With time to spare, and two cupcakes going begging on a plate after breakfast, the girls decided to raid the larder for icing pens and get decorating. They went off to school and kindi fully loaded today 🙂
Charlotte pausing for a moment before tasting the goods…
Sophie couldn’t get enough of the icing, or pause long enough for me to take a photograph… yum!
Cupcake artists at work:
With the school fair coming up I’m hoping all their practice will pay off and they will happily decorate a couple of plates of cakes to sell.
The need for a sugar rush was quite contagious – as I found myself reaching for a small block of Cadbury’s Free Trade dark-chocolate. Alice looked at me with great interest and I looked back with guilt – though at least it wasn’t Nestle – been reading the shocking truths behind Nestle in this Boycott Nestle week – gah – imagine if Charlotte had become the Milky Bar Kid! I had no idea until I started reading all the tweets on it this week.
Dan was the only one to get out the door on a healthy footing this morning. He cycled to work. Sophie thought she’d try his bike for size and he pushed her around the house a couple of times…
What crazy activities have you found your family doing before the school run? I sometimes wonder if we are mad! We’ve had face-painting, dancing, obstacle courses in the garden, cycling races around the house, treasure hunts… the list goes on 🙂 weary sigh and smile x
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Whow…making me feel very hungry looking at those yummy cakes…you are amazing decorating them before school and Kindi!! Wait till Granddad sees them…he will be licking his lips!! Well done darlings……they look so delicious!!
well I admired the fact that you have/had time to do anything before kindy and school
I never have time to do anything except get Daniel and I ready
Oh!!!! and where did you get your icing pens they are cool!!!
In the baking aisle at the supermarket. They are great for impromptu decorating when there’s little time to get out the icing sugar, food coloring and piping equipment. They are also very easy and not very messy for little hands (yah!).
It’s not me directing it though, Charlotte & Sophie are little tornadoes of activity forever creating and thinking; quite exhausting as well as awe inspiring all at the same time!
I’m also impressed at having time in the mornings! We get up around 7.30am and I usually have to drag at least one of the kids out of bed by 8am. It’s a struggle enough to get to school on time let alone do fun things! 😉
If we’re ready by 8.30am we do get to have fun though – we get to walk/scooter to school instead of doing the usual last minute dash by car!