Unusual Umbrella "U"

There's not many days left until school starts, so we better get busy finishing our Alpha-bug. First up today: find the paper plate with an upper-case U on front of it. Next find the little baggie with a lower-case u in it along with some colorful cupcake papers. Cut each cupcake paper in half and fold in half to form an umbrella top. Glue them onto the paper plate U and draw handles underneath each umbrella. Unfortunately, I don't own any picture books that start with the letter "U". Fortunately I do own a book called "Fortunately" by Remy Charlip which is about the good (fortunately) and bad luck (unfortunately) that accompanies a boy named Ned from New York to Florida on his way to a surprise party. Unfortunately, this is an older book and may be hard to find at the library. There may be this newer version called "Fortunately, Unfortunately" by Michael Foreman which is a story of a similar but sillier adventure.

Unfortunately, I can't find any great fun food ideas for the letter "U" but perhaps you could decorate yourself a "happy unbirthday" cupcake instead!

Happy Unbirthday!

Love, Grandma