COLORADO SPRINGS, CO — Local toddler Wyatt Carlson clocked in for another long day working at the play kitchen his parents bought him for his birthday.

"I started as a dishwasher but worked my way up to cook by week two," The exhausted Wyatt explained as he wiped sweat off his forehead. "I like making pretend macaroni and cheese… sometimes I put sprinkles in it, and that's yummy."

"It's tough work, but someone's gotta do it."

Wyatt spent the day carefully making a birthday cake with chocolate frosting topped with hot dogs and a giant pancake made out of playdough. His mom reported seeing him take a lunch break around noon, where he ate a real peanut butter and jelly sandwich before heading back to the blue and yellow plastic kitchen to make another batch of dirt cookies.

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