Dr. Seuss

Delaney came home from Preschool on Tuesday telling me that Wednesday was Dr. Seuss's Birthday.  She asked if we could bake a cake, and I told her that possibly.  She came home with a Cat in the Hat hat.

Wednesday morning, on the way to church, Delaney asked me, "Mommy, if I give you half of my money, can we go to McDonald's after church?" I didn't tell her that we would or wouldn't, but I considered it because she asked in such a sweet way, she didn't have a sense of entitlement and she was willing to give me half of her money (which I wouldn't have taken anyway).  After church, I did take her to McDonald's, and she was so excited and so appreciative.  I really enjoyed the way she showed gratitude while we were there.  She savored her lunch, and enjoyed her happy meal toy, and danced like the Barbie Fairie toy that she got in her Happy Meal.  It really was adorable.

Then we went to across the street to Aldi's to buy cake mix and frosting so we could make a Birthday cake for Dr. Seuss.  As we were driving into the parking lot, and I told Delaney what we were doing she said, "Mommy, this is the BEST day of my life.  You are doing everything that I wanted to do."  

I said, "I love your sweet little heart."

She said, "I don't have a sweet little heart.  I have a BIG heart."  Then she started making blowing sounds and said, "I'm blowing my heart to you, because I love you so much, and you're the best mom!"  

I love it!

We got home and made the cake.  I let Delaney help me, and even showed her how to crack an egg.  She said, "I never did this before."  And she again said that it was the best day of her life.  I love her exuberance.  We got a yellow cake mix and I ended up putting yellow food coloring in it to make the yellow pop even more.  Delaney wanted pink frosting, so I put pink food coloring in the frosting.  She was so excited.  I baked the cakes and we were able to take them out before we had to go pick the boys up from school.

Friday, Zane brought home a mini magazine that had directions on how to make Green Eggs and Ham.  He asked if we could make it on Saturday morning.  We didn't have any Ham, but we made it with sausage.  The kids liked it.

1.  First you break 2 eggs into a bowl.  We did 6.

2. Get your green food coloring.  Add

 1 drop per egg.

 

3. Carefully stir the food coloring taking care not to break the yolk.

4.  Fry in pan.  I did't try to separate them

5.  Cook until done - we ended up flipping them over to make sure the yolks were completely cooked through.

Zane's Green Eggs and Sausage

Ryan's Green Eggs and Sausage

Delaney's Green Eggs and Sausage

My Green eggs and Sausage

The kids enjoying their Dr. Seuss Birthday Special Green Eggs and Sausage Breakfast.