Seventeen and three year old? Wow, I bet y’all have some SERIOUS kitchen fun!!!!

I am SO THRILLED you are all reading SP and I promise I have a lot more up my sleeve!!! You all have a WONDERFUL Christmas and tell your daughters I said “thank you”!!!!!

Gratefully,
Christy

Olga o.O Well now you’re talking my language!!!!! It just so happens I have fantasized about a babysitter! LOL. Before I had kids I used to borrow them from cousins to get my fix, always had a blast with them!

Mary You got me blushing!! Hehe, Brilliant? Me? Personally, I think I just have an overactive mind and so little focus that I can’t actually think of only one thing at a time, I kinda bounce ideas around like a ping pong ball – BUT I’ll take brilliant anyday!!!
THANK YOU!

Abbie hehe! I know just what you mean. The reason I didn’t do this for my son is that he is tall enough (and big enough) that he just uses all of my things when he bakes or works in the kitchen. Well that and the fact that his list of lego requests for Christmas is a mile long! You know, I was exactly seven when I got my first easy bake oven. I would have LOVED this and I know she will too! Thank you!!

Nancy Oh wonderful, WELCOME TO SOUTHERN PLATE!!! Sit a spell, join in our chat, grab a glass of tea, and come back often!!!! Another seven year old! Lol! It must be the ideal age for baking now as it was when I was young!

Mary Anne Hey girl!! (I have known MaryAnne since third grade!). I know they’ll love it!!!! Kiss dem babies fer me!

Micha OH great!!! Hey you know, I had my son start baking with me his very first Christmas! He was five months old and we propped him up to watch while I made monkey bread! Another fun thing to do if they are babies or toddlers is to just give them a set of measuring cups or spoons and let them play with them while they “help” you!

Beth oh yay!!! Get ready for dessert!!!! Thank you!!

Socalmal LOL. Hey, its good that I can amaze someone! ‘Round these parts I’m just the woman who does the laundry and cooks! Lol. I do hope they enjoy it, let me know!!

Dora I am trying so hard not to sing the song…I know you must hear it ALL the time!!! Your son sounds like a boy after my own heart!!! I hope you enjoy it and thank you!!!
~begins to hum…~

Laura hehe, April and Morgan would be so proud!!! We need to have coffee soon..I know we just did but I am soooo ready for another coffee night!
I got some Starbucks beans today at Wally World and they are SOO GOOD

Amiyrah hehe! If they’d just return an email or something, lol! I have contacted them a few times but I don’t reckon they are taking any notice of my lil ole emails a sittin’ in their big fancy Arkansas emailbox. Your pantry sounds a bit like mine! I keep my VERY well stocked but didn’t want to part with any of my “reserves”! lol
Thank you!

Tina Thank you so very much!!!

Stephanie I agree!! I would love that!! Oh wait…I already have that stuff. Oh well, I can NEVER have enough kitchen stuff!

Su Okay, I had NEVER heard of Fairy Bread before and you know as soon as I saw your comment I had to follow that link to see what it was! HOW COOL!! Why haven’t we done that before?? We WILL be doing it now, rest assured!! I LOVE that you took the time to tell me what they call sprinkles and all of that! I just love learning about these things. You know, anytime I get to go somewhere new the first thing I want to do is go to their grocery store and see what they have that is different! Those sprinkles you talked about are what we all “jimmies”! lol
Thank you so much! Your colander gift sounds great! I would have loved to have gotten that, too!!

Memoria I understand just what you are saying. My son has been cooking with me, as I said in a previous comment, since he was a baby and we would prop him up to watch me make monkey bread! My brother is a great cook, owns his own restaurant, and has won the Jack Daniel’s Grand Champion Cookoff twice now! We all cook in my family….well except for my sister. Her gifts lie in shopping ~grins~.
The funny thing is though that a lot of children tend to put themselves in gender roles even if their parents don’t. My daughter (who DAILY tells me she loves pink, pink is her favorite color, and pink is for girls) LOVES to cook, paint her nails, put on makeup, do her hair, etc. She is always pointing out to me what is and isn’t a “girl” activity and I try to kind of explain to her that things don’t have to be pigeonholed, specified for girls or boys, but at the age of three, she seems to really take comfort in her own gender identification.

My son was much the same way, especially with four male cousins! He always cooked though, because we’ve just always had fun doing that and I have always included them in my baking and cooking just like my mom did for all of us.

When I was in college, during my early childhood development classes, we were taught that boys and girls are not born with any specific gender identity and that they are taught how to behave like a boy and like a girl. Until I had kids, I believed that, too! I bought into it hook, line, and sinker! Then my boy was born making VROOM sounds and my daughter was walking on tip toes and wanting her nails painted before she could even talk.

Born with it or taught? Hmm, I would say a little of both. Either way, you are right, cooking is not a gender specific activity by any means. I bet most readers who mentioned girls specifically either A. Don’t have boys or B. Have boys who are just not at a point in their lives where they are interested in cooking.

As for my kids, I want to make sure that whoever brings me that plate of food in the nursing home is fully capable of making some darn good food to go on it!

Zesty Hey!! Thanks Mr. Zesty!!

Darius You made me shoot coffee out of my nose when I read that!!!!!!!!!
Seriously, you don’t bake??????seriously?// DARIUS??

Tiffany Oh Tiffany, you gave me a good laugh too!!! I am a fast ready and tend to skim a comment before I actually read it!! The first thing that jumped out at me from your comment was the word “sex” and I thought “OH MY LORD WHAT ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT ON SP!”
Lol
I LAUGHED SO HARD after I slowed down and read it, because of my initial thoughts! Lol
Oh thank you so much!! When are you due???? I am excited for you!!! You better come back here and let us know what it is!!!!! Ooh and names…and weight….

Thank you all so much!!!
Gratefully,
Christy

I have a 17yo daughter who wants to be a pastry chef so she’s very comfy in my kitchen using all my tools but my 3yo daughter already shows signs of loving to be in the kitchen. I definitely see an easy bake oven in her future. I make all my own mixes though. MUCH cheaper and so much tastier than the EBO ones you buy in the store.

Also, try dollar tree or the 99cent store for some of the baking tools or mixes. They have TONS of kitchen supplies now.

Thanks for the ideas! I LOVE your website and am making some of your recipes at least once a week. SO far my kids fav have been the taco soup and the cheesy chicken corn casserole. Kee the recipes coming. =)

Angela from San Diego but southern at heart, =)