Memories with Grammy

The other day when my mom came to watch Cash while B and I went to Musikgarten, she brought a strange but familiar contraption with her. As soon as she pulled it out of her bag, memories came flooding back to my mind. It was one of those things from your childhood that you could have never remembered by yourself, but if it was brought up in conversation, a vague picture could come to mind. But when mom actually brought her old grater to our house, the memories associated with it were oh, so vivid.

You see, we had gotten into the habit of cooking something or trying a new recipe each Monday afternoon. Usually the boys were napping and mom and I would play in the kitchen making something new. On this day, we were going to make Morning Glory Muffins, a recipe a friend had given me, and I had explained to mom that we would need to grate some carrots and an apple. Being the clever mom she is, she pulled out this old grater of hers to speed the process along.

On this particular day, Cash was still going strong and had been skipping naps here and there, so I let him bypass the nap so he could help Grammy and me in the kitchen. He was pretty curious about this new gadget that Grammy had brought and was very eager to try it out.

He watched as Grammy cut the carrots and put them in the top.

Cash helped to close the lid and immediately took hold of the crank on the top. It was a little hard at first, but once he got it going, grated carrots where coming out the bottom at full speed.

I guess it would have been a good idea to put a plate or paper towel underneath to catch it all, but it worked out well. He loved it!

He used his "big strong muscles." :)

In no time at all, he and Grammy had grated two full cups of carrots for our muffins, and without realizing it, he was making memories with Grammy, too!