I know baking with your kids is supposed to be this miraculous bonding experience where you channel all of your ancestors and all of the kitchen gods. You’ve seen all the Instagram posts where the work space is immaculate, the kids are dressed up and clean and everyone is laughing and having a grand time. There are Pinterest worthy treats at the end of course and the kids are just so grateful for the time spent with you right?

I wish you could see my eyes rolling right now. I would say 9 out of 10 times I have agreed to bake with my kids, it’s not quite like the scenario I have described. Projects take about 5 times as long as you planned, there’s a good chance you do not have all the ingredients on hand and the mess that inevitably takes an hour to clean up, well that’s the best part right? Despite all of that, you still do it.

You do it because they are so excited to create something new. You do it to keep them busy and off of the electronics. You do it because their little hands are just so darn cute. You do it because you realize how fast the time is going and soon they won’t be living under your roof. You do it because who really cares about flour all over the floor…it’s really not the big of a deal.