The Joy of licking the 'Spoon'

Tonight when we told Sammy that we were celebrating Uncle Andy's birthday tomorrow, he responded "Cake". So, I decided it would be a good evening to make cupcakes for the first time. We have gotten pretty good with cookies, but have never attempted any type of cake where there is batter involved :)

I wish I had my camera handy when we started cracking the eggs. You won't believe it, but I only had to rescue one small piece of shell from the bowl :) I was also quite surprised when he didn't attempt to eat any of the ingredients along the way. After the cupcakes were in the oven and it was time to clean up, I asked him if he wanted to lick the spoon. There was no hesitation, he was more then ready...and decided that the spoon wasn't enough...he opted for the measuring cup we had used to scoop the batter into the cups.

I was able to grab the camera quickly and take a few action shots of him thoroughly enjoying himself...watching him brought back lots of wonderful memories of baking things with Mom & Michele...and of course always being ready to lick the spoon clean at the end.