is a man that obviously knows what he wants because he very quickly chose a chocolate mix and chocolate frosting. Thank God he seems to be more decisive than I am or we could have been there all day!

Once I cleaned the kitchen so we could find the countertop, I got out everything we would need and prepared all the ingredients so that Sam could add everything to the bowl.

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He did a good job, only spilling a little bit of mix. "Oops!"

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He was determined not to miss a speck!

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After adding the cake mix, the oil, the water and the eggs, he was ready to mix. This being his first time using the mixer, I had to actually teach him to keep his fingers out of the bowl while the batter was being mixed. (I can't imagine who taught him how to lick the bowl!)

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Time to fill the cups! This step wasn't so bad...

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...until Sam realized he could use the spoon to eat the batter! I had to finish filling the cups!

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The cupcakes finally went into the oven. We made two dozen! Here are the decorations Sam chose. He really wanted to find monkeys to put on them. I have no idea where that idea came from, but we went to three stores. No monkeys! Thankfully, in the last store, he found the hearts and seemed happy with those.

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With the cupcakes out of the oven, Sam could hardly contain himself! He didn't seem to mind that they were hot. He couldn't keep his hands off!

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Finally, the cupcakes cooled off enough for Sam to add the frosting and the hearts.

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Amidst all the cake mix, spilled water, dropped batter and crumbs, this is the only time that Sam seemed to notice the mess.

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After almost 2 hours, we were finally done and ready to eat.

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Can't you just see the anticipation on his face?

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You might think that after spending money for all the ingredients, cleaning the kitchen...twice, accepting that the white t-shirt was ruined, and spending almost two hours in the kitchen with Sam making cupcakes that I would be upset that this is all he ate:

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Not at all! We had so much fun! And it does my heart good that he didn't want to eat the whole batch. I have trained him well!

Kudos to you if you noticed that Sam ended up wearing nothing but his Thomas underwear by the time we were finished. You didn't expect anything less, did you?

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By the way, Allison, you don't have to worry. Sam did not put his grubby hands on or dip his spoon into any part of the cupcakes we took to Ms. Pat's! I made sure I took special care of those!

2 comments:

Allison said...

I read my note, but it never even crossed my mind. I enjoyed reading all about the cupcake experience. Mrs. Pat just said that you made cupcakes because you were craving chocolate.

Anonymous said...

A man who can bake and recogonizes the greatness of chocolate; you will have to fight the girls off! I loved all the pictures, wish I had done the same when Kevin was small and we did the baking. Thanks for sharing these. Robin