Little Iron Chefs

One of Dylan's big presents from us which also included some money from my parents and sister was the KidKraft Vintage Kitchen Set. Now kitchen sets are not traditionally given to boys, but Dylan really likes to play cooking. Actually, food and getting into trouble are his best subjects in life. For the past year of his life...Dylan has been watching his old man do a lot of domestic duties. Because of this one of his favorite things to do is pretend to vacuum and also cook. Whenever I cook for the family he insists that I hold him as I cook so that he can get a birds eye view of what I am doing and also he gets to be the first one to taste the food. He likes to be the official food taster. He actually watches pretty intently and insists on me passing some of the ingredients to him so that he can add them into the dishes I prepare. So Nancy had been researching for the past month on kitchen sets to find the best deal and the most manliest kitchen set on the market. She found one that was blue and grey, but it turns out that they no longer carry this kitchen set. We settled for the KidKraft Vintage Set because it was a good brand and it was the only one that was not pink. Pottery Barn had a good one, but it was way too expensive.

It took me about 2 1/2 hours to build this thing, but it was worth the hard work. When the kids saw the final product they were pretty ecstatic. Here are the boys reacting to seeing the kitchen set. Dylan was pretty happy...actually he was extremely happy. Here is Justin checking out the whole kitchen set and giving the old tire a kick. Finally, here are the Pak brothers dressed and ready to create new dishes and compete in the Iron Chef.As parents we never really realize what influences we have on our children till they mature into grown adults. I look forward to or maybe fear what and how our doings will shape our children.