Making cupcakes....

Jetta made cupcakes for Valentines day to take to daycare and wanted to help from start to finish. As I posted a few posts ago, she is quite the helper. She loves to help whenever she can. Whenever I'm cooking, she wants to pour in whatever she can, stir whenever she in can and just help however she can. Of course I let her help if she can, but I also have to remind her that the stove is hot and that she must be careful.

However, when it came to making cupcakes, I figured, she could help quite a bit and it wouldn't hurt anything, unless an eggshell landed in the mix and we could always fish that out - so let her bake away.

So, I sent her to her room to get her apron, which she gladly did and out she came, already with it on, just needing me to tie it and she was ready to go. So, we started the process and without much incident. I even let her hold the mixer (assisted of course) and she did a pretty good job. She is definitely in that independent stage, until she tires and then she's done. She of course had fun, but was the happiest once she found out, that once you get done mixing it all up, you get to lick the mixer and then she was ready to make more!

Now it was time to put the mix in the cups, which she eagerly placed in the muffin pan and did a good job. Now it was time to bake them and wait. Well, that was another story - waiting is not her best attribute. Patience is something I think we'll need to work on. I think it will be best summed up by a couple of the pictures Shannon took - I'll let you insert your own caption.

Anyway, all in all the event was a success and I think she had fun. She took them the next day and they were a hit and when I picked her up that night, she was very excited to tell me how they were all gone. So, I think she was excited about that.

So, here are some pics from her Better Crocker day!

Jetta's first real snow...

This past year we got more snow that we got the year before and so Jetta got to build her first snowman and make her first snow angel. She was very excited to be able to get out there and actually play in it. So, we got her all bundled up in her coat and snow pants and Shannon took her out.

They got out there and got started on the snow man and she realized the snow was pretty bright, so I took her out her sunglasses. Which by the way are so darn cute on her. However, I love when she tries to put them on. First of all, it really doesn't matter which way which she puts then on, because she doesn't have much of a nose, so they really don't stay up on her face either way. It's quite comical. However, once she got them on, she looked like she could take on the slopes. So, now they were ready to build the snowman. Of course we didn't have alot of snow, so he wasn't real big, but they got one built.

After a few snowballs were tossed, mostly by daddy and Jetta laughing and of course wondering where the snowmans eyes were, I stepped out and said, have her make a snow angel. She of course had no idea what that was, so Shannon had to show her. She thought that was pretty darn funny. What I thought was funny, was watching him trying to get up - only because it wasn't me trying to do it. So, we got her to get down and start waving her arms and legs and of course since she doesn't weigh a thing, Shannon had to help her a bit. And then it was time for her to get up and again he had to help her, cuz she wasn't able to get herself out of the angel she just made. So, Shannon grabber her by her jacket and just picked her up out of her angel. She was just giggling and of course wanted to do it all over again.

Needless to say, we got some good pictures of her enjoying the snow, donning her sunglasses (right side up mind you), making her first snow man and her perfect snow angel. All in all, I think she enjoyed her first real snow. Either way, I marked it down as a success. One I will remember for sure.