Good for One Hour

Today after getting Cole's picture taken for the paper (1 year baby faces), we had some time to kill before lunch. The big kids and I made some muffins, but that didn't quench Paige's desire to make something "special." She is hilarious. She loves watching the Food Network mostly because she has a thing for plate presentation, garnishing, etc. Believe it or not, I actually took a class that taught about the importance of plate presentation, garnishing, etc. I don't use it day to day because I don't often entertain Martha Stewart and because I barely have enough time to chew my food before swallowing at mealtime, let alone sprinkle each plate with a dash of this or a sprig of that.

So, lately I've been trying to think of ways that I can incorporate Paige helping me put together a meal or a dessert. For example, she was in charge of sprinkling each serving of a pasta dish with parsley one night. What I try to get away from is the free-for-all with food that leads to wasted food. So today I had some leftover frosting. I let the kids frost mini vanilla wafers and then "garnish" them with whatever sprinkles / chips they wanted. They then put them in little foil wrappers and here is what we have:

They stood at the counter and did this for an hour and were so proud of the finished product! We had some for dessert after dinner and Will said, "These are yummier than peanut butter and jelly inside bread." Now that's pretty good.