Chef Katie

Katie asked me the other day if I would start teaching her how to cook some real foods (all she knew before was easy mac and pb&j) so I started coming up with a list. We started with grilled cheese and she immediately wanted to do everything herself. I never touched anything and only supervised. 

After that success she took off and couldn’t get enough! We made pizza roll ups for lunch one day. 

She and I went to see a movie yesterday morning after we got done with school. I always try to have Fridays scheduled to where we only have around 2 hours of work so that we can do a field trip too and that’s what she picked this week. Then that evening she made pizza for us while Lillian and Matt were at the camp.

We met Matt in Plain Dealing this morning so Lillian could come home while he stayed to work on the tractor today. It was such a beautiful day that we all hung out in the backyard for several hours and the girls took Bella for a walk. And then we had Katie’s spaghetti for dinner. I walked her through putting the sauce and meatballs in the crockpot earlier in the day and then she handled the noodles fully on her own, including draining the boiling water. Made me nervous but she handled it like a champ!

It won’t be long before she’s doing it all on her own❤️ Tomorrow we will make sausage balls and I told her she could help with dinner too. I love this new hobby of hers. Not only do we get to spend time together doing something we both like, but one day I’ll be able to ask her to handle dinner for me. I asked Lilli if she’d like to join in the dinner lessons but she figures she has a few years. 🤣 That’s ok, she has her own interests and I love watching and supporting those too. Which is why I guess we won’t be taking a break from riding. She just loves it too much and as long as school gets done I think it’s a great hobby. 

Especially now that the weather is cooling off and it’s not miserable to be out there. 😉



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