Sometimes Ellie scares me a bit with what she knows and understands.  For example, this morning I said, “OK Ellie, our bread dough is ready so let’s go make bread.”  She immediately walked into the kitchen and pointed at the cupboard where we keep the loaf pans!  She knows everything!!  She pointed for the rolling pin, pointed at another cupboard for the bench scraper, carried the flour to the table, helped me grease the pans, and followed along with every step.  Clearly she has been observing my every move!

Here she is practicing rolling:

I’m also teaching her how to form the loaves and put them into the pans.  I’m trying to get her to use her knuckles, not the ends of her fingers and for the most part, she’s getting pretty good at it!

Aren’t those little finger marks adorable?

My goal is to have her baking all the family’s bread by the time she’s six! (Insert diabolical slave labor evil laugh here!)  Seriously though, at the rate she’s going, she’s going to be a master bread baker in no time.  Awesome!