How to entertain an almost 2-year-old

We just had our living room carpet and the stairs to our upper level cleaned this morning, so Jordan and I were confined to the kitchen.

I wasn't sure how I'd keep him entertained, until I spotted the pan of eggs I had just hard-boiled.

"Want to help me peel eggs, buddy?" I asked him.
He nodded.

So, we plopped on the floor with a bowl, a towel and the pan of eggs and we cracked and peeled.

He only tasted the shell once. He took a bite of a partially-peeled egg. Crunch. Ew.

Some of his eggs are kind of mangled, but that's OK. I'll just make some egg salad with those ones.

As the eggs ran out, I had another thought.

"Want to peel some onions for me, too, kiddo?"

Nod.

He proceeded to sit there for 45 MINUTES happily peeling onions!





He only bit into one once, like an apple. I *almost* caught it on camera, but not quite.



Anyway, this little project killed an hour, the mess was minimal and easy to sweep up, and he actually helped!

Patting myself on the back today.
Good Mommy.