I may not have taught my children to be great cooks but I did teach them the joy of making yummy desserts. From the research to the baking and photos both kids have watched me fail and succeed and laugh through the entire process. The other night I darted around the disaster that was my kitchen making these pumpkin bites, texting Arielle at college, and cooking a pot of spaghetti for Kai. I had exactly fifteen minutes before I was going out again and Kai could see my stress. He took the spoon from my hand. “I’ll help, mom.” And began scooping the pumpkin pie mixture into the mini muffin tin. Meanwhile, Arielle called just to make…