There's nothing better than licking the bowl.

Don't you just wish that you could eat chocolate chip cookie batter for all three meals? It contains items from almost all the food groups. Although chocolate chip cookies are in that tiny triangle on the food pyramid (you know, the fats you aren't supposed to eat), they sure taste good. But then that's what most of the things in that little bitty food pyramid triangle are -- delicious.

Eli and I went about to make some cookies and had a grand time. He is getting good at pouring and stirring, all the while saying "Poon!" since he is now allowed to have his own spoon for mixing. I can't help but take a few bites of dough here and there. And each time I sneak a bite from the spoon, Eli is in the background saying "mmmm...mmmmmm," the cue that he is jonesing to eat.

In the end, I gave Eli the paddle from my mixer to lick. He loved every minute and kept thrusting the paddle at me for more. Can't get enough of that sweet, chocolatey cookie dough. Like mother, like son.