On Fridays, he has the choice of leftovers (again), or fast food (which he seems to outgrown) or going to the grocery store and picking out something Fromm there. This week he chose the grocery store.
Normally, when we go to the grocery store on a Friday evening I ask him if he wants to pick out something for Saturday morning breakfast and I usually remind him of this when we talk on the phone. This week though, I asked him if would he like to help make some pancakes instead. I was kind of surprised, but happy, when he seemed pretty excited about the idea.
I told him that if he wanted, we could also make some pancakes with fruit in them. I suggested blueberries, he suggested bananas, so bananas it was.
When I got home from work, we pulled out the recipe book to see what we needed. We made a list of what we didn’t have, and then we headed over to the grocery store. When we got home he ate while I got out the mixing bowl and griddle. When Sam finished his dinner, he helped me get out the ingredients that we would need for the morning. When the whole family is home, I take the base recipe and multiply it by
six. Since it’s mostly just Sam, we decided to cut back a little and
only multiply it by five.
In the morning, we went to work.
Sam, like usual, was responsible for figuring out how much we need of each of the different ingredients - as well as doing his usual job of cracking the eggs, helping with measuring and running the mixer.
Today, I also had him practice pouring some of the batter onto the griddle and then flipping some of the pancakes. And he did pretty well.
We finished the morning with several large stacks of pancakes - some were plain, some with bananas and some with bananas and chocolate chips.
Now all that's left is to think of our next baking project.
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