m.o.M - mother of Michael

If at First You Don't Succeed...

You'll wish you had some ham!

This is what the "young chef" prepared for his after-school snack today:

 

Thank you Dr. Suess!

Every Great Chef Has to Start Somewhere

Michael's baking cookies. That's a good thing, right?

I'm thinking, "Maybe not so much."

Here's the deal: While watching an episode of Franklin (or was it Arthur?), the cartoon character baked chocolate chip cookies mixed with fruit. The premise is great and I know there are all sorts of recipes out there that combine bananas with chocolate, raspberries with chocolate...the list goes on and on.

Michael, on the other hand, took a chocolate chip recipe and added blackberries, blueberries, strawberries and grapes to a batter that also included caramel chips instead of chocolate.

 

The good news? I didn't have to put on my "happy Mommy" face and eat one.

The bad news? I think this cookie sheet has lived a long and useful life.

I think we'll just stick to watching Animal Planet from now on!

Beauty and the Beast

It's always fun being out in the garden, but some days it's especially entertaining!

 

There are also those days when you just have to let the kid play with his food too!

 

I'll admit that I had the same idea too, but he beat me to it! I just couldn't get to the googly eyes fast enough!