Gabby's birthday cupcakes

since Gabrielle's birthday falls on Thanksgiving this year (it did on her 1st birthday too - is she going to b 6 already?! le sigh), and since the kiddos are only in school till 1pm tomorrow, Gabby's class celebrated her birthday with cupcakes today - the last full day of school before the Thanksgiving break

when we get home in the evenings, there's just enough time for dinner, homework & a little mama/kiddo time - then it's already time to get ready for bed....our evenings fly by!

i told gabby that she could help me make her cupcakes for school, but that we had to wait till Corinn went to sleep....that i'd go downstairs & get started, then come back up to get her in a few minutes (it doesn't take Corinn long to fade out)

we all said prayers & gave our kisses goodnight - Gabby laid down with a sneaky grin on her face ;0)

i started getting everything out & ready in the kitchen, preheated the oven & checked my email

then about 20 minutes later, i went up & snuck Gabby back down....she so thought she was getting away with something! ;0)

she asked for pink (strawberry) cupcakes, with sprinkles inside - a strawberry/confetti hybrid

but she didn't want the sprinkles mixed into the batter, just sprinkled on top before baking

and of course she had to do some tasting too ;0)

she helped cut some flower shapes from fondant

then said, "i think maybe it's time for me to go to bed" - too sweet

so mama took care of the assembly

28 "strawfetti" cupcakes, iced in mama's butter cream & decorated in Gabby's fondant flowers

perfect!
:0)