Virtual meetings suddenly became the "new normal" when the pandemic kicked in last year. Working from home is already a challenge, but those who worked from home and had kids at home most likely found this scenario more challenging. Parents, after all, have to give some of their time bonding with their kids, and working from home while managing the little ones is no joke.
To maintain some balance between her work and her kids, elementary school principal Kelly Sheers created a system that informed her kids when they could interrupt her. This system involved a red cup and a green cup that indicated when she was available for her kids. But during one staff meeting in the spring of last year, Sheers forgot to flip the red cup, and her daughter Finley suddenly asked her whether she (Finley) could bake in the kitchen. Sheers, not expecting to be interrupted, replied that she could do anything she wanted as long as she would not be interrupted again. She also reminded her daughter to try not to burn down the house. Little did Kelly know that the request would unleash the inner baker in the fourth-grader.
In the year since that fateful day, Finley's hobby has become a small business with orders of cakes, cupcakes, and cookies, and her baking skills have greatly improved.
Read more about this story over at WTOP. For now, here are some of Finley's creations. You can also check her Instagram account for more.
(Images: Kelly Sheers)