Food Network

Lily has suddenly, and rather randomly, become obsessed with the Food Network.  I honestly don't have any idea where this came from since I do not watch the Food Network.  But she asks to watch it now instead of her usual kid shows.  Her favorites are Giada and Rachel Ray -- I think she'll watch any girl cooking.  It was funny because last night she asked me to turn to the "Food Network" and "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives" was on and she was so disappointed.  She said "I only like the shows where they show you how to cook something.  I don't like these shows where they travel around to different restaurants!"  I admit, I was taken aback and shocked that she knew so much about the Food Network and the different programming and types of programs.  She still manages to surprise and impress me daily.   

So today she wanted to cook something in the kitchen.  I had a box of cake mix, but no icing.  So we found a butter cream recipe online that called for all ingredients we had at home and made cake with homemade icing.  The whole time we prepared the cake and icing, we had to "talk about it like we were on the Food Network".

My next food network star putting the finishing touches on our cake.

(yes, the icing is a little runny.  But it was good!)