The Cupcake Kids' and God's blessings

Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who participated and contributed to our Cupcake Kids' Sale for Sixty Feet's work in Uganda. Our sale raised more than $140, and the Cupcake Kids' website is reporting the total amount raised so far to be $47,358.55. Isn't it amazing what God does with our small offerings of time and love? He turns the hearts of children who love Jesus and want to show love to others into almost $50,000 to go directly to feed, clothe, buy Bibles for, and invest in the lives of precious children who are living in terrible circumstances. After the sale, Alex was required by his teacher (me) to write about all that he learned from planning and hosting the cupcake sale, and below is what he wrote (with a little grammar and spelling help from MS Word and Mama). Praise God that we have the opportunity to serve others together!

"Last week our family sold cupcakes to benefit Sixty Feet, a ministry that helps imprisoned children in Uganda. I learned many things from this service project.  Here are a few of the things we did and what I learned from them. When we were planning the amount of ingredients we needed, I learned how to use Microsoft Excel to add numbers.  I learned how to plan a project, because we had to plan many different details in order to have the cupcake sale. I helped my Mom with the baking, so I learned about baking and frosting cupcakes. I learned how to communicate with grownups while talking to people about Sixty Feet during our sale. I learned how to follow instructions better than I was before. I also learned how to make my presentation on the cupcake table look good. In conclusion, this cupcake sale taught me many things.  And through it all I learned that it is important to serve others." -- Alex Tatum

Remember, it is not too late to order some cupcakes from us for a donation to Sixty Feet ( message me at loveandtots3 at gmail) or contribute online via our virtual cupcake stand. Thank you again for all you have contributed so far!


Loving and Learning,

Cupcakes-more small things that can make a big impact

We are super excited to be a small part of The Cupcake Kids' {Inter}National Cupcake Sale to support the work of Sixty Feet in Uganda, Africa! We are hosting our sale on Saturday, May 5, from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. at our house. We will have several unique cupcake flavors (my kiddos love to watch Cupcake Wars on Food Network, so they have created some great recipes) and lemonade for sale. For those who cannot make it to our actual sale, we have a "virtual" cupcake stand here where you can go and contribute directly to Sixty Feet.

If you are not familiar with Sixty Feet, click the picture above to read details and be amazed at the work God is doing through this wonderful ministry. In short, they minister to the imprisoned children of Uganda. That's right, I said imprisoned children, a concept difficult for many of us to imagine. Most of the children in these remand facilities are there because they have no other place to go. The first time I read in detail about the conditions these children were living in (from a blogger who had actually been to one of the facilities), I cried and prayed for weeks, asking God what to do with such painful and heartbreaking information. I can remember waking up in the middle of the night several times, not being able to sleep, and praying for these children. Then, I learned of Sixty Feet while reading Shelley's blog (she is the wife of one of Sixty Feet's founders and the mama/organizer of the Cupcake Kids). This March, after following her blog for over a year, I got to meet Shelley at Created for Care in Atlanta. Sixty Feet was one of the primary sponsors of the retreat, and Shelley was gracious to chat with me for a few moments in the midst of her busy time there. I had already planned on our family doing a Cupcake Kids' sale this year, but was even more excited about it after the conference.

We really hope you will donate online or come and buy some cupcakes and/or lemonade from us this coming Saturday, because we believe wholeheartedly in what Sixty Feet is doing and are certain God is going to continue to use them in big and amazing ways. And honestly, when we see God's hand upon a group of people, we are overjoyed to have the opportunity to be a small part of what He is doing in and through them!

Here are some of the flavors we plan to offer: (subject to change)
 ~Pink Strawberry Princess (strawberry cupcake with strawberry cream cheese icing and glitter sugar topping) inspired by our little princess.
~Peach Cobbler (vanilla cupcake filled with peach pie filling and topped with fresh peach butter cream with graham cracker bits) chosen by my "peach" of a big boy, who loves all things sweet.
~Thailand Tropical (coconut milk cupcake with key lime butter cream icing) inspired by our sunshine from Thailand.
~Maple Bacon (butter cake cupcake coated with a maple glaze and topped with real bacon pieces) for my hubby who thinks everything is better with bacon.
~Birthday Cake (just the best vanilla cupcake and basic vanilla butter cream  icing with those pretty sprinkles on top) for all of the cupcake kids out there who may not like our crazier concoctions.
~A lotta chocolate (devil's food cupcake with chocolate fudge filling and peanut butter chocolate chip icing) because chocolate is my favorite!

We will also have my big kids' own recipe for "homemade" lemonade. They have been perfecting it over the past couple of years, and are excited to be sharing it with people outside of our house! We aren't pricing the cupcakes or lemonade, because we think you can decide what amount you want to give to the work of Sixty Feet.

We hope to see you this coming Saturday! If you can't make it, remember you can still donate online through our virtual cupcake stand.

Loving, Learning, and at least for this week, Baking,