Chef Brooke

Brooke's fav hobby is cooking. She loves watching the cooking network and I am so about helping my kids work towards their goals. Ash has watched the weather channel since she was 3 and now she knows shw wants to be a meterologist and Brooke wants to be a chef. So in helping Brooke I bought her a kids cookbook and let her pick the menu then I took her shopping and showed her where everything was at the grocery store. Once we got home she did the cooking. I told her what to do and she enjoyed every second. She made a tropical fruit dip that was super with strawberries and grapes to dip in it, a salad for me and her, spagetti pie (which Jason had 5 helpings it was so good), and dirt and worms for dessert. We ate by candlelight and used my good dishes and my rarely used tea glasses. Brooke announced when it was time to move on to the next course and she had a blast with everyone (including Jarrett) saying how good everything tasted. Afterwards everyone helped me clear the table. It was a great family night. Next up: Game night for us. Jarrett and Brooke picking out the next Brooke's supper night menu.

Jarrett being super good. He patiently waited until Brooke announced we could eat.

My little chef super proud of her supper.

She did a great job. I was very suprised how well she did for an 8 yr old.

See how good the spagetti pie looks. Mmmmm It was good.

Brooke cutting the strawberries for the fruit tray.

Brooke browning the hamburger meat. Yeah I was right there the whole time helping.

The kids and I love Halloween so much that they just couldn't wait to take pictures of their costumes. Yes this is a witch outfit, but we aren't wearing the hat just the dress and we bought a 50's looking hat and I will make her face look pale and ghostly.

Jarrett is going to be Optimus Prime from Transformers.

I'm glad we bought it early so they still had tons in their sizes to pick out. My kids love the Halloween store by the house. Jarrett only cried once while we were in there, but he didn't want to leave when I finally had to pry them out the door. They love to look at all of the scary stuff.

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