Little Decorator in the Making!

Tornados in Kansas... What is a girl to do? Wednesday we had sporadic tornado warnings so there were no outside activities all day. That's just torture for Miss Madelynn! Last summer I took Wilton Course 1 cake decorating class and my sisters and I are planning on taking the rest of them this summer so I thought I would brush up my cake decorating skills. Madelynn, being 2 going on 16 as she is, decided that playdough with the cookie cutters is for babies if Mommy is going to bake a real cake so instead of practicing my decorating skills, I ended up trying to simplify it for my almost 3 year old. It was interesting. As you can see, she picked the colors and the pattern. She surprised me at how well she did holding the bag. I think we only had hot pink frosting plopping out the back of the bag 1/2 dozen times or so and for a kid that age, I'd say that's not bad. Her biggest downfall was that she wanted to suck down all the frosting until I thought she was going to barf neon. She kept asking "Can I lick it now Mommy? How about now? Are we done yet so I can lick it? Can I help you lick it? MMMMM I like the frosting so much!" (In her 100 words a minute speech pattern.) The whole time Trenton was in the other room. He could not have cared less that we were having a sugar fest in the kitchen. I've never seen a kid less motivated or interested in candy - frosting - cake or anything else kids go nuts over. I'm thankful, but sometimes I think it would be easier if he were motivated by a piece of candy.