Each night as I tuck my oldest into bed, I ask her, "What is one thing you learned today?" Well, tonight I'm answering my own question. Here are two things I learned today:
First, I learned that I need more than two hours to create a Little House on the Prairie cabin birthday cake. Who knew? I made my youngest daughter's dog house cake in two hours, so I gave myself two hours for Laura's cabin. Denied! I tried and tried and tried, but I just couldn't make it work. I called my daughter into the kitchen and said, "Honey, mommy may not be able to make you a Little House on the Prairie cabin cake in time for your party." She said, "Mommy, it's wonderful. I love it!" This is what she was looking at . . .
This is clearly a cake only a daughter could love! I love her even more (although I'm not sure it's possible to love her more than I already do) for saying that. I tried a few different methods, but I finally had to admit failure. Here's a few other pictures of the cake that almost was.
As I was tucking her into bed tonight, she said, "Mommy, can you tell me a story about a time when your mom tried to make you a hard cake and failed." Aw shucks . . . sometimes I hate failure! But in spite of not being a fan of failure tonight, I will be adding this cake to my flickr group celebrating failure.
The second thing that I learned today is that I can make felt bread. Yippeeeee! Success! One piece down . . . nine more to go.
Celebrating failure and success tonight.
Craft on!
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3 comments:
Seems to me if your daughter loved it you didn't fail! :)
Your bread look delicious!
Thanks Papgena . . . you are right, but it was a pretty horrible attempt. I did rework the cake a bit though. Sometimes the expectations I have for myself are a bit too high. :)
I think you were very brave and creative for even trying!! If Neriah is happy that is certainly all that counts. You made great memories!! Even better than a perfect cake.
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