Not Suzy Homemaker: Her Very First Meal

Lauryn has been talking about helping more with meals and wanting to do more cooking. She's always helped me in the kitchen with measuring, stirring, etc. but now she wants to do more by herself. We talked it over and decided tonight, for her first meal on her own, she'd make taco salad and bean dip. It was hard for me to stand back and let her do it, and she did ask for a little help here and there, but she listened when I explained why things had to be done a certain way, she was very careful and she did a great job! From making the meal and setting the table to putting leftovers away and cleaning up, she really did great and she loved doing it on her own. When I mentioned her cleaning up after, because when Mama makes a meal, Mama has to clean up, she thought it was great that she was going to do that, too! I told her that if she'd like, we could make one meal a week that was a "Lauryn Meal" meaning she'd do it all on her own. She was thrilled! I love that she's showing so much interest in the kitchen and I love how well she listened and got right into what she was doing. I'm looking forward to more "Lauryn Meals." :)

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