As a child I always wanted an easy bake oven (I'm guessing most little girls did). I now know (or at least think I know) why mom and dad never got us girls one.
Easy Bake = Big Mess and Time Sucker
Last year for Madison's birthday, my mom (aka Grandma), got one for Shea after I mentioned she would like it. She loves it. Charlotte loves it. Me, not so much.....
Don't get me wrong, I love watching the girls have fun. They happily gather the 50 accessories and thoroughly discuss the pros and cons of each mix/frosting combination. They measure and mix so vigorously. But, in a nutshell, the easy bake oven is quite a tedious toy. It takes 10 minutes to "preheat". (I use the term preheat lightly - the oven cooks with a light bulb) Considering it takes 8 minutes to cook and an additional 8 minutes to cool (and only cooks one teeny-tiny pan at a time), it takes us a full hour to complete two small desserts for the girls.
But, the girls like it, so we indulged in a little Easy Bake activity earlier this week.
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| Prepping the mix |
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| Licking every last bit from the bowl. |
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| Man - this frosting is good! |
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| Enjoying the final product! |
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| Doesn't quite look like the picture on the box...I can't imagine why! |
Too funny! Looks deelish to me!
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