My son surprised me by asking to bake cupcakes this week. He usually has no interest in helping out in the kitchen, so I immediately dropped everything and got to baking! In full disclosure, I was doing yardwork, and it was hot and any excuse to take a break sounded like an amazing idea. Trying to do anything with a toddler is an exercise in patience, mostly me trying to teach him to have some and let the muffins actually cook. But we both had fun, the kitchen didn’t get splattered by batter (at least not too much) and I…