I'm a mother of 4 (ages 19, 5, 3, and 9 months) and cooking is my outlet. I love to bake and make cakes. My pics of Sophie's cake is so far my favorite. It look forever to make the flowers with faces, but I had a blast. I love trying new recipes and surprising people with loaves of bread and cakes. I love cooking with my kids. My son thinks every Mother in the world bakes cookies. Family dinners are a big thing in our house. cake, cookies, dinners, now working on a gingerbread house. Sitting in my kitchen as a child watching my mom bake cookies. Her apple crisp was the best ever! I wasn't allow to talk, because she always forgot how much of this or that she was putting in her bowl. Just the fact that my kids tell me they love the food and love to cook with me. My son says," Mommy you best baker." It's so cute! The fact that my friends think I'm this amazing baker and cook, and I'm praying they don't find out the truth that I'm about average with good recipes. Oh there have been several. The soapy tasting frosting (the clear vanilla I had went bad), or the cake for the church that looked great but tasted aweful (bad crisco that I used to soften the fondant), or the many dinners my poor family has suffered through while I work to improve my cooking skills. MY MottO: If you aren't cooking badly, your not in the kitchen enough.