Stone Soup

A few weeks ago I caught the twins sneaking some carrots and grapes out of the kitchen. They had plans to make soup in the bathroom with an empty can they had found. A better mom might have let them have their fun but with prices they way they are I really didn't want to part with the food. And frankly, I didn't want to have to eat what they had cooked up in the bathroom!! I told them that I would help them make some soup for dinner soon.

A few days later we got the book Stone Soup and read it together, then we bought our ingredients at the grocery store. I let them use sharp knives to cut up all the vegetables and potatoes. Probably something a better mom wouldn't have allowed, but hey my brother was killing his own meat for the soup by the time he was the twins' age. We've got some catching up to do!!

Little commercial for Rachel Ray here.... as if she needs it!

Now add a little magic to the pot!

And finally throw in the stone!!!

(I found lots of recipes for Stone Soup on-line... it wasn't the most delicious soup we had ever eaten, but it was a great activity for the kids!)