Last year was their first time participating. They made a cake based on the classic "The Little Prince," by aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, but if featured a figure of Prince, the musician, and some of his lyrics, instead of the standard prince from the story.
They have decided to go with a musical inspiration again this year. The book they're doing a play on is "Horton Hears a Who," but instead their Horton hears The Who. (Puns are encouraged in the event.)
CJ baked two big chocolate cakes yesterday that will serve as the base for The Who's stage.
Annabelle spent a lot of time sculpting an elephant and rock stars of of modeling chocolate they made. Below, she's working on Roger Daltry's head.
And here she's sculpting Pete Townsend's sizable nose.
CJ sculpted some tree trunks and tops, some shrubs, and a seat for Keith Moon.
They have made good progress, but have a lot more to do. It's going to be tight making their Saturday morning deadline.
DONE DEAL: It's definitely worth noting that CJ has completed all of his assignments for the Western Aerospace Scholars program he is fortunate to be a part of. For it, he had to complete two essays (one about why space should or shouldn't be explored, and another about a potential career in the aerospace industry). He also tackled two gnarly math problems (one about the escape velocity for a launch from the sun and another comparing the costs of launching a Saturn V vs. a SpaceX Falcon Heavy). And he took two quizzes.
He's still awaiting grades for his second essay and math problem, but he got 100 percent on his first essay, As on both quizzes and an A on his first math assignment, so I think he's in pretty good shape.
The second part of the program involves a week long camp this summer at The Museum of Flight. We should know the date for that by the end of this week.
Good for you CJ
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