Slumber Party and Pancakes!

Thursday afternoon, Sean and I jumped ship and went to OKC for an overnight adventure while Nate had a slumber party with Grandma and Grandpa at our house. What a fabulous time we all had! Sean and I had a lovely dinner at The Cheesecake Factory and then hit Penn Square Mall for some shopping. While browsing in my absolute favorite store, Williams Sonoma, we found the neatest pancake molds for little man. Yes, I know he is only three and should probably not be anywhere near a stove but he has been cooking with me for quite some time now. Sean and I decided to buy Nate the molds and his own lion spatula! After shopping, we headed over to Riverwind Casino and gambled the night away. I am happy to report I hit a jackpot and financed a large portion of our new refrigerator! Woohoo!

Nate loved his new utensils and was so excited to help mom flip the pancakes! Here are some pictures of our pancake making adventure...........

Nate showing off his new lion spatula!

Measuring out the ingredients.

Yes, that is little man cracking an egg! He is awesome at it now and keeps all the shells out!

He loves to smell the vanilla extract!

Finally dumping it in.

We make a ton of muffins and Nate has learned that you have to make a well for the liquid ingredients. I was going to skip this step but he was having none of that!

Pouring it into his well.

Dad showing Nate where we were going to cook the pancakes and what areas were off limits to little fingers.

Nate flipping his first pancake with mom! Surprisingly, he was not a big fan of the process. He didn't like the hissing sound the batter made when it hit the hot grill!

Nate enjoying the fruits of his work!