Cupcake Masterpieces by the Future Baker

I had some work to get done at the Bakery this morning,

Henry tagged along.

[That's something new for me. 

Henry tags along with Dad to work at the Bakery quite often.

But never with me.]

I wasn't sure how it'd go.

Then I thought maybe he could make his own cupcakes

while I'm decorating a cake.

It worked perfectly!

Henry really enjoyed himself.

And I got my work done.

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Here's how that happened:
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I handed Henry a dish of buttercream and a spatula.

Along with four chocolate cupcakes, of course.

[One for each of the family: Dad, Mom, Henry and George.

But what about Blue Dog? - Henry said he'd share his with him.]

I didn't give him any guidance.

He just somehow knew what to do.

First, he iced the cupcakes.

I was already using colored buttercream for my cake, 

I just handed Henry the pastry bags for him to decorate his cupcakes.

[you could use Ziploc bags and just cut a tiny hole in the corner.]

And of course, he added colored edible glitter on top.
In all sorts of colors.


Green.
Blue.
Yellow.
Orange.
Red.

He even added a couple 'Happy Birthday' picks!

I absolutely love them.

Henry's creation.

Completely on his own.

Henry definitely had to end his fun project by eating his creation!

I'm even coupling this project with a book!

[a first for me!]

After our cupcake fun, we headed home and it was time for Henry's nap.

Henry requested The Baker's Dozen for his story.

The Baker's Dozen: a Counting Book, by Dan Andreasen

This book is a great counting book!

Counts up to 13 with bakery goods.

With a recap in the back of the number and goodies.

Henry tells me the number on every page.

He still has a troubles recognizing 10-13, but today he got them all but 13.

[he usually tells me its a 1 and 0, instead of 10.]

[Linking up to some of these parties.]

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