Cake Walk

Mattie Rae has got to be the funnest Aunt ever. She spent the 4th of July with us and then spent the night that night. The next day was pretty slow with no plans. We just enjoyed having Mattie Rae visiting us.

By the afternoon, Mattie Rae told the kids she had never done a Cake Walk, but always wanted to. So, spontaneously, she directed the kids in the preparations that would make her dream come true.

Ian and Rayna traced her foot on paper, copied them, and decorated the paper feet for the cake walk. Then we decided we needed cupcakes, so Mattie Rae made cupcakes with some fun thing star tins I didn't know I had. Then we made icing and found some icing decorator tubes I also didn't know I had. Then we all got to decorate the cupcakes. We numbered the feet and put the numbers in a hat. Rick was the DeeJay for the music, and we had a Cake Walk! We each won a cupcake and we enjoyed them together. I would have never taken on such a project. It was a perfect project for our otherwise plan-less day and my kids were tickled because they got to participate in the whole thing.

Mattie Rae is so good with the kids. She always thinks of them and always seems to have a special activity planned for them to make their experience an enjoyable one. She is always so thoughtful of me and my needs as well and is always helpful when she comes over. My kids just love Auntie Mattie (I do, too!)!