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[lisamoe]

Yesterday evening, Jesse greeted me at the door with 2 lbs of lean ground beef, a large jar of spaghetti sauce, some bread crumbs and some grated parmesan and asked me if he could borrow my slow cooker, which may be an odd thing for one's 9 year-old son to ask, but you know Jesse. He wanted meatballs for breakfast so he wanted to slow cook them overnight. I helped him just a little, adding spices, but basically, he made them himself. They smelled great when I woke up this morning and he went ahead and ate a few, but I decided to save mine for dinner tonight. Hopefully he won't eat the entire crockpot of meatballs while I'm gone today.

I'm really happy with him wanting to know how to cook. So far, he can at least make meatballs, waffles from bisquick, spaghetti, and vegetable soup. Plus Mom said he cooked some of their meals on the camp stove when they were in Colorado. He asked me this week if I could teach him to flip pancakes and eggs, but we haven't worked on it yet. I think he's doing well for a 9 year old though.

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[a-spirited-soul.livejournal.com]

That's great! I need to impart some of those lessons to Trip.

[mamaduck.livejournal.com]

When we camped, he made hamburgers one night, a cheeseburger for his dad, and a cheese sandwich for me, and served canned baked beans and big pickle spears with that. Another night he cooked spaghetti and made a big fancy salad. He made S'Mores several times, of course!

[dragontamerbrat.livejournal.com]

That's so cool! At least he won't be one of those men lost w/o a person to cook meals for him when he gets older, LOL!

[lisamoe.livejournal.com]

I don't think that kid is ever going to be lost at anything, lol. He wants to know how to do it all.

[teevnus.livejournal.com]

That's excellent - Rowan is really into cooking, too. She's memorizing her grandmother's recipes already. Willow...not so much. She can do biscuits, eggs, and mac & cheese and doesn't seem to be interested in much else.

[lisamoe.livejournal.com]

Dingo can open his own ravioli can and eat it without heating it up. Does that count as cooking, lol?