Steve and I are usually pretty strict about not giving Sophie a lot of sweets and junk food. Until today, I'd never given her a spatula from something I've been baking. I figure eventually I had to start. What kind of childhood would she have if she never got to lick spatulas*? This spatula happened to be covered in brownie batter. Below you can see the progression from complete bliss to total devastation when I tried to take it away from her. The third look down on the left almost made me give in and let her make a complete mess of herself. Almost.
A few tears, a clean shirt, and an extra big package of paper towels later, she forgot all about it. Easy to upset. (mostly) Easy to please.
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So cute!!! and YES every kid needs to have a childhood of licking the spoon.
I love the pics she is so darn cute even when she is crying.
I feel the same way about batter - you gotta let them live! You capture some great facial expressions on that girl. I especially loved the ones you got while you were in Idaho & she wanted the camera. Talk about determined! She is growing up so fast - and she looks like a little firecracker. Dave is constantly telling me I am going to have to be on my toes for B in the future - it looks like you will too. At this rate, at least! :)
LOL! That is so cute.
Natalie, I love the picture progression--I love how it captures not just a moment, but an experience. :)
Not to be devil's advocate, but on the raw eggs--it's one of those cases where most eggs are perfectly fine, but there are a few that just naturally have salmonella in them. Hence the recommendation to not have raw egg products--the danger is "real," but rare. :) But raw dough is so good... to get around that, I remember my sister making cookie dough sans eggs just for eating. :)
That said, I didn't swear off deli meats when I was pregnant, and that's pretty much the same case. :)
Ya, I know there's a slight risk. And ironically, I'll eat a bowl full of raw-egg-laden cookie dough, but I won't touch a runny yolk in an egg overeasy. Ugh.
I didn't swear off deli meat either, but I only ate it if it was heated.
She is as cute as a button! I'm right there with you on the cookie dough YUM!
Yeah--I definitely don't do runny yokes, either. Yuck! :) (My husband, on the other hand, isn't quite so picky.) :)
I love those faces. She is such a sweet girl. I just love it when they want to be with you in the kitchen. Lydia's favorite is to help me do the dishes. She takes everything out of the dishwasher while I try to load it. It makes cleaning your kitchen twice as long but I would not have it any other way.
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