End of the Rainbow

Our St Patty's Day Rainbow Cupcakes were a success! Bryce and I had fun baking this fun goodie for his class at school. Bryce mixed all the colors and found it magical that yellow and red made orange and so on! He was a good little helper and very proud of himself. Remembering my days teaching in the classroom, I have always tried to tie lessons to cooking and baking, but the boys generally lose interest and are off to play cars or trains or pirates in no time. Today was different! Bryce was all in! He was breaking eggs, mixing batter, "reading" the recipe, measuring and pouring, and giving me specific directions as to what order the colors of the rainbow should be. The mommy in me and the teacher in me thought this was fun, fun, fun!!

As you can tell by the smile on his face, he was very excited to deliver these to his friends at school! Evan has been sick with a cold and fever and missed out on all the rainbow making fun, but he has gotten lots of extra cuddle time to make up for it! Hopefully he will be on the mend soon.

I also wanted to include a picture Bryce drew for Emily and Maggie as a thank you note a few weeks back. (Sorry Em, the envelope is still sitting on my counter! I will get it to you soon!) He drew it with out any prompting or suggestions from me and when he told me it was a rainbow, I could completely tell what it was! This was a first!!

Sweet days with family is definitely what is at the end of my rainbow! What is at the end of yours??
Happy St. Patty's Day! ~j