Gwyneth
has always joined me in the kitchen while I make cupcakes. It’s been a fun way
to judge her development and see the different stages she’s going through.
For
instance, she went through the sitting up stage where she sat on the counter
and observed everything going on. If only I knew how easy it was when I thought
it was so hard. Then she moved onto the curious stage which involved a lot of
me saying ‘don’t touch the mixer’ and now she’s into the ‘I want to do
everything stage.’ This stage requires a lot more patience on my behalf as
ingredients get tossed in haphazardly and 90% of the time completely miss the
bowl.
It’s always a lesson I need to remind myself
of each and every time: the mess will be cleaned up in an hour, but the
memories we’re making will last forever. So as I cringed while the powdered
sugar flung about the kitchen and all
over our clothes, it was the moment when she tasted it and realized the powder
was pure delicious that I remembered why I made sure to not make the cupcakes
after she went to bed.
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