mother's day- DAY HOME

For mother's day the boys made flower college pictures and a fancy lemon cake.

 our college, i showed the boys how to make stand up flowers by using a pencil and wrapping the tissue around the bottom then dipping it in glue, they each tried it a couple times then made the colleges how they liked.

 we used a recipe from the nigela lawson cookbook. the boys grated the lemon peels. my husband was horrified that i let them do this, but i explained to them that the grater is sharp so they needed to keep their fingers away from it and carefully watch what they were doing. i have 3 fairly cautious boys, so with close supervision all fingers survived un-grated!

 the boys mixed the ingredients.

 this cookbook uses weight measurements which was great, each of the boys took turns added scoops until we reached the number we needed, i have 1 boy in kindergarten so he can recognize numbers and this was a good way to introduce the other 2.

 they sqeezed the lemons for our icing.

 using the citrus squeezer.

 unfortunately one of my day home boys left early so he missed the last part, but we frooze one for him to take to his mom on monday. the boys drizzled the icing, they each got to decorate 3, one for them, their mom and their younger sibling who was napping.

 they even cut strawberries!

dont those look tastey! the boys then served us. they were very proud of their creations!