Cut the (Cup) Cake

My cousin Christina is getting married this weekend, so I've been working with Sofi on manners. I've been reviewing with her, when the opportunity presents itself, what are good manners and what are bad manners. We've also been reading a several library books about manners. We'll see how the weddings goes. I'm pretty sure I'll blog about it, as it will be Sofi's first wedding where she can actually move about on her own, and it will be Isaac's first wedding period.

One of the good manners we've been talking and reading about is sharing. We got to practice this when the entire family went to the deli at our local coop (one of my favorite places to eat out because it is family friendly, not fancy (in case the manners aren't good), and healthy). Feeling generous I let Sofi pick out a frosted carrot cake cup cake for dessert. When she'd finally eaten enough of her supper to have dessert, she agreed to share the cup cake with her mother. This of course meant cutting the cup cake in half. Sofi was perfectly fine with that, and she even went and got a plastic table knife from the coop counter, came back and all by herself cut the cup cake in half. Once cut, she quickly gave Mary her half.

I must admit I was impressed that she was able to tackle this all by herself. But I must also admit I was surprised at how she went about doing it. You see, even though she did cut it in half, she cut the cup cake horizontally in half. That is to say, she basically cut the top off.

And you can guess which half she gave to her mother.

So I reviewed with her that it's good manners for the person who cut the dessert to let the other person choose which half they want. Sofi just looked at me... having already licked some of the frosting off her half.

If this is any indication, Christina's wedding should be lively and fun.