Today Loulie and I baked a delicious batch of rainbow miniature cupcakes. Loulie measured out all of the dry ingredients and combined them together in the mixer. For a special touch Loulie added 2 tablespoons of rainbow sprinkles Next, Loulie counted and lined the cupcake pans and used an ice cream scooper to place the batter into the pans. After the cupcakes cooled Loulie handed them out to all of her friends.

Today Charlie baked a delicious batch of mini vanilla cupcakes. He measured out all of the dry ingredients and combined them together in the mixer. Next, he added the wet ingredients. He then lined the cupcake pans and used an ice cream scooper to place the batter into the pans. While we waited for them to cook, Charlie mixed powdered sugar, cocoa, milk and butter together for the chocolate buttercream frosting. After the cupcakes cooled Charlie frosted and handed them out to all of his friends.

Today Arianna baked a delicious batch of mini vanilla cupcakes. She measured out all of the dry ingredients and combined them together in the mixer. Next, she added the wet ingredients. She then lined the cupcake pans and used an ice cream scooper to place the batter into the pans. While we waited for them to cook, Arianna mixed powdered sugar, cocoa, milk and butter together for the chocolate buttercream frosting. After the cupcakes cooled Arianna frosted and handed them out to all of her friends.

Today Gwendolyn baked a delicious batch of mini vanilla cupcakes today. She measured out all of the dry ingredients and combined them together in the mixer. Next, she added the wet ingredients. She then lined the cupcake pans and used an ice cream scooper to place the batter into the pans. While we waited for them to cook, Gwendolyn mixed powdered sugar, cocoa, milk and butter together for the chocolate buttercream. After the cupcakes cooled Gwendolyn frosted them and shared them with some friends.

Today Ben baked a delicious batch of mini vanilla cupcakes. He measured out all of the dry ingredients and combined them together in the mixer. Next he added the wet ingredients. He then lined the cupcake pans and used an ice cream scooper to place the batter into the pans. While we waited for them to cook, Ben mixed powdered sugar, milk and butter together for the for the buttercream frosting. After the cupcakes cooled Ben frosted and handed them out to all of his friends.

Marcos and I baked miniature cupcakes with buttercream frosting. Marcos measured the quantities of flour, sugar and baking soda. He practiced transposing fractions by figuring out, for instance, that he needed three half cups to make one and a half cups of flour.

Gracyn baked a delicious batch of mini vanilla cupcakes today. She measured out all of the dry ingredients and combined them together in the mixer along with the butter. Using a whisk, Gracyn mixed the eggs, milk, and vanilla before adding to the mixer. She lined the cupcake pans and used an ice cream scooper to place the batter into the pans. While we waited for them to cook, Gracyn mixed powdered sugar and milk together for an icing. Each cupcake was dipped in icing, sprinkled with sprinkles, and handed out to all of her friends.

Today Gwendolyn was absent.

Arianna was absent today.

Today Ben made peppermint candy spoons. He started by crushing up the peppermint candies into small pieces. He then added them to the spoon mold. Next, we baked them for 10 minutes. After the spoons were melted we placed them into the freezer. Ben then made bags of homemade hot chocolate and topped them with a handful of marshmallows. We finished the bags of with a peppermint spoon and directions on how to make the hot chocolate.