Our Little Chef

Eric and I love to cook together. It's probably one of our favorite pastimes as a couple. We love it for its team-building properties, as well as the satisfaction of sitting down at the table with a delicious meal that we both had a hand in. Unfortunately, with a little tyke running around, we're usually relegated to one of us preparing the meal while the other occupies/entertains said tyke so that the meal can be eaten in a relatively good time frame. Lately, however, Ian has been asking to help out with cooking, which I'm perfectly happy to finagle. The more he likes our hobbies, the better, I say! It takes some creativity sometimes to provide him with tasks that are both toddler-friendly (no chance of any fingers being cut off or burned) and parent-friendly (not making too much of a mess), but it's worth it because we can all be in the kitchen at the same time! Thankfully, for his birthday, our friends JD and Andrea gave Ian his very own kitchen apron, complete with his own wooden kitchen tools. In the picture to the left, we're making salsa fresca, one of our nearly weekly culinary experiences. Ian is stirring the jalapenos, bell peppers and onions, while I dice and drain the tomatoes. Then he wipes his hands on his apron like a true pro.

Everybody's happy.