Baking

With the little one

My daughter always wants to watch me do things in the kitchen. I normally do not bake because I am afraid of it (Plus I hate doing dishes), but I thought it would be fun for her to be involved in some sort of kitchen activity. Since thanksgiving is approaching, pumpkin pie seemed the way to go. But instead of one big pie, I thought little ones in a muffin tin would be cuter. 

She loved it! We just used box crust and the recipe on the back of the pumpkin pie. And despite using vanilla almond milk instead of evaporated milk, and no cloves just extra cinnamon because this mommy wasn't prepared, it turned out great. She had so much fun, and I loved getting to do it together. This growing up thing that she is doing has some perks. 

The pictures turned out great as well, although sometimes I feel like I take too many and do not focus on the moment as much as I should. I always enjoyed looking at pictures and videos of my childhood, and hopefully she will enjoy these photos when she gets older just as much as I do. 

I think more mommy/daughter baking days are in our future. I also need to start thinking of more fun activities we can to together. I would like to start turning her nursery into a big girl room soon so she will be help with that. Maybe we will even try gardening in the spring.