Ah! The little grey jam tarts of yore! When i started baking with my GS (now a whisker short of nine) it all came flooding back - and whereas DH, as a dad, was Taster in Chief, he fell back, as grandad, into tasting the grey overworked pastry and burnt jam as if he'd never been away! And they were all, yes, DELICIOUS!! GS has now progressed beyond jam tarts (thank goodness!) to shortbread, fairy cakes, muffins and, recently, melting moments. Our forays into gingerbread have been a complete disaster though. Like his mum and uncle before him, he loves the left over cake mixture and butter cream, and has a cavalier approach with the piping bag. He's now outgrown his "nanny's little helper" apron but i'm afraid he wants one like the one i bought DS for Christmas (Help for Heroes - it had a stretcher bearer on the front, which is not meant in any way to reflect the quality of what comes out of his kitchen!). I hope whoever wins the lovely Elmer apron and books will have lots of fun,and that my GS won't grow out of baking with his nanny any time soon!