Hoping DD will follow in my OS footsteps

Beki

For the first time ever, DD asked to make her own dinner! She'll be 10 this month, and has never really been interested in cooking up until now.

But this afternoon she asked if she could cook dinner for her and her brother (3 y/o). Of course i said yes!

So in a baking dish she put a can of tinned tomatoes, a splodge of tomato puree, 1tsp mixed herbs, a chopped garlic clove, 1 vegetable stock cube, & 1 and a half tins (used tomato tin) of water. Then she mixed in a couple of handfus of dry pasta, stirred well and stuck it in the oven.

15 mins before it's cooked she's going to grate some cheese over the top. Oooh i hope she takes an interest in cooking, and OS-ing! It'll help her no end in the future

Anyone else have an aspiring OS-er child? :beer:

buxtonrabbitgreen

I don't know about cooking. But my 15 yo dd decided to go on a diff route into the city to save 40p yesterday.

Beki

Oh bless that's fab! Hope mine turns out to be money-saving too!

lindab15

DD1 (14) is very MSE/OS ........ she has a monthly allowance for her own clothes (not school uniform) and leisure, and has become very adept at not buying anything she can possibly get me/OH to buy for her, instead...... !:mad:

Seriously - both DDs seem to have reasonably sensible MSE heads on their shoulders, and expect to make/bake at home rather than buy in etc. In fact, DD1 is at this very moment stencilling her name / HM design on a basic white Argos rollerblind, 'cos she couldn't see one she liked in the budget range and doesn't want to pay over the odds for a posh one for her redecorated room !

Keep them at it and cultivate any OS behaviours they show - they'll thank you for it further down the line !