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February 29, 2008 by Rachel

Ava and I made Coconut Oatmeal Chocolate Chip cookies together. When I opened up the oven to stick in our mounds of sweetness, Ava ran to the drawer to retrieve a spoon. I stood up and saw this:

That soon gave way to this:

9 Responses

on February 29, 2008 at 5:42 pm | Reply Kelly @ Love Well

I’m thinking you should be glad she’s not snorting it. 🙂 Sounds wonderful. Would you share the recipe? I could reciprocate with my chewy oatmeal coconut dried cherry cookies. Even my husband (the man who doesn’t enjoy sweets) loves them.
on February 29, 2008 at 6:26 pm | Reply Michelle

Cute! I think that’s a very common scene when baking with a 3 year old. I can barely keep Mira’s fingers out of the batter when we make cookies! Can’t wait to see you both next week!
Michelle
on February 29, 2008 at 9:15 pm | Reply Amy

I think it’s just plain smart.
Ava, you’re onto something there — eliminate the middle man. Why bother with the spoon when you can just lick?
on February 29, 2008 at 9:45 pm | Reply Shari

I love your backsplash!
And I second the suggestion to share the recipe.
on February 29, 2008 at 10:19 pm | Reply Danyelle

well rachel, despite your well intended efforts, I do believe this child of yours is going to grow up to be a sugar junkie!
on March 1, 2008 at 12:00 am | Reply chickadee

she is so cute! thank you for your comments. and i’m so sorry you have lost so many.
on March 1, 2008 at 2:35 am | Reply Kristi

Love that action shot! 🙂 Smart girl…why use fingers or a spoon when you can just go straight to the counter with your tongue!!!
on March 1, 2008 at 7:19 pm | Reply Hilary

Nothing tastes better than good ‘ole flour and baking soda! ~at least, that’s what it looks like Ava is licking up! ~ But Ava is not alone. When Isaac and I bake, which is not often, he wants to taste every ingredient from salt, to baking soda, to flour. Once we made homemade playdoh and it called for some cream of tartar and of course he had to get his little taste buds on that too. Blech!
on March 3, 2008 at 2:43 am | Reply mck Mama

It already looked like your gorgeous countertops were pretty clean (I mean, underneath the cookie ingredients) but after this I guess they were REALLY clean!