April 13: Two Little Chefs

Today is my 8th anniversary. My wife's too, in fact. Strange how that works, huh? Anyway, we usually don't do anything major for our anniversary, and we had no plans to change that this year. But the kids had high intentions of making dinner for us in honor of our 8 years together as husband and wife. They even had the menu planned out: BLTs and Green Beans. And, that's really crazy because if my wife and I had dined out, I would have ordered the same exact thing. The irony is almost creepy, you know? As much as my wife and I did want the whole family to eat out, the kids would have no part of it. They wanted to make dinner this evening! And, since they've never presented such an offer to us before, we let them...to some degree. We got things started with with my son washing the tomatoes while my daughter carefully placed the bacon strips on the broiler pan for their inevitable journey into the heart of the stove. Next, my son moved on to the lettuce while my daughter began slicing the tomatoes (with assistance). Finally, my son got out the toaster, then the green beans while my daughter set the table. Then, as the bacon sizzled inside the oven and the bread browned inside the toaster, they both disappeared! Yep, just left the kitchen and went on to bigger, better things...like playing. So, even though their hearts were in the right place, their patience and interest level were dragging a bit behind. We still gave them both full credit for dinner, explaining that the reason any meal tastes delicious is always due to preparation!