Sunday Morning Pancakes at the Hayes'

Ring, Ring…

Melissa: Well, hello there Momma!!!

Me: Hey, whats up? Wanna come over for breakfast? I can make pancakes, bacon and I have fruit…just come over please!!!! I need adult interaction, this operation potty training is getting to me.

Melissa: (laughter) Sure, I just got out of the shower. Are we still going to go the fountain?

Me: Um, yah it doesn’t look too windy out. Just thought we could have some breakfast and then head over.

Melissa: OK, T is still sleeping. I will get ready, and then wake him and load him up. Are you like “getting ready” ready?

Me: (Laughing) Oh no, I haven’t put make-up on since last Sunday, YES as in a week ago!!! Well, I take that back, I put a little on at the cabin. But I am not planning on getting all “done up”.

Me: (Screaming at Jackson) “Hey Jack, remember you have big boy pants on…do you have to go potty?

Jackson: (Screaming back at me) NOOOOO mommy, no that’s not OK. (his new saying…according to him NOTHING is okay)

Melissa: (more laughter) Wow, sounds like fun at your house during operation potty training…

Me: OH YES!!! OK lover (yes, we call each other lover) when will you be here?

Melissa: see you in 40. Need anything?

Me: NOPE! Okay, Drive safe, see you soon. BYE!!!!

After I got off the phone I realized…I don’t have any pancake mix, my house was a disaster and Jackson was running around telling ME what to do.

1^st things first, go upstairs and throw on a dress…last thing Melissa wants to see is ME in the little nighty I was wearing. We don’t want to scare our guests!

Dressed… check

Deodorant…check

Brush teeth…check

Yelling downstairs at Jackson if he has to go potty…his response still has not changed….NOOOOOOO Mommy, no potty, that’s not okay.

I looked at myself in the mirror and thought….”really how long will it take to throw on some foundation and mascara?”… check

Back downstairs…

House is still trashed…(Not really, but I cannot see straight when there is more than like five different things pulled out and all over the floor) No time to pick up, got to think of a way to make pancakes WITHOUT pancake mix.

Light bulb went on in my head…make them from scratch!

So I pulled out the cookbook of recipes I have…blew off the dust (lol, seriously) and opened it. Sure enough there was the little post-it note with the homemade pancake recipe AND I had all the ingredients!

Now who better to help me than my little “No mommy, its not okay” monster!

I will walk you through the steps on how we made our homemade pancakes, and I will not leave ANYTHING out!

Post-it with the recipe

Mommy's Little Monster Helper

...and our ingredients

Cracking the eggs

Shell and all, so when he wasn't looking

...I tossed it and cracked a new one! 

Ready to pour the flour in

Did you know that in order to make

the Hayes' homemade pancakes

your assistant needs to wear one

croc AND it must be

on the wrong foot????

(side note: wow, my cabinets need some help...anyways different day, back to pancakes)

Pouring the flour in

next is the milk

taste test #1

lots more to come...keep scrolling

(side note: thinking to myself, should I show Melissa the photos before we eat OR after?

I went with after!!!!)

Sugar

Taste test #2

...pretty sure by the smile on his face its tasting pretty good!

Taste Test #3

AND for the record this was his little scoop of sugar and the teaspoon did not go back into the mixing bowl, just an FYI

OK this is where it gets interesting

Baking Powder...

I told him it was yucky...

I swear...

But he insited

...and agreed!

Salt

...look at that hand in the bowl

Pretty sure that is Taste Test #4

I am loosing track

...time to mix

Taste Test #5 coming up...

told you...

... and he LIKES it!

Good ol' Aunt Jemima

Confession...I lied

I left out something...

Vanilla...I added vanilla. 

Its not in the recipe, but its a MUST!!

OK back to pancakes... 

on the skillet cooking...

YES, its 10:45 a.m

and YES my stove is dirty

Sorry, this was all last minute...ReMeMbEr?!?!?

Mommy's Little Monster Helper was not allowed to help with the hot skillet...

...so he went and watched out the window for his bestest...TrEnToN!!!!

In the mean time, I was jamming out to my play list on Pandora (those of you who KNOW me, know my love for Pandora) I made the bacon (bless the inventor who invented microwavable bacon),

cut strawberries, set the table, lit the candles AND flipped pancakes...

I know I AM amazing! (wink, wink)

40 minutes later...

Trenton arrived!

Told you...

table set and candles lit

Life is good

and we made today

EVEN better!!!

Time to EaT!

Bacon...my child LOVES bacon!

...yes a must for Melissa and I

MoNsTeRs

Pretty sure in this photo

Melissa was wishing her Monster came with vodka!

...come Lord Jesus,

be our Guest,

and let this food

to US be blessed... AMEN!!!

We all ate...not in silence of course

not with two- two year olds

there was words...

LOTS of words!

while we cleaned up the kitchen

the boys sat on the couch and giggled as they

watched Chicken Little

...in a pancake comma

After we cleaned up the kitchen

Melissa showed me Trentons lover

...Sugarland

When he heard her come on he came running to the computer!

...at least we know he has good taste!

Now off the fountain!!!

(those photos will be in a different post!)

(last side note: I didn't tell Melissa about all the taste tests! LOL)