Happy National Pancake Day

It's National Pancake Day! This is my not-so-post-worthy post! I envisioned cute little heart and star shaped pancakes for Skylee's breakfast this morning. These are in fact two of her favorite shapes, aside from circle and square of course, and I was going to attempt my first decent 'Mom moment' this morning in a very long time. I haven't had the time or energy to even consider a fun breakfast for Skylee in ages so today, with a little prayer and determination, I was going to make it happen. And so I did, sort of.  First I had to sneak into Skylee's room and borrow her IKEA star and heart shaped cookie cutters she received from Ms. Jordan for Christmas because I have no cookie cutters of my own! Insert Christmas gift wish list here. I washed them and then gently poured a tiny bit of pancake batter into the shapes that were placed on a sizzling, hot griddle! 'Ooooh no! Too hot!' So I quickly turned the burner down and tried to scoop the shapes of nearly burned batter to the cooler side of the griddle. That failed since the batter was still raw and gooey on top and spilled through the cracks when moved. I tried it again and this time it was almost perfect until it was stuck to the edges! Ugh, spray! Why didn't I think to spray the cookie cutters first?  So I scrubbed the shapes to try to get the stuck-on, gooey mess out of the corners of a tiny star, using Dukes bottle cleaning brush by the way! After the third attempt I got one beautiful star-shaped pancake. By now, Skylee is getting hungry and walking around my legs in the kitchen. I offered her the heart pancake and in my best teacher/mommy voice explained to her to 'feel the shape; what shape is that? This is a pancake so you can eat it.' She skipped straight to shoving the entire lovely pancake into her mouth and in one swift bite, POOF! All that work, vanished into one hungry toddler's little mouth! All remaining pancakes were in her other favorite shape, the circle, and present a perfect learning opportunity for small, medium, large, and misshaped circles! LOL #momfail

National Pancake Day February 28, 2017