whopper cake!

this week the boys and i checked out a fabulous book from the library! it is entitled "whopper cake" by karma wilson. this book is great - it is about a grandpa that is cooking a huge cake for grandma's b-day! he uses a pickup truck bed for the pan and an oar for a spoon - just to give you an idea of how big this cake is! well at the end of the book they have a recipe for the cake, but not to fear if you don't have a truck bed handy you can use a 9X13 inch cake pan! so the boys and i tried our hands at the cake this evening! with shannon, erin, gid, and mia coming for a visit tomorrow, we knew we would have some willing taste testers! the boys and i had a great time making the cake. both of the boys are starting to show interest in cooking, grady more than gabe! it totally thrills me to think my little men are interested in cooking and baking! as most of you know, shawn is a great cook and thanks to him - i like to think i'm not half bad myself! we both love to cook and bake - so it just seems natural the boys would find interest in it! and not only is it a great time together, gabe is also learning all about fractions. so its a math lesson as well! gabe had the best line of all this evening...we were busy sifting all of the dry ingredients together, which took a while because the youngest chef was in charge of the sifting, and gabe said, "you know mom, i think the box cakes are a lot easier!" i told you grady was more interested than gabe!!!!