Sarah gets obsessed with things she wants to do. She'll hone in on something and won't rest until she gets to do it. I have a hard time knowing what to do with that. I want to facilitate her passions, but I don't want to spoil her. Today she woke up and announced, "I want to make strawberry cupcakes from a box, not any fancy internet recipe, no filling, and I want pink and purple icing, fancy, not homemade, with sprinkles." She always knows exactly what she wants.
I needed a few things at Kroger anyway, so off we went. She selected her box of strawberry cake mix and then went to the fancy tubes of icing. I forgot the exact price now (might have blocked it out because it was so shocking), but it was something like $3 or $4 a tube. I told Sarah we could make our own frosting that would taste better for way cheaper. She said, "But we can't make it pretty hot pink and purple." I said we could get close enough. Then she spotted the neon food coloring and proposed a compromise. This had the hot pink and purple colors she wanted, along with a couple other cool colors. There was no price on it or anywhere near it.
We went to check out, and that little box of food coloring rang up $3.19! I balked. Sarah convinced me that it was still cheaper than the tubes of fancy icing, and we could use it for months and maybe years. I caved.
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| Look at that face. She is so full of personality! |
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| Concentrating hard |
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| Her friend came over to help. |
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| She's loving it. |
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