Nice moments

I have had a lovely afternoon cooking with Emma. I made the bolognaise sauce while the kids were at school. When Emma had finished her homework we started making a lasagne. It was great fun. She rolled the pasta dough through the pasta machine and we layered the sauce, pasta and cheese. There was a little bit of dough and sauce left over so I showed Emma how to put the sheet through the extra roller to make fettucine. Emma loved taking the long strands out of the machine and dropping them in the boiling water. She felt very proud that she was allowed to work with the pot of water because that was a first for her. Then I showed her how to test the pasta was cooked and she took the whole process very seriously. We put the sauce over the freshly cooked pasta and Emma proclaimed that it was good. The fettucine was put aside for her lunch tomorrow. She is very excited about the idea of going to school with pasta she made for lunch. Her two closest friends both love pasta and I think she is looking forward to a bit of a brag. Ben, Emma and I had lasagne for dinner and it was very tasty. She had a nice big helping, which is great because it was full of vegetables I had cunningly hidden in the sauce. Alex rejected it outright and opted for leftovers. Maybe I'll get him next time.