Sugar and Spice
In my mind, on the list of what Daddy’s are supposed to do, right up there with horsey rides and threatening boyfriends, is make pancakes. And since Christmas, when Mommy bought me a Griddler, I have dutifully made pancakes every weekend.
Needless to say, pancakes are a hit.
In fact, now that Swee’Pea’s vocabulary has grown to the point where she is making demands requests, she pretty much wants pancakes every morning. Unfortunately for her, pancakes are not an option during the week so for the past week she has been pissed off disappointed when finding that oatmeal was on the breakfast menu instead of pancakes.
So today being Saturday, I was excited to finally tell my sweet little girl that she was getting pancakes for breakfast. I woke up early and prepared beautiful golden brown pancakes with a little dab of low fat butter substitute (mmmmmm…) and a drop of syrup on each pancake for a little touch of sweetness – just how she likes ‘em. I chopped ‘em up into little bite size pieces and presented them to m’lady for her approval.
She took a bite and smiled. I smiled back, happy to give my little girl what she had been craving the entire week. Pancakes for my little girl. I was satisfied.
Then, my sweet little girl looked up into my eyes, put her hands out to the side with her palms facing up and asked…
“Ba-na-nas?”
*Sigh*
Yes, Swee’Pea, you’re driving your father bananas.
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So, was she asking for banana PANCAKES or just bananas? If it was for banana pancakes then color me impressed. Watch out though, cuz her next request might be crepes so you better be prepared.
Comment by samantha jo campen — March 17, 2007 @ 4:23 pm
Maybe she was saying she was ‘bananas’ for your pancakes… ok maybe not. Sorry, but, as seems to be a trend on your site; I’ve been there, done that.
At first the The PB & The J loved my carne asada tacos… a few months later; meh. Having said that and to give you some hope for the future, The PB likes them again, The J – not so much.
How about TheMonk? Does he still like them?
Comment by Kemp — March 17, 2007 @ 9:35 pm
Great minds think alike – I wrote a post on pancakes just last night! Making pancakes is such a guy thing, as is eating them by the truckload. I’m going to link to your post so I can keep the theme alive.
Comment by Keith — March 18, 2007 @ 10:05 am
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Pingback by AFRICAN AMERICAN DAD » EAT HERE, EAT FAST — March 18, 2007 @ 10:10 am
Banana pancakes – that’s what my kids LOVE!
Secret for pancakes – make a HUGE bath on the weekend, freeze, pop in microwave for about a minute. Viola – pancakes any day of the week!
Comment by Stacy — March 18, 2007 @ 7:03 pm
Ane used to absolutely ADORE pancakes… that seems to have gone away. Tad, on the other hand, loves bananas. However, neither of them ate dinner last night (they refused what was served to them), so they ate a really good breakfast this morning!
Comment by Deanna — March 19, 2007 @ 10:54 am