Worth the extra calories
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- February
- 28
My oldest was bored last weekend, so she whipped up a batch of blueberry muffin tops.
It’s a tradition in our family that bored children become bakers. When my chicks were little and wanted something to do, I always suggested they make cookies, cupcakes, muffins or brownies.
Treats are their own reward, I figured. When the babes were little, I helped with the hard parts. Now that they’re mostly grown, I get sweet-smelling surprises when I walk in the door.
And whether my son will follow the family tradition (he remains, at 19, afraid of turning on the gas stove because his middle school teachers impressed him with fear of starting a fire), his two sisters certainly break out the sweetcream butter and oatmeal when they’re tired of reading, playing video games or avoiding house work.
So this past weekend, the senior of my girls surprised the family at lunchtime with muffin tops. Yum. I figured the calories involved in eating one was worth the fun of watching her and her baby sister (they’re separated by 8 years) gossiping over the mixing bowl.
One of the nice things to think about when you remember that you reap what you sow.
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on Thursday, February 28th, 2008 at 7:17 pm by Randi Weiner.
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