Chef Mia!

As we were preparing in the kitchen this morning for a New Year's Eve Party, I was thinking aboout something quite cute...Our Upstairs neighbors recently began calling Mia, "Chef Mia." "Chef" in German actually means "Boss"- so they are basically joking that Mia rules the roost in our family. On the literal level, Mia has truly become "Chef Mia" in the English sense as well. She takes a weekly cooking class at her school, and just like everything else that surprises me here, why would you not give a 4 year old a sharp knife to learn to cut food. My mentality is "no way" - they could hurt themselves or someone else. Well, of course I am not in attendance in her cooking class, and so wouldn't you know she has become a true chef - knives and all! At home now, she shreds the carrots and potatoes for me, she cuts the peppers and celery, she cracks the eggs and even can professionally switch the yolk from one shell to another. It is adorable to watch how she really gets into it and loves it. It truly helps me out in the kitchen not having to peel, cut, or crack - it's great!