Cake Decorating for the 4-H Fair

Here are some snapshots of the cake that Madison took to the 4H fair. She was disappointed and critical of how it turned out but I thought she did a

great job! I told her that she was a beginner... not a computer! She was also tired and moody when she made it yesterday afternoon so that didn't help. I took some vacation time from work to come home so we could make it before her softball game. I went to Michael's to buy the "stuff" and wouldn't you know it, when I got home I had the wrong "stuff". Grrrrr! You have to follow the directions from the Fair exactly and I bought a cake base that was 2 inches larger than the cake. It needed to be 3 inches larger. Abby volunteered to run back to the store for me so she exchanged the "stuff" while I got things ready to go when she got back home. That was a huge help!!! The cake is actually a styrofoam base. Madison found that there are advantages to frosting styrofoam... you can completed turn the cake and cake board on it's side because it's all glued down... and you don't have to mess with the crumbs that get into your cake!

Aunt Michelle took her to the judging today. Of course every thing happens during daytime hours. She did really well and got a blue ribbon. Madison was quite delighted because she thought she did such a "bad" job the day before... such a perfectionist! And guess what?... Michelle said there was a lady who complimented her on following the directions exactly by having the cake board the correct dimensions, including thickness. She said several girls were marked off points right away because of that. Whew. Her cake will be on display in the Home Ec building. For you locals... stop by and check it out. The fair starts this Friday.

Tonight was soccer practice for Madison and Tony. Only 4 girls showed up. Hmmmm, not a good way to start out. Must have been an inconvenient night I guess. We went to B & P's for supper and to spend the evening with Michelle and Jade....they are all leaving in the morning to go to TN and then on to Archie's graduation from Warrant Officer training in AL. We finally have RAIN so the kids played and splashed in the rain puddles... including Beppe in their soaking fun. We got home about 10:15 tonight and Madison and Quinn stayed overnight tonight and will come home in the morning. I never sleep very well when my babies are gone from the nest.