Dear Viewers,

I am simply a 10 year old girl wanting to express my ideas. My parents brag about me going to a “smart kid school” although there is nothing to really brag about. I might be smart but I also have so many opportunities, other kids at my school may not have at home. Let me explain…  I love baking, cooking, writing, reading, playing and writing piano pieces. Without all of these things, I have no clue what my life would be like, never mind, I do:

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Every day, I do at least one of these things so that I can be a happier person because they cheer me up. Of course, every child has the chance to do all of these things, but it may not be what they like. Truthfully, I love math and science, I have never been an “English Language Arts kind of person” unless it means I can write or read whatever I want or even write about my reading.  My mother says I need to improve in Language Arts, after all, she has her major in English and Creative Writing and I only have one of those down.

Every child has the chance to do these things, but they may not be fond of them. My goal for this blog is to prove that kids can. The reason my blog is called “Why Can’t Kids?” is because every time that your kid or yourself as a kid (I don’t know you as a viewer.) comes to a problem or wants to do something that would not be the stereotypical thing to do as a child, ask yourself this phrase. I have promised myself as the founder of this blog to do this. I made a rule for myself, if you can’t come up with five things in twenty seconds, do it. Whether it is laundry or making a blog yourself, if you want to take on the challenge, do.

Every week I will be posting things that you can do that would not be stereotypical “child play”. I will also be posting how to do it, for example to get the blog started, I will post something about baking…

Please note that I will not say direct names of every person I talk about because I cannot ask every single person nor would I exactly get the permission.

I have been inspired by a close friend of mine who loves baking. Over a weekend, she created a website that she posts many of her favorite recipes on. She is the one who really inspired me into making this blog and finally getting my website going. I am quite fond of her and we hang out quite often.  It is her that I owe the idea of starting my website, thank you.  When she reads this, she will know I am talking about her.

Here is one of my favorite recipes from my own family. This is a shortbread cookie with a layer of caramel and a layer of chocolate. It is scrumptious and I would be happy to make it myself but we are lacking a kitchen in our home at this very second… Here are complete directions:

Ingredients (Part 1):

-Crust

-1 ½ cup flour

-1/2 cup sugar

-1 cup butter

-a pinch of salt

Step 1: Mix evenly by hand. It is going to seem dry and lumpy, but after needing for a while, it will get better.

Step 2: Rub together and pat into a 9 x 12 pan.

Step 3: Bake for 25 minutes at 350 degrees.

Ingredients (Part 2):

-Yummy Chocolate & Caramel “Filling”

-1 cup butter

-1 cup brown sugar

-4 tablespoons corn syrup

-1 can of sweetened condensed milk

-2 teaspoons of vanilla

-1 package of Ghirardelli Chocolate Chips

Step 4: Cook the butter, brown sugar, corn syrup, and sweetened condensed milk in a heavy skillet. Cook on medium heat until it boils, then continue stirring and cooking for about 15 minutes.

Step 5: Add the 2 teaspoons vanilla when caramel is done

Step 6: Pour the caramel over baked shortbread.

Step 7: Top the dish with the package of Ghirardelli Chocolate Chips. Let them melt and then spread them out.

Step 8: Cover with aluminum foil until the chocolate chips melt and then spread them out.

Step 9: Enjoy!

If this is your first time, it may not be the best dish, but you have to practice because we all make mistakes! I hope you enjoy this delicious recipe! As you can see, I am eager to post blogs and I hope that you enjoy this too!

-Ruby S. Copsey