6 Miles

Last Friday (so sorry I’ve forgotten about this poor little blog for so long!), Will got to celebrate his half-birthday at pre-school. This is for the poor kids who have birthdays during the summer. He didn’t get gifts or anything, just a chance to bring cupcakes to the school. Since his half-birthday always falls aroundSt. Paddy’s day, it’s easy to find cupcakes in the store in his favorite color–green. It seems the last few years this has fallen around times when I’m busy (or just really soft) and I end up buying cupcakes for him. (Or, maybe it comes from longing for the store bought cupcakes when ever there were bake sales at school I was a kid! Sorry, Mom!) 

So, we ran to the store Thursday looking for cupcakes. And they didn’t have any!!! Until, our ever helpful Alex said “here they are, Mommy!” and pointed to the newest trend, cupcake cakes. No idea what I’m talking about?

See, it’s made of cupcakes–just clumped together to look like something. And they were green!

So I gave in and got them. After we’d gotten it, we found the other cupcakes (on the OTHER side of the display, of course!). Turns out they would only be a dollar or two cheaper to get 2 packages for his class, so I wasn’t being too extravagant–for buying cupcakes.

Will was excited to take his crocodile cake and share it with his friends. And there were enough left over to share with us afterward. (Sorry, I didn’t realize how poorly it’d show through the plastic lid. I also didn’t know they use frosting to keep the cupcakes in place on the tray so I didn’t have to worry about them sliding around–how nice!) (I will add, in my defense, that most schools want store-bought items, not homemade now, for food allergy issues. And this is Will’s last year for a half-birthday. After this school will start and he’ll have his birthday 2 weeks in, and not know anyone yet. So I was up for one last hurrah.)

Today Alex asked me when he’d have his 2nd birthday. I told him he already had it and his 3rd birthday, his next one was his 4th. Then I realized he wanted to know when he’d have his HALF birthday…Shesh, spoiled kids…I told him July. If we do cupcakes, we’ll make them at home!