Like the bracelets? It's really 15 ponytail holders she bought with her own money.
Saturday, June 04, 2011
Thursday, June 02, 2011
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Happy Fake Birthday
At Parker's school everyone brings cupcakes or cookies for the class on their birthday. I'm pretty sure there are district rules about serving everyone sweets, but don't worry about that part. Since Parker has a summer birthday, we just pick a day at the end of the year and announce that it will be our cupcake day. Last year I bought cupcakes and that was fine, but this year I decided to make them myself. Believe it or not, I've never made cupcakes (not counting as a kid). Luckily, Parker wanted a certain mix from the store that had colored sprinkles in it ("confetti") so I didn't have to do them from scratch. I hear that the box and from scratch taste about the same anyway.
Parker wanted to help. She poured the batter with me hovering over her and dictating her every more. "That's enough in that one! Little more in here. That's enough!"
Next was icing. They looked really pretty like this - light blue frosting with some sugar sprinkled on for a little sparkle. But we couldn't stop there. Parker announced that her theme was going to be tie dye. I don't know where she gets this theme business.....her Gigi I guess....but she's big on wanting to know what the theme of all events will be.
Cupcake newsflash: Wrappers are all the rage now. We made homemade wrappers out of doilies and painted them to give them a tie dye look. Even Bob helped.
The finished product. Pretty cute, right?
Big artsy picture, like the food bloggers do. I added little candy stars, which don't quite fit the theme I'm told, but added that little extra guild on the lily.
I managed to get them up to school without smushing any of them. In Parker's class, you can dance with friends or do a solo while they sing to you. To my surprise, Parker did a solo. She's very comfortable with her classmates apparently.
My cupcakes got rave reviews, and several of the kids carefully slipped their wrappers of and took them home.
I hope this didn't have too many pictures to load properly for all of you. If so, let me know and I can break up the posts into parts for faster loading.
Parker wanted to help. She poured the batter with me hovering over her and dictating her every more. "That's enough in that one! Little more in here. That's enough!"
Cupcake newsflash: Wrappers are all the rage now. We made homemade wrappers out of doilies and painted them to give them a tie dye look. Even Bob helped.
The finished product. Pretty cute, right?
Big artsy picture, like the food bloggers do. I added little candy stars, which don't quite fit the theme I'm told, but added that little extra guild on the lily.
I managed to get them up to school without smushing any of them. In Parker's class, you can dance with friends or do a solo while they sing to you. To my surprise, Parker did a solo. She's very comfortable with her classmates apparently.
My cupcakes got rave reviews, and several of the kids carefully slipped their wrappers of and took them home.
I hope this didn't have too many pictures to load properly for all of you. If so, let me know and I can break up the posts into parts for faster loading.
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