Baking With Boys

Cooking can be a challenge (I've especially found it to be so!). Add three young boys to the process and you've reached a whole new dimension!

Nathan asked to make gingerbread cookies so Nathan, Caleb, Josh, and I pulled out the mix and whipped up a batch. The mixing went fine - of course all we had to do was add water so what could go wrong? :) The cookie mats, rolling pins, and cookie cutters came out next, and we set to work. Nathan ate more cookie dough than he made into cookies as you can tell by his face. It took Caleb a little while to discover the fine art of flouring the dough to keep it from sticking. He ended up with dough encrusted hands, a bogged-down rolling pin, and very little dough on his cookie mat. Once we dug him out and floured his dough, he had no problems. Josh jumped into his cookie rolling like a pro. He whipped out a variety of shapes and letters in various sizes. Aren't they so cute all covered with flour and dough! I can hardly stand it!