3 Year Old Helper Cake

• 1 box cake mix
• eggs
• water
• vegetable oil
• step stool
• patience
• love
• time
• sense of humor
• cleaning supplies
• change of clothes
• aspirin
• television
• bakery

1. Wash helper's hands.
2. Preset oven.
3. Put cake into bowl.
4. Get out eggs.
5. Put spilled cake mix back into bowl.
6. Get out oil.
7. Pick up broken eggs from floor.
8. Measure water.
9. Remove egg shells from batter.
10. Tell helper next time not to lift electric mixer from batter when it's still running.
11. Wipe counter walls, being careful not to slip on floor.
12. Remind helper a taste is not a cupful.
13. Get out shortening to grease pan.
14. Gently remind helper to grease pans first!
15. Comfort helper who is crying because pan slipped from her hands and spilled onto her shoes.
16. Suggest to helper that sometimes grownups are better at carrying things without spilling.
17. Clean up helper.
18. Put on T.V.
19. Turn off oven.
20. Wash dishes, counter walls and floor.
21. Change clothes.
22. Call bakery.
23. Take aspirin and lie down.

cake mix, eggs, water, vegetable oil, step stool, patience, love, time, cleaning supplies, clothes, aspirin, television, bakery

Taken from www.cookbooks.com/Recipe-Details.aspx?id=440443 (may not work)