Zesting and Cutting

I work three mornings a week and on those mornings it sometimes a mad dash out the door. One day last week the kids ate poptarts in the car. Yes, I know that that processed food is bad for everyone but sometimes bad nutrition wins out over waking the kids up early. They usually only sleep past 7:00 on the mornings I work. It is some type of sleeping-in irony.

This morning when Wesley asked for pancakes, I didn't have a good excuse not to make them or not to let them help me. So, we made these pancakes. They like to dump the stuff into the bowl. Wesley likes zesting lemons.
This was Lydia's first time trying the zester.

I also let the kids slice up bananas with a butter knife.

It looks like Lydia was really concentrating.

Of course both kids sampled some of the bananas.

The pancakes were delicious and the kids had fun cooking.