Soux Chefs

I love to cook.  I used to just love baking... but cooking has become a necessity... mostly because we all have to eat something other than cookies and cakes.  So I cook now.  And so do my kids.  I love having them in the kitchen most of the time.  It usually leads to a little bit more of a mess- but they are so happy- most of the time it's totally worth it.

Ty is helping me make a butternut squash risotto and Kate is stirring a mustard vinaigrette for our beans in this picture.


They have become so invested in what goes on our table.  I love to have the Food Network on TV in the afternoons and more often than not, I find myself and my three little ones snuggled up on the couch together watching either the Barefoot Contessa or the Pioneer Woman (at least- those are our favorites).  Ryan asks most mornings what time the Contessa comes on- she is apparently his favorite.  We were at Costco the other day and he kept trying to sneak her latest cookbook into my cart.  I love these little ones!

And what in the world am I going to do once summer is over???  I just want to keep them home all the time!