A Time Honoured Tradition

You know what they say about the power of suggestion? Well, there I am standing in line at the grocery store looking at the display of ready-t0-eat rice krispy treats. I reach out to throw a box into the cart when I think to myself that it would be much more fun to make rice krispy treats with Sienn. It is afterall a time-honoured-tradition and a rite of passage for every mother to teach her children to make rice krispy treats, right? So off I go on the hunt for rice krispies [check], marshmallows [check] and butter [check]. All done - an easy list. I get home, excited to tell Sienna that we are going to make rice krispy treats together. She, of course, is thrilled at theh prospect of cooking with Mommy, even though she has absolutely no clue what a rice krispy treat is. We pull the step ladder up to the stove she can watch [and help]. By this time, she has ripped open the bag of marshmallows and proclaims, "mmmm, yummy". We start to add the marshmallows to the pot, and she is not too thrilled that they have melted into a gooey mess. We add the vanilla, and then the rice krispies. And stir, stir, stir. She helps me to pat them into a buttered pan, her little tiny palms flattening away (much more efficient than a spatula, right?). She eats all of her dinner in anticipation of trying her first ever rice krispy treat. And then the moment of truth ...... "mmmmmm, Mommy, I like rice krispy treats".

Rice Krispies - 5.99

Marshmallows - 1.59

The look on your child's face when she eats her first rice krispy treat - priceless