Bo-Bo the Chef

Whenever I am cooking in the kitchen, it doesn’t take long before I hear a bumping, shuffling sound in the laundry room that alerts me to the fact that Robyn is pulling out the folding step stool so that she can join in on the action.  Yesterday I was cooking lentils.  She wanted to help.  Emma had already added the lentils and bay leaves, but I figured Robyn could handle unwrapping the beef bullion cubes and then dropping them in the water.  But you have to be careful what you say to a two year old.  The directions went something like this.

Mama: OK, unwrap the paper off of this cube and then put it in the water.
Mama: No, don’t put the paper in the water!
Mama: NO, don’t put the cube in your mouth!!

I forgot that even though the task of unwrapping is definitely in her skill set, the rest cannot be assumed.  Apparently she thought I wanted the paper in the water and, since what’s inside the wrapping is usually the candy, she figured she could dispose of the unneeded part for me!