Auction Time

We had our annual Cub Scout Cake Auction tonight...the one big cub scout fundraiser for the year. In spite of my debilitating fear of all things Scouting it has long been one of my favorite activities. It's the one time a year I get to try my hand at a different type of creativity. A couple months ago I saw a cake on the cover of a magazine and decided I wanted to try it out. It wasn't easy, but it was a lot of fun.

Here's our family's contribution for 2010:

(This would be before the heat & direct sunlight melted the entire backside off of the cake, of course. Grrr.)

In addition to bringing a cake, the Jones family also has a long-standing tradition of bidding on someone else's creation which has, admittedly, been a little tricky because I'm actually not a very big fan of cake. (Do not fear, my dear Chili's Molten Lava Chocolate Cake...you are not included in that statement.) But this year was a revelation! As I walked into the pavilion I noticed one of my favorite people in the world carrying in these:

That's right, baby...come to mama. These beauties earned a bunch of money for Cub Scouts tonight, folks. And they are totally worth every cent. Mmmmmmmmmm! Thanks, Emily!

(Oh, and in spite of a sagging back-end the watermelon cake did it's job and earned a little funding as well. Thank heavens...I really wasn't going to eat it.)