Guess what today is? Ellen came over to play with Blythe, and after she had been here a short time, the girls appeared in the kitchen and Blythe said, "Mom, you promised that we could decorate cupcakes, and Ellen and I want to do it right now." Although I still hadn't gotten the specific items she needed for cupcakes decorated with butterflies, I do have decorating tips and a whole bunch of sprinkles, so I agreed to do cupcakes. The girls helped me mix them up, and they impatiently waited while they baked and cooled. They got out all the sprinkles and were delighted when I told them they could use as many different types of sprinkles as they wanted; there was no limit to the sprinkle madness. I also let them choose what color of frosting they wanted, and we ended up with super vibrant blue and a somewhat more subdued purple.
The best part of the decorating was the piping bags. I gave them each a star-tipped bag, demonstrated how to dispense the frosting over the cupcake, and then let them practice on the wax-paper covered counter. Then they were off, frosting and sprinkling like crazy.
A powerful thirst comes over a boy when he's been throwing knives, and they all traipsed into the house for a drink and saw the girls decorating. Who can pass up a cupcake? Who can pass up the chance to overdecorate a cupcake with 27 different types of sprinkles? Not those boys. Brandt, Jarom, and Sam all wanted to do some cupcakes, so I reserved three cupcakes each for them to decorate which still gave the girls 7 cupcakes each. When the girls finished, the boys came in to frost. Oddly, the girls didn't go outside to throw knives.
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