Law & Order's Mariska Hargitay dotes over her polka-dot princess Amaya on family day out

By Mike Larkin

PUBLISHED: 23:11 EST, 23 September 2012 | UPDATED: 02:21 EST, 24 September 2012

She is well known for her devotion to being the perfect mother.

And Mariska Hargitay proved she really is doting parent when she fed her daughter corn on the cob for a snack on the streets of New York.

The Law and Order star even managed to juggle sending a text message with giving her daughter the tasty treat as they enjoyed the atmosphere of a local street fair.

Cobbing some snack: Mariska Hargitay and her children had a great time at a street fair in Manhattan today

Don't be so corny: Ambrosial Amaya seemed to be relishing the opportunity to enjoy the treat

Can I have a bit: Her son August looked on hungrily as she fed her daughter the corn

Mariska, 48, and her husband Peter Hermann adopted both daughter Amaya Josephine and one-year-old son Andrew Nicolas in the span of six months last year.

And she said their biological son August feels 'pretty good and pretty powerful' about his younger siblings.

She added: 'He thinks this was all his idea. He said, "I want a baby sister," and Amaya came.

'Then he said, "I want a baby brother," and Andrew came.'

But while she now has her dream cosmopolitan family, she emphasised the fact it was not an easy process.

She said: 'I’m not gonna lie, there were wrenching moments. I say to everybody, "Adoption is not for the faint of heart."'

Supermom: Mariska showed her ability as a pushy parent by taking the children for a spin in their strollers

Family fun time: She had went to see the premiere of Hotel Transylvania with her son and husband Peter Hermann in New York yesterday