Cooking experiment

Dash got it in his head that he really wanted to do a cooking experiment, and he had a very specific list of ingredients and tools he needed.  Flour, sugar, salt, that was all fine.  Then he wanted orange juice and coffee beans so it got a little strange.  And he said he needed most of the kitchen measuring cups and spoons.  He really wanted all the glass Pyrex cups but I had to draw the line in case of breakage.

He spent a good 30 minutes or more mixing up his ingredients into a disgusting, pastelike mixture, but he sure enjoyed it.  The kitchen was a little beat up when he was done but not terribly.  Now, though, he asks every day if he can do a cooking experiment and I feel like I need to say no.  Flour isn't expensive but all these ingredients add up to being useful for actual cooking and it feels like a waste to use them like this every day.  While he waits for the next experiment day, he is getting more and more fixated on what else we should buy for his next experiment.  I'm totally avoiding the grape juice purchase as long as possible is all I have to say about that.

Chef Dash, early in the experiment (i.e. when things were still pretty clean)

Smiles

You know how to get your kids to smile in a picture?  Tell them NOT to think about butts!  Look at those silly happy faces!