Monday, February 14, 2011

Cupcakes and Computer Time

The kids and I made some cupcakes not long ago to use the pink spray frosting we picked up in the Valentine's section at Target (and to use up some red sprinkles left over from Christmas).  Avery is very big into helping with whatever Artie or I are doing, which can be nice:)  Now, Spencer is in the mode where he wants to do anything and everything that his big sister is doing.  So, I pulled up a bench for the kids to reach the counter and they both helped decorate.

 This is what one cupcake (and eventually a few more) looked like after Mr. Spencer started sticking his fingers in the frosting...
 He's showing me the frosting on his fingers and I just couldn't help but laugh a little bit:) Just excuse Spencer's "flash face"!
 Avery's trying to show him the ropes of how to get the perfect sprinkle pattern. Spencer ended up discovering that the frosting on his fingers made a good glue for the sprinkles to stick to his hand (he hasn't quite got down the pinched-finger needed to sprinkle) and he soon got the hang of it...
 Two sweet little hands decorating cupcakes. I love, love, love moments like these with my kids!
 Happy little munchkins after the job was done:) Big smiles while they both say "cheese"!
 I had to show what Spencer did the other night with a much pinker cupcake we had gotten them as a special treat. Let me tell you, it took a lot of bleach to get the pink out of my counter! Spencer headed right to the bath and still had some pink lingering!

My kids have recently discovered the plethora of "educational" games online. I don't know why I had tried to keep them from this as long as possible, but, I did.  That is, until Avery started asking me to get online after being able to understand the advertisements for it after watching Nick Jr., Disney, and even PBS.  So, I have caved and my kids get to have a little bit of game time now on the computer.  I know many of you have kids that do this.  I'm not against the computer games, I think I'm resistant to a) my kids growing up and being able to use a computer and b) the changing times of technology.  It's silly, a bit, but now I'm coming along and the kids are enjoying the fun that playing on the computer brings!
 They even fit in the computer chair together:) I recently got a different computer so now the kids have my old laptop just for their games. Artie even found an external mouse to use with it (that works with macs!) for dirt cheap at Best Buy-Avery has a bit of trouble using a track pad.
Spencer's pointing out where Avery should click here. It's so cute watching them work together:) I've been working with Avery on using the mouse and she's doing a pretty good job. If you can't tell from most pictures, Avery's our little lefty. It's been a bit difficult actually trying to help her with this because everyone else in the house is very right hand dominant. We're trying to really let her embrace it and try to be mindful of it when there are little things-like the difference in using a mouse-that arise. If there's any advice out there on how to nurture a little lefty (I know at least a few regular readers that are left-handed!), I'm all ears:)!  Though, she may end up being right-handed after all, she is only 3!

Hope everyone has a wonderful Valentine's Day celebration! And a special thank you to Megs for the adorable new header on the blog:)

4 comments:

Nicole said...

Those cupcakes look great. Can I hire the kids to do the cupcakes for Josie's birthday party? Welcome to the world of tech savvy children. My girls are addicted to PBSKids.org and starfall. Thankfully they are learning something valuable. I can't say their computer time is all bad since it usually allows me 15 minutes to myself. We should have the kids Skype one day. Love the new header. :)

Cindy said...

I am very impressed by Avery and Spencer's decorating abilities and computer skills. I'm with you too and maybe more extreme because I don't let Colten watch much if any tv either, even though I know there are some good things out there. Love you all!

Carol said...

Spencer looks adorable in pink frosting! The cupcakes look awesome! I also don't know how I'll be with Emma when she's old to know how to use a computer... It's amazing how technology has changed soooo fast. That wasn't even available to us when we were kids.

Katie said...

You're not alone- I am still resisting the computer games etc... I think I just don't want to lose my computer to them completely!