Joshua Make Waffles!!

Joshua never ceases to amaze us! He has a natural born motivation and has had the I don't give up and persistent mentality from the day he was born. You see even on his birth date, it had to be his idea to come out. I think the kid purposely stuck himself in a spot where he caused me to labor an additional 7 hours. Then finally once I forced him out in three pushes, he gave me a look that I will NEVER forget. He had a scowl on his face that told me he was NOT happy. This Saturday AM, I was up by 5:30 because I could no longer sleep. I got up and made Marissa her lo protein blueberry muffins, cleaned up the mess, and then crawled back into bed at 6:45. At about 7:15, I could smell the essence of something cooking, but I just thought I had forgotten to turn the oven off. So, off I went downstairs to check on things. When I got downstairs....there was Joshua with a waffle on his plate. The was not an EGGO waffle he had made in the toaster, but a homemade one. When I asked him who made that for him, he told me he did. I was in disbelief....how could a kid that just turned 6 make a waffle from scratch?? He kept telling me he just got the BISQUICK out of the cupboard...got a measuring cup, added 1 cup milk, 1 cup Bisquick, and plugged in the waffle iron (oops he forgot the oil). Then he told me he sprayed the iron with PAM so the waffle didn't stick. I ran upstairs to see if Kevin and Joshua were playing a joke on me...but then Kevin said he didn't help him a bit. Marissa was also not in on the waffle making. The kid truly made his own waffles. He knew how much to fill the waffle iron so he didn't overflow it, knew they were ready when the light went off...took the hot waffle out with a fork and then proceed to cover it with butter and syrup. WOW!!
We told him he did a great job and he said he'd watched dad in the past...but we warned him that next time an adult had to be present when he did it just in case there was danger. He was so happy to make himself and Sophia the perfect Saturday breakfast. Now I know what to ask for on Mother's Day AM. Way to go, Joshua!!! Silly Video of Joshua explaining how he made waffles: