Since he was two years old, we have noticed that my son loves to stay in the kitchen and help his papa out while he's cooking. As I have said a million times again that although I cannot cook, I can handle a little bit of baking simple recipes of cakes and cookies. The same thing that he does everytime I bake, he will always help with his little hands. Sometimes, he'll do it by himself. And just to encourage him, I'll let him do it. (If I think that he can.) And this thing has been going on for two years now. And every "kitchen time" that we have, he's always there. Be it early in the morning or late in the afternoon. Sometimes, I'll do it in the evening and yes, he will always be there, saying, "laisse-moi faire, s'il te plaît" (Meaning, "let me do it, please.") with his eyes always pleading and ready to learn. So this goes on and on until now.
Yesterday, I was to supposed to bake a whoopie pie in tranquility because he was supposed to have school. But apparently his school teacher is sick and parents were asked if they can take care of their own kids at home. Since I don't have work (I only work on week-ends because of our little one.) I said, of course, why not, he's my kid anyway. So my baking plans changed. Actually, it is now his baking plan not mine for as soon as he knew that I will be baking, he said that he'll do it. And of course, as I said, we encourage him to do it, so I agreed once again, like a lot of times before. But this time, I was astounded when he asked me to film him. He said, "fait un video, maman, comme le dernier fois avec papa." (Translation: Make a video, mom, like the last time (you did) with papa.)
Yes, my husband is a cook. And he does Japanese and French cuisine, the last time, his papa also asked me to film him while doing different types of sushi and maki. So I'm sure he got the idea from him. But actually, I was a little bit hesistant to film him because I will also be using my hands to help him with things that he can not do, but he said, he can take care of it. So I agreed again, I'm a bad mother. I can't say "no." (But not most of the time, don't worry.)
So to make the long story short, I was proud of what he did. I really can't imagine a 4 years old boy doing stuff like this. And when I showed the film (which I edited to make it short) to his papa, he was shocked in a good way and very proud of him.
If this one doesn't work, try to view it here.
And here are some photos to share my son's passsion.
He always says that, "Comme tous les grand chef, il faut gouter d'abbord." (Like all (famous) chef, it is necessary to taste first."
This was taken last June 2009, he was 2 years old and two months at that time, he did this for her sister's birthday.
These photos were taken yesterday, he's already 4. Will be turning 5 on the month of April.
The thing that I love about what he did yesterday is when he said that all the "grand" chef needs to taste first the thing that they created, to know if it taste good or not. And secondly, you might notice that his little sister is beside him, cheering him on or bothering him (she's always beside him everytime that he bakes) but he doesn't really stress himself out because of that. I think he's either so focused on what he is doing or that he just love his sister so much that it's OK even if she disturb him.
