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Payback In The Kitchen!

A few weeks ago we were returning from aspaghetti and meatballs ... and a gleaming
break in Devon - along with the rest of thelittle girl, bursting with pride at her
country! A drive that normally takes justefforts!
over 3 hours took nearly 8 hours, and we
crawled through traffic the whole way. I didSo,  how  did  Tilly  learn to pull this off?
all the driving. It was grey and drizzly for
most of the journey. The story we wereWell, as soon as she could sit in her
listening to on CD finished after the first 3highchair she would stir, prod, taste and
hours, so we listened to a mixture of theexplore  (and  I  would  clean  it  up).
radio and my teenage son's ipod instead. I
soon  had  a  headache!As soon as she could stand she would prop
herself up near the sink and splash and spray
My husband, impatient on car journeys at theand scrub and bubble (and I would clean it
best of times, was nearly screaming by theup).
end. The kids were tired, grumpy and fed up.
We arrived home in the dark, and had toWhen she was old enough to count and measure,
unload the car in the pouring rain. When weshe would fill cups with flour and sugar and
had brought the last of the bags inside, alltip it into the mixing bowl, and over the
I wanted to do was make a cup of tea, run afloor, and into her hair, and up her nose
hot bubbly bath, take some pain killers,(and  I  would  clean  it  up).
enjoy some peace and quiet, and then watch a
gentle romcom on television before hitting myWhen she had friends round, they would giggle
bed - but instead it was time to make supperand plan and invent and concoct and mix and
for  us  all.  I  felt  like  crying.mingle together a clash of ingredients,
opening (and forgetting to close) every box
And then my 11 year old daughter came to theand jar in the kitchen, spilling much on the
rescue.counter and the floor, and generally having a
wonderful  time  (and  I  would clean it up).
"Mummy, you look really tired!" she said.
"Why don't you go and have a bath, and I'llWhen she wanted to make her own recipe, I
make  supper."would bite my tongue and let her throw
together too much flour and too little butter
Now, if I'm being honest, my first thoughtand one egg too many (and I would clean it
was that there was no way she could cope withup, and mop up her tears of frustration too).
making supper entirely by herself. I had no
idea what I was going to cook - we hadn'tWhen she made her very first cookies, and her
stopped to buy anything fresh so I was goingvery first cake, and her very first smoothie,
to have to dig around in the freezer andI told everyone about it, and I made sure she
larder for inspiration. How could sheheard. And I helped her eat them, too, even
possibly manage? Tilly is brilliant at makingthe  ones  that  didn't  taste  very  nice!
cakes and cookies and other sweet treats, and
often helps us out with lunches and suppers,When she needed to learn a new technique, I
but she had never cooked a main meal entirelyshowed her how I do things - but then I stood
by  herself,  with  no  help.back and let her choose whether to copy me or
find her own way. Sometimes she copied me,
I hesitated. Perhaps if I pointed her in thesometimes she didn't. Sometimes it frustrated
right direction, she would manage? But then Ime, but I kept quiet because I didn't want to
looked at her face, and I realised that thisfrustrate  her.
was a pivotal moment in our relationship. She
wanted me to trust her and to hand overSo, over the years, I invested a lot of time
responsibility entirely, and she also knew,and effort into my daughter's cooking
already, that it was unlikely that I would doeducation! How many hours did I spend
so.  I  took  the  plunge.cleaning up the kitchen after her? How many
times did I groan at the thought of another
"Done!" I gave her a hug, and headed upstairschildish  cooking  session?
for  a  soak.
But  was  is  worth  it?
45 minutes later I came back downstairs to
find a spotless kitchen (all the pans eitherYes,  every  moment.
in the dishwasher or draining), the table
laid, a candle lit, a delicious meal ofI got payback.



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