At one of the former school districts I worked in, I had a little boy who was always checking out cookbooks so that he could take them home and make some of the recipes with his mom. I always thought that was so sweet and wondered if I had a son if this would be something he'd do.
Well, Brock isn't checking out cookbooks at school...yet, but he is scoping Pinterest with me at times looking for neat things he can make. He is a boy who really likes to bake and he has had a hand in making almost all of his Leader Day treats this year.
This past Tuesday night, we were busy here in our kitchen whipping up cupcakes with Peep bunnies on them. Brock saw the bunnies at the grocery store and loved all their vibrant colors and thought his classmates would, too. Brock helped mix the cake batter and then he was the Peep/sprinkles boy as he said he preferred to put the bunnies and sprinkles on.
The perfectionist in me wanted to "doctor up" some of the sprinkles he chose and how heavily they were put on, but I needed to take a step back and say, "This is Brock's baking and his way to express himself and I need to let it be." I needed to remember that this is how he is going to learn and I treasure every minute that he wants to be with me baking because I don't know how long he'll still want to do this, but I'm hoping it's something he continues right into adulthood. Who knows? Maybe a cupcake will be the way to some special young lady's heart many years down the road!
No comments:
Post a Comment