Now I’ll be honest..... I love baking and cooking. I’m not going to lie and say everything I make is amazing and beautiful, in fact sometimes (a lot of the time) my cakes look like cow pats. BUT I do put the effort in and try different recipes to keep my kids interested and well fed. However, I have a huge stash of Betty Crocker and Wrights cake mixes plus icing in the cupboard at all times because sometimes I want my kids to feel like they’ve done something from scratch. They are aged 7 and 12 and I make them read the box instructions, set the oven temp, gather the bowls and utensils, crack the egg, tip the oil and water in and mix. Today my 7 year old made brownies whilst I just stood there prompting him and how proud he was to unveil them as dessert this evening was so sweet!
My point is: you dont need to be master chef or a super mummy to make cooking fun for kids. Sometimes I involve my kids in complicated, from scratch recipes and sometimes I let them feel like they’ve been master chefs themselves by whipping up a box mix! But i never ever demean them by literally assembling a ready made cake and asking them to stick a decoration on then move it immediately after. Its just so sad and she’s just doing the bare minimum as a mum. When I saw one of the boys little hands putting a decoration on I thought “that’s a bit wonky but please lamby just let it be and let them have made their mark on the cake” but she had to fucking move it.
I don’t know why but that cake thing has made me really sad for the boys tonight xxx