Lydia & Asa making a salad last night
I think I have established that I am not a chef. I totally love food. Obviously. But meal planning is not my forte. Hence my love affair with Once a Month Mom and E-Mealz. One thing I’ve always tried to do is make the kids part of cooking dinner. They love it! What is a chore for me is a special treat to them!
Last week I decided to make meatballs {Yes, my husband is still a vegetarian. We ate them for lunch!}. But I didn’t want to get my hands dirty. So I poured everything into a bowl and let the kids have at it. No, the meatballs weren’t evenly shaped. And yes, my almost-vegetarian daughter said, “I love the feel of meat in my hands!” But it got done!
So, as part of my back-to-school resolutions, I’m going to start involving them as much as possible with cooking–dinner AND packing lunches! It makes it (mostly) easier for me and the kids learn something new while contributing to our family! In fact, tonight, I didn’t let the kids help me with dinner and they were running around the house pretending to be cats. By the time dinner was finished, they had stuck homemade goo to the floor and been in trouble for whining. If they had been cooking with me, that may have been avoided! Plus, don’t you think cooking counts as a credit towards homeschooling or something?
What’s your Back-to-School Resolution? How ’bout trying making dinner as a family? It might be a fun one to conquer! Leave me a comment about dinner at your house or your Back-to-School resolution and win this FABULOUS prize pack from Nestle: a $25 MasterCard rewards card, $20 in school supplies, Stouffer’s VIP coupons, Tombstone VIP coupons, a Family Dinner Box of Questions (I have this box of questions & Lydia LOVES to do it at dinner!) and a Nestlé Family coupon booklet!
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