Prizes! Yay! We have won another award or two or three. We were given the One Sweet Blog Award from our friends at Hutch a Good Life and the Super Sweet Blogging Award from our friend Clowie and the whole zoo at Dog Daz. Take a look at them!
Cupcakes! Like my name! Mom named me Cupcake because I am so sweet and now my blog is also sweet, just like me!
Mom bakes cupcakes sometimes. She mixes up butter, sugar, eggs, milk, vanilla, flour, and baking powder. She says, “Baking is like writing. All the ingredients need to be in there.” and “If I leave anything out, the cupcakes won’t be any good.” and “Get your head out of the oven!”
When Mom writes a new story, she has to get all the ingredients into it. Right now, she’s working on two stories at once. Each one needs original characters, an interesting setting, some scene changes, a fun plot with lots of conflict and a satisfying resolution, opportunity for illustration, poetic language, humor, tension, and dialogue. And vanilla and eggs. (I’m lying about that last part.)
After Mom gets to the end of the story, she has to leave it alone for a while. That’s like when the cupcakes have to cool off. When the story cools off for a while, Mom will put frosting on it. Oh no! That’s the cupcakes. She’ll revise the story A LOT. She’ll cut words that slow the story down, add words that move the story along, read it out loud ten million times, do everything she can to make it better, and cover the top with sprinkles. Wait. What? I love sprinkles. And frosting. And cupcakes. And stories!
There are no rules for the One Sweet Blog Award (except to be sweet). For the Super Sweet Blog Award the rules are:
1. Give credit to the person who chose you.
2. Answer the ‘Super Sweet’ questions below.
3. Nominate a “Baker’s Dozen” (13) blogs.
Super Sweet Questions:
1. Cookies or Cake? Both. And bacon. And anything from the garbage pail. And goose poop.
2. Chocolate or Vanilla? Chocolate is poison, for dogs, so I’ll say chocolate. I like eating poison every chance I get.
3. What is your favorite sweet treat? Mom’s homemade frozen yogurt dog pops.
4. When do you crave sweet things the most? Every minute of every day.
5. If you had a sweet nickname, what would it be? I already have a sweet name!!
Now I will name 13 blogs that I like. If you already have the award, then congratulations. Either way, we picked you because we like you, and want lots of other people to like you along with us.
1. Jenny
2. Charlie Eve
3. Bubba
4. Mollie
5. Misaki
6. Sammy
7. Susanna
8. Hamsters
9. Doggy
10. Collies
11. Bassa
12. Marcie
13. Donna
I wish a baker’s dozen was 100, because we really like a LOT of blogs!
Oh you do look sweet helping with the cooking! Those sweet awards suit you perfectly, as does your name.
Love your pigtures! Cangratulations on being so sweet!
Nibbles, Nutty, Buddy & Basil
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Congratulations!!! Enjoy cupcakes and stories and have a super sweet wednesday!!!
You are sooo sweet Cupcake..Thank you for passing it on to me
Your Mommy’s writing two stories at once ?? She’s just so clever 
Have a great Wednesday xxx000xx
Mollie and Alfie
Congratulations cuppycake, you are so cute!!
You are sweeter than cotton candy.
Congrats on the award and thanks for passing it on.
Hi Cutie Cupcake! Concatulations on TWO sweet awards – couldn’t happen to a sweeter pup! It’s nice that you help your Mom when she’s baking AND when she’s writing. I try to do the same thing but Mom says I can be somewhat “distracting” – whatever THAT means! Thanks for mentioning ME too!!!!
Kitty Hugs, Sammy
Thanks, Clowie! I am a big cooking helper. I hardly get in the way at all….
Love and licks,
C
Hurray for baking cupcakes and baking stories and for you, the sweetest Cupcake of them all! Good luck to your Mom on those two stories at once. All those story ingredients are so important. I should write down the recipe so I remember it.
Thanks, piggies. Sweet is my favorite way to be.
Love and licks,
C
Thanks, Easy! I wish I could eat a real cupcake!
Love and licks,
C
Thanks Mollie and Alfie! Even though Mom writes two at once, it still takes twice as long. Wait. What??
Love and confusion,
C
Thanks, Misaki! I like being cute!
Love and licks,
C
Thanks, Doggie! Cotton candy!? Yum!
Love and licks,
C