Bad mistake

"We are great cooks" (so they think)

Taking turns mixing.

Icing the cake

final results

Courtney got a friend to spend the night with her tonight. The girls wanted to bake a cake. I told them I did not have any icing for a cake. Emily says "Oh I can make icing with confectioners sugar". I say "I don't have any of that" So the girls beg and plead for me to go to the store and get the stuff for them to bake a cake. I give in thinking surely it will not hurt to let them make a simple cake. We go to the store and they pick out a cake and icing. They beg for me to buy them the tubes of icing to decorate the cake with. I don't give in to that. For one thing those tubes are expensive. Second I just did not know about two girls in the kitchen. They then want sprinkles or chocolate chips. I have chocolate chips at home so I decide they can use those. I told the girls they had to clean up their mess. "We will" We get home and they want to bake right away. I remind them again that they have to clean up their mess. After a broken egg on the floor, eggs shells in the mix, oil spilled on the table, and cake mix spilled in the floor I decided that I would do the clean up. They got the egg off of the floor and most of the oil up. I did not want a bigger mess than what we had. They had not even decorated the cake yet. We ate pizza while the cake cooled. I am dreading them putting the icing on. Here it goes. They start putting the icing on and did a pretty good job. They then sprinkle chocolate chips on the cake. I took some pictures of them. My kitchen is a mess. I did not take a picture of it. I can't post much more because I have to go clean up the mess that they made. I know I should make them do it, but I am afraid what it will look like when they are done. They had fun so I guess that is what matters. I think I made a bad mistake for letting two girls loose in my kitchen. Sounds like they are monkeys don't it? Actually they have acted like monkeys all night.