Book Week

Last week was Book Week at Becca's school. The culmination of the week was Friday which included dressing up as your favorite character and a cake competition. The dressing up came as no surprise, but you might ask- what ask do cakes have to do with book week? Hmm, now that I think about it... I don't know why this was part of it, but it was really fun!

Becca dressed up as:

JUNIE B. JONES (a beginning chapter book - one of Becca's faves)

Becca had ALL kinds of cake ideas. Most of which I vetoed. My cake making skills are okay, but making a "Where's Waldo puzzle" on a cake seemed a bit beyond me! We finally settled on "The Magic School Bus". I think that it turned out rather well, don't you? Funny thing is that I got into a taxi to go to Becca's school and the driver just kept looking at the cake and laughing. Of course, while I know the word for cake I couldn't remember it until we were almost there and then I think I said it wrong (so maybe I don't know it as well as I thought).

Someone gave me the idea to use melted chocolate for the words. After forming the words, put it in the fridge to harden. Voila! Letters you can stick onto the icing. (cause black is really hard especially with just basic food coloring)

It was Becca's idea to use bread pans to make the school bus shape. Her current idea of what she wants to do when she grows up is a designer or maybe an architect. 

Starting to resemble a bus... (m&m's for lights, chocolate covered oreos for wheels, and square-shaped gum for the headlights)