And we have cake!! (Finally!!)

So, I am way behind on my blog, so I am going to attempt to go back and recreate the events of the last few days since some of the things that have happened are quite significant. This is the post that should have been on Friday. I made icing once more and took it to school. The kids finished decorating their cakes and then everyone voted for their favorites. Take a look at the cakes. The kids did a wonderful job!! The winner will be posted below.

After the cakes were judged we tore into them. The fish cake went the fastest. I think because it was strawberry. We had so much cake we were handing it out to whoever would walk by. At the end a couple of kids took home at least a half a cake each. Unfortunately though, I will have to make icing one more time on Monday for those who have not finished their decorating practice. But after that, it will be no more and I will be one happy home ec. teacher.

The winner was: Spongebob!!

Cakes

So, I made four round cakes yesterday. They are not for me. I don't eat that much cake, at least not at one time. It is for my home ec. class. I divided them into four teams and each team is going to decorate a cake this week and on Friday everyone is going to vote for their favorite cake. I spent all morning making batch after batch of icing. I am thinking after this week, if I never have to make icing again it will be soon enough. I get excited thinking about the finished project at the end of the week. It will be neat to see how creative they get!
Now I have got to go touch up the bathrooms in the house really quickly so I can play a little bit of wii before I go to school. I promised Steve I would not play the wii unless I did my housework for the day. Before you go thinking something about Steve, he didn't make me promise that. I decided it on my own. I wanted something in place to protect me from wasting my day!! He actually encouraged me not to make the promise because he didn't want me to end up breaking it. I promised anyway!! What was I thinking?? Haha...actually it is a good thing. Off to work...then to wii!! :)

Team Chef Party

So I had some kids from my Home Ec. class over tonight. Six to be exact. Two boys and four girls. They were divided into two teams and it ended up being the boys versus the girls. Each team had to cook an appetizer, main dish and dessert. The boys made toasted ravioli, chicken lasagna alfredo with tomato basil garnish on the side, and tirimisu brownie sqares. The girls made a mexican bean dip, mexican chicken on a bed of rice and sopaipillas with ice cream. They were judged on taste, presentation and overall menu. Steve and two other teachers from school were the judges. In taste, the boys won. Their ravioli was a favorite among the judges. In presentation, the girls won. They plated everything on matching plates and did a fantastic job with the dessert. It looked very fancy. In overall menu, the boys won. The judges said that while the girls dishes were good, they were simple and convenient meals that could be made at home. They said the boys dishes were more like a menu at a restaurant. The boys were very pleased. After spending a while finding out out wii fitness ages, everyone is now gone and I am pooped. It was definitely a fun party and something I would consider doing again.