I spent about three hours yesterday making a fondant "jester crown/hat" for this cake I have due in a week and 1/2. I did not want to use gumpaste, but I needed it to be dry.

Anyway, I finally get it the right size, thickness, it is standing up and is being supported by coke cans, and I am feeling good.

My darling 5 yo son comes over to look at it...sneezes...and the snot goes flying all over my work.


My poor baby, the sneeze came on so fast and he felt so terrible.
He kept saying "I'm sorry mommy" over and over.

Sigh. Oh well, I will start again this evening.

LOL That is gross. Just spray it with Lysol, and it should be fine, right? Just kidding.

Kids...you HAVE to love them right? mY 1 Year old is addicted to fondant crumbs on the floor, my husband get sooo mad at me, "Why is he eating this!?" Like I PUT it on the floor, hey keep us sane I guess, well kind of make us INSANE too ! Good luck on the NEXT jester hat!

I'm sorry that happened to you! Oh, the joy of motherhood huh?! I hope it turns out more beautiful than the first one you did! HAPPY BAKING!

and I'm always afraid I'm the one who is going to sneeze/cough. Hope it was just a random sneeze and not sickness

Oh god luv him! I feel worse for him than I do for you having to make it all over again! Bless his heart!

was anyone going to eat the hat anyhow????









Oh relax.........I'm kidding!! LOl

Khalstead.. that was too funny! You know we were all wondering that in the back of our mind anyway!

YUCK! Some things should just not be shared

See some people think kids are ok to have around them when they do cakes but would die if a dog walked into the room.

I say tie the kids up too.

j/k of course

And my husband couldn't figure out why I wanted a lock on my baking kitchen door! I had just finished 65 RI flowers for my parents anniversary cake, when my daughter (4) and her BF ate 1/2 of them! Big Lesson learned!

I just pictured someone placing little morsels of sugary items on the floor to occupy the tots...like an Easter egg hunt..."I think I see another gob over there...Oh, look...is that a brown one? OMG! NO, THAT AIN'T ONE THAT AIN'T ONE!!! SPIT IT OUT(DIGGIN A FINGER THROUGH THE KIDS MOUTH) SPIT IT OUT!"


now that is funny i started crying a me desk

LOL! And that is basically our version of easter EVERY friday afternoon getting the Saturday cakes done!

AND for the record JoanneK, I start out the day by tying him up-he just keeps chewing through the rope-then the fondant.

Hopeless...