Six Hearts over Texas: Matching/Memory Game with CUPCAKES!!

For Easter, my mother gave the kiddos each a craft kit (GREAT alternative to giving them more chocolate, by the way). Trey got a drawing set, Addison got a card making kit, and Lindsay (bless her heart), got a cupcake decorating kit.

The kit came with a book full of really cool decorating ideas (which she'll probably use when she's a little older b/c they were fairly advanced), a piping bag with all the tips, and a silicon cupcake baking pan.

When we drove up in the driveway that Sunday night at 9pm (after 3 1/2 hours in the car) , Lindsay was already asking where her apron was. I promised her that we would get to them on Monday, and that she would be decorating in no time. Well, we baked Monday night during dinner preparations, but had to let them cool overnight. FINALLY, Tuesday morning arrived and she was going to decorate those cupcakes if it was the last thing she did!! I had to beg her to allow me to at least get Addison to school first, and she reluctantly agreed.

She was so excited Tuesday morning when we returned from dropping Addison off at school! We donned our aprons, and commenced to frosting, sprinkling, (tasting), and decorating! The sprinkles were flying in every direction! I'm still picking them out of my hair.

And as if that weren't enough fun, I had the wild idea of making our time in the kitchen a learning opportunity - not only about baking and proper kitchen procedures, but I wanted to include some of her language lessons into our baking. So we made this cupcake matching/memory game! We laid out all the cupcakes on the counter so she could match them up together. Then, she ate one! And since she was only allowed to eat one for morning snack and one for after dinner snack, she had to remember which one she ate first so she could eat it's match after dinner. It was a really cool game that all the kids enjoyed. :)