Saturday, April 3, 2010

confection lesson

In the life of a mommy a simple cupcake can bring so much enjoyment. And not for the obvious reasons like its taste, its beautiful colors, or even its fluffy white butter cream topping. Nope. It is the actual time spent making the cupcake with my children. The proud look on my oldest daughter’s face cracking the egg and finally not getting a shell in the batter. The fun math and science lesson my son learned counting out the drops of yellow and blue food coloring to make the perfect shade of green. It was even the look of confusion and curiosity on my 15 month old’s face with what seemed to be liquid before the cupcake went in the oven has now come out as a spongy fun to play with edible delight. Ahhhhhh yes I am so grateful for that simple little cupcake and the enjoyment it has brought.