Magical

UNICORNY:  If you're a regular reader, you know we love Birthday Dreams. They're a local (to us) nonprofit that provides birthday parties (decorations, presents, cake and all) to homeless kids. 

We've baked a number of cakes for their cause over the past year.

This week, however, was about celebrating Birthday Dreams' birthday. They've been doing what they do for 10 years. They hosted a community celebration to mark the occasion. Christian and Annabelle were attending Bee's Ultimate (Frisbee) game and couldn't join in the fun, but CJ and I attended the party. 

There were a number of carnival games (darts at balloons, bean bag toss - that type of thing). There were also a number of "Minute to Win It" inspired games, including one where you had to try to make a cookie move from your forehead down to your mouth.

It's way harder than you'd think. CJ was super close, but didn't manage to make it. He did, however, eat the cookie anyway. :)

One of the other games he played was stacking as many pennies as possible with one hand in one minute. It's harder than you'd think it would be. 

Oh, and did I mention that Saturday was also May the Fourth/Star Wars day? So there were Star Wars characters and props at the party. 

Anyway, back to the cake. ;) CJ and Annabelle's unicorn efforts did not go unnoticed. They won first place in the youth category, and 'cutest' cake overall.

 Here's CJ going up to accept one of their awards.

All in all, a fun day, and a worthwhile endeavor. CJ and Annabelle learned a number of new techniques while completing this cake project.