Parade and Cooking with Chef David

This afternoon the kids and I went to the Sioux Valley homecoming parade in Volga. This was a first for both kids. I had my hands full trying to help David understand that there will be more candy coming-you don't have to try to eat it all right now. David would pick up a handful of candy off the ground and try to open a piece to eat with both hands full of candy. Kassy sat in the leaf-filled gutter and ate leaves and dirt. Hopefully that's all she ate! David came home with lots of candy, Kassy came home with dirt on her face and I came home with mosquito bites.



David and his parade sucker

After we got home from the parade, I wanted to make chocolate chip cookie dough and put the pizzas together for supper at  Allen's cousin's house. David asked, "What you doing, Mommy? What you doing?" I told him I was going to make cookie dough. "Cookie dough? I want to help!" I got a stick of butter out of the refrigerator and asked him to put it on the counter for me. He was very serious about wanting to help, so rather than doing as I asked, he proceeded to peel the paper off the stick of butter. I redirected him to the bowl on the counter and he climbed up on his stool. I gave him a spoon to stir with and he dumped in the oil and eggs. I never dreamed that making cookies could be so much fun! He was so interested in every part. His favorite part though, came at the end. He dumped in the bag of chocolate chips and reached in for a handful. He also got to taste the cookie dough, which disappeared almost as fast as peanut butter does.

After the cookie dough, I got ready to put the pizza dough in the pans. David was a little unhappy that I put the cookie dough away, but all was forgiven when I got the dough roller out to roll the pizza dough in the pans. I think he enjoyed rolling the pizza dough more than he liked the cookie dough but only David knows for sure! The final product did taste pretty good though.