I asked Sarah what she wanted to bake and she said CUPCAKES!  First, we had to walk to the coop to gather some eggs, and then we went to the kitchen and set to work.

(I had to make a second cup of coffee after dumping flour in the first cup.)

We used silicone cupcake liners for the first time, I gave them to Sarah and she put them in the muffin tin.

After they baked and cooled, and Sarah was napping, I spent some quiet time in the kitchen decorating them (she had requested pink ones).

I handed her a cupcake when she woke up from her nap.  Before she tasted it, she asked questions.

“Is it pink?  Does it have a candy on it?”  She knew the answers, but lately she just honestly enjoys having conversations about everything.

There was one cake leftover this morning and it was Caleb’s brilliant idea to dump out the tomatoes and use the carton as a carrier.  He will be eating a very pretty, pink cupcake, for school snacktime today.

Would you believe that yesterday was another crazy day?   No one got hurt, though.  I just had strange annoying things happen all day long, like for instance, when I treated myself to a Starbucks latte and dumped it in my new vehicle.  Things like that.

However, I did get to spend half an hour in the kitchen, frosting some cupcakes.  I had children buzzing around but I managed to stay focused and enjoy making something pretty for my family.

Wanna see?

Aren’t they lovely?  I made the cupcakes from a mix, and after they cooled, I had fun mixing up a nice light shade of purple frosting.  Then, I walked outside in the wet grass, wearing my green flip flops that hurt my toes, and collected the little violet blossoms.  When I came back inside, I dried their sweet purple faces and pressed them down in the icing.  Some cupcakes have coconut around the edges, which I think makes them look even prettier!

I think I’m in love with cupcakes.  Stay tuned for the next creation!