Hypothesis:
Having a child kills off brain cells. Lots of them.
Experiment:
Attempting (note the word attempt) to make banana/apple mini muffins. I bought the cutest little mini muffin pan thinking it would be a great sized snack for the Crazies. They love to “help” me in the kitchen so our new play is cooking or doing the dishes.
I had all of the ingredients out and my recipe in front of me, what could possibly go wrong?!? Enter crazy toddlers. With all of my “help” it made things a bit chaotic (understatement of the week). Trying to keep the raw eggs from little fingers. Trying to keep the glass bowl from tiny hands. Trying to keep the muffin pan out of “helping hands” reach was quite an undertaking. But I did it! I successfully made yummy banana/apple muffins for the babies. It wasn’t until I got the pan into the oven that I realized I missed a key ingredient.
Oops. I had the butter outside to get soft. Laughing hysterically I called my mom to ask how horrible the muffins would be with no butter. Pretty awful was the conclusion. They don’t look awful.
Lets put it to the test…..
Yum! Not bad at all Mommy.
Conclusion:
Yes. Having a baby definitely kills off brain cells. Important brain cells. And muffins with no butter aren’t all that bad.
Hypothesis Part Two:
Having multiple children kills off even more brain cells.
No experiment needed.
Conclusion:
Having multiple children does indeed kill off even more important brain cells.
And speaking of brain cells I think my “mommy” brain killed off some important baby brain cells. It is hot here. Like REALLY hot. Some days 115+ degrees hot. I always cool my car off before putting the babies in. Lately Shenzie has been sweating up a storm and Heaten is really flushed after a car trip. Missing all of those brain cells I never thought twice about it, we live in the desert, it is hot, babies will sweat. Jeff noticed last week that my rear air….the rear air I have cranked to SUPER high is broke. It is not blowing cold, refreshing air….more like hot, gross air. All summer the babies have been melting back there while I sit up front with my nice cool air. Yes, having babies seriously kills off IMPORTANT brain cells.
July 29th, 2008 at 8:15 am
Apparently muffins aren’t the only thing you’re baking!
I love the no butter muffins.
We have mixed results with cooking/baking together. It works WAY better when it’s
only one kid, I’ve found (and the other is otherwise occupied). Sometimes I put
them in high chairs and do it that way, giving them each turns to pour, mix, etc.
Standing in the kitchen is more fun, but I find it super challenging with 2.
Good for you for doing it!
July 29th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
So funny! I agree with you about brain cells. I used to be waaaaay smarter than I am now :). Do you have the kids on chairs or some sort of stool to reach the counter? I will have to try that. Alex and Will are anxious to help me cook but I hadn’t thought of a good way to accomplish it. Must be that Mommy Brain!
July 29th, 2008 at 9:16 pm
Sad muffins!!!!
July 29th, 2008 at 10:16 pm
Muffins with no butter- that’s great. Madeline loves muffins, so I try to make them as healthy as possible- no butter would definitely take them to healthy. BTW- Thor said Shenzie looks like a cute little teddy bear.
July 30th, 2008 at 6:10 am
I can vouch for the no brain cell theory.
The girls love cooking with me. They have a mini oven in the kitchen, next to mine, where they “cook” mini marshmallows. And, they already know that eggless cake batter is much better than eggless cake.
July 30th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
This is a totally random comment but I think we have the exact same counter tops. LOL! I can tell in your photo of the butter.