I am a stay at home mom to an 8 year old boy and 5 year old girl, so finding new things for them to eat AND like is challenging. I cook every night for my family, so sometimes I feel burned out from cooking, but I'd rather cook for them than eat fast food. I love to bake, and I am always making homemade birthday cakes for friends and family every year. Every Christmas my mother and I make candies. My mother asked me for a birthday cake with real buttercream frosting, not the kind with powdered sugar, so I made her a vanilla on vanilla cake and she loved it, so the next week for my fathers birthday I made him a peanut butter cake with chocolate buttercream, which was just as successful. One of the Christmas my mother and I were making our candies, 2005 I believe, I was boiling a pot of water and was removing it from the stove when I lost my grip and dropped it down the front of legs. I was burned vey badly but my childeren were safe because my body blocked them from the water. My son was on the counter dipping chocolate amd my daughter was behind me. It scared me out of the kitchen for a while, but nowadays I don't let it hinder my passion for cooking. Remember everyone to take extra caution when cooking with children.