I had the most wonderful experience decorating cupcakes with my 10 year old, as part of the Create by CRAVE experience at CRAVE in The Woodlands. 

Now I bet you’re thinking “I decorate cupcakes at home with my kids all the time. What’s so special about Create by CRAVE?” 

In a word, everything. 

When I decorate cupcakes at home, I end up with a plate of puny cupcakes all decorated with chocolate icing and blue sprinkles. On the contrary, the photo below is just a sampling of the cupcake creations you can make at Crave! How’s this for inspiration? 

 

The difference between CRAVE – voted consecutively as “Houston’s Best Cupcakes” -  and my house? Well, most importantly, you get to start with bakery-quality, fresh, gourmet cupcakes as a base. No offense to my faithful box of Betty Crocker mix, but sometimes, only the best will do!

School has begun! Here’s one non-negotiable investment to make in your child’s education this year:

A personal math tutor

Are you surprised that a math tutor would be considered an essential? Well, so were we, until we read a new study conducted by Stanford University School of Medicine. In a nutshell, the study shows that one-on-one math tutoring helps to relieve anxiety about doing math problems and ultimately increases performance.

Does your child have anxiety about doing math? (Take a closer look - even children who are good at math sometimes feel anxious about doing math problems.) For some, the anxiety persists through life, discouraging them from pursuing advanced math and science classes as well as careers that rely on mathematical expertise.

If your child is struggling in math, has math anxiety, or could simply use a gentle nudge or two, hire someone who can work with him / her one-on-one to address specific goals.

Haude Tutoring – For Grade School, College, and beyond

Haude Tutoring is a local tutoring business that offers sessions for mathematics ranging from second grade to College Algebra as well as for high school Chemistry I and Physics I.