SNACK TIME and Honesty!

This is what Payton and I made today for her snack at school tomorrow. Last night shortly after I put Payton to bed she came out of her room sobbing. I asked her what was wrong and in a muddled sound I could barely make out a few words. "Sorry Mom, I will never do it again." I had to ask her to calm down, stop the crying and tell me what she did. Well the story finally came out. Yesterday when she was at school, she was at her reading station. She was turning the page of a book called "Cats for Sale" when the page ripped accidentally. She must have forgotten about it until bed time because she was stricken with guilt. I sat her down on her bed and told her I was proud of her for coming to tell me what she did, but that we needed to tell the teacher. I offered to tell the teacher for her (first time offense only) but encouraged her to do it so she will be able to see the consequences of always being honest. I told her that if she was honest with her teacher and told her the truth of what happened that she would be happy and very proud of Payton for telling her the truth. But if she didn't tell, than someone else might get into trouble and that would make for a big problem. She would end up getting into trouble for not being honest. So when I gave her the option she said " Mom, I will tell her." So when I dropped her off at school this morning, she got out of the car and turned around and said "Mom, I'll be honest by myself." She was blessed with the gift of guilt just like her Daddy!!! What a blessing that is to me as her Mom. She is such a good girl!

The pumpkins are called "Cake Pops" you can find the recipe on www.bakerella.com