I finished cooking rice and beans and needed to blend pepper for stew, but NEPA showed off and I just couldn’t wait. So I brought out my small mortar and called Donald to come and pound pepper for me. He has NEVER done this before 😂 I felt he wasn’t fast enough, so I asked him to let me continue. He looked at me and said: “Mum, I didn’t want to do this before, so let me just handle it.” 😂😂😂 Lastly, I told him to pound the tomatoes last so they wouldn’t splash pepper everywhere. But this boy thought he had a technique 🌚🤪 Well… The moment he put the pestle on the tomatoes, everything splashed all over him 😂🤣😂🤣 He quietly said: “Mum, you know I have tried. Please just continue.” And he ran off 😂😂😂 I continued, and guess who showed up minutes later? Your boy. Dressed like an onion 🧅😂 “I’m back in protective gear.” At that point, I quietly left the kitchen. 😂 Seemed he actually enjoyed the task because he ended up pounding way more than I would have. Food was ready. He felt really proud of himself, and I felt even prouder. Because apparently, I now have a functional 11 year old pepper pounder 😂🤣😂 Children will surprise you when you give them the room to try, fail, learn and try again ❤️