On New Year’s Day last week, Mio hosted a little party for Dan and I and her doll friends using her new kitchen. We also let her play with her cupcake set (which our friend Katie got for her last year) and she was super excited to bake cupcakes just like Mama! She knew exactly what to do because she’s always watching me closely while I’m baking.
![Mio was so excited to "bake" her own cupcakes!](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8518/8365496894_ccd429f4e0_z.jpg)
![Putting frosting and candles on the cupcakes.](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8476/8364426325_e76641b181_z.jpg)
![Giving everyone their treats.](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8376/8364425341_5790a80535_z.jpg)
![Decorating the cupcakes.](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8362/8364424017_ba507859d6_z.jpg)
![Daddy and Mio admiring the cupcakes.](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8048/8364423485_7a86eb9c66_z.jpg)
![Mio surrounded by cupcakes!](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8333/8364422969_452de46b8b_z.jpg)
![Tea time with Daddy](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8043/8365492336_ee73667f0d_z.jpg)
A video that I took during Mio’s “party”:
It was so sweet to see how much Mio loved playing with the cupcakes along with her kitchen. She’s definitely a dessert lover — she’s so quick to spot them in a book or at a restaurant, and will point and says “kei-ki” (her way of saying “cake”) obsessively. A girl after my own heart! ♥