So Long, Season

MYTHICAL CAKE: We had a busy weekend. Almost all of Saturday was absorbed in a cake project. Specifically, a sculpted unicorn cake for a young friend of the family.

I baked the cakes on Friday - six colors in a tie-dyed style. It doesn't look like much when it's in its solid form, but when you cut into it it's pretty, promise. ;)

We decided on a laying down unicorn, because I didn't have the time or the hardware to make that happen. We studied several photos of horses laying down to decide upon an OK pose.

The legs were done out of crispy rice treat cereal, as was the unicorn head.

Below is what it looked like after it was crumb coated. Then, it was time to cover it in homemade marshmallow fondant.

We also had to make a horn and some ears. We made extra of each, because sometimes/often things go awry.

In the end, he/she/it looked like this.  (The '5' necklace is because it was for a 5-year-old's birthday.)

Always, the scariest part is transporting these cakes. 

Fortunately, the unicorn was plenty sturdy and made it to its final resting place in one piece.

SEASON'S END: We wound up going to Safeco Field last Thursday and this Sunday, trying to squeeze in as much baseball as we could while the Mariners' season wound down to another sad end.

But as we like to say in our family, the worst day at the ballpark is better than most days, anywhere. 

In fact, on Sunday, Oct. 1, it was so sunny and warm at the park, I was worried we were all going to get sunburned!

We typically start our ballpark visits out in the bullpen. On Thursday night, Annabelle took art supplies with her. That brought some smiles from onlookers. Guess there aren't usually a whole lot of people 'doing an art' out in the bullpen.

 Thursday night, the Mariners staged quite a comeback. During one between-innings rally, Annabelle stood up and danced with her Moose hat pulled over her face. Guess that's a ticket to getting featured on the big screen. 

On Sunday, it was Kids Appreciation Day. That meant many mascots were in the ballpark. CeeJ and Bee had a chance to meet and great the Ivar's clam. 

We're very sad the season is over, and can't wait until opening day 2017.