I have had the pleasure of my young niece and nephew today. They are great kids, full of beans and bright as buttons, however their mum has non-existent cooking skills (this girl burns water!) so they get a crash course in cooking something when they visit. Today was chocolate cake. I had to laugh, there was a lot of tongue poking out in concentration and an almighty mess. After they had put the cake mixture in the oven, I gave them both a spoon and pointed to the bowl. The pair of them had no idea what I was on about, so I borrowed Ellies spoon, scooped some of the leftover mixture and offered it to her. Some time later after lots of elbowing, eye gouging and general underhand fighting I had two exhausted small people covered in cake mixture and one spotless mixing bowl. Half the cake had gone by the time mum came to pick them up, Jack tried to blame it on the dog, he almost got away with it too until mum realised I don't have one!
Gotta love kids. It's even better when you can hand them back at the end of the day. I'm ready for bed now.
