And Suddenly It All Becomes Clear
The real reason my wife suggested we celebrate Kathryn's eighth birthday a full two months early by taking her to Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull? This:
A crystal skull cake.
I'm just happy she didn't suggest we take Kathryn to Sex and the City. God only knows what kind of cake she would have made for that.
Personally, I'm disappointed. I'm sure your multitalented wife would have come up with a doozy for that one.
Great cake! How was the movie?
Posted by: Amy | June 02, 2008 at 10:58 AM
The movie made me want to shake George Lucas.
Posted by: Brian | June 02, 2008 at 11:03 AM
You have cats, right, not rabbits? Because I'm wondering what the black nuggety things that make up the skull on the cake are.
Posted by: Joy | June 02, 2008 at 11:19 AM
I would think the alternative movie would've had your wife jumping out of a cake.
PS: that was the PG13 version - my evil mind has a R and a X version.
Posted by: Bennie | June 02, 2008 at 11:36 AM
Skull-shaped cake? The Mom is awesome.
Posted by: mara | June 02, 2008 at 11:47 AM
Nice! Although I'm with Joy...my second thought after "awesome!" was "I sure hope those are chocolate chips."
Posted by: R | June 02, 2008 at 11:54 AM
At least it was slightly less morbid than last year.
Posted by: Brian | June 02, 2008 at 12:05 PM
Oh The Dad. Your family makes me smile. :-)
Does The Mom take mail orders and ship cakes? I know people that would pay for a crystal skull cake, or eyeballs and fingers for Halloween.
Posted by: | June 02, 2008 at 12:17 PM
coolest cake ever. i may have to try that next year for my son. i hope the mom doesn't mind me copying her idea. that's just awesome.
Posted by: Holly | June 02, 2008 at 12:43 PM
Your wife is definitely awesome-- cool cakes taste way better than boring old regular ones.
However, I must note, in my effort to keep The Mom on her A game, that while this cake uses simplicity to great effect, I expected better given last year's creativity. Maybe some edible sugar Crystals, blood, fingertips grasping the cake-skull... I dunno, I'm not the cake genius.
I expect to be blown away next year with something that looks like it shouldn't be edible, it's so beautiful.
I'm also assuming those are chocolate chips.
Posted by: LiteralDan | June 02, 2008 at 12:46 PM
Moms are somehow always one step ahead of us dads.
Good thing you guys kept the b-day cake rated G. :)
Posted by: Chris | June 02, 2008 at 12:50 PM
If you wanted to shake George Lucas after seeing this one, what did you want to do after seeing The Phantom Menace?
Posted by: Sue | June 02, 2008 at 02:33 PM
A Mr. Big Cake?
Posted by: Margie Blystone | June 02, 2008 at 04:16 PM
That is an awesome cake.
Posted by: Rachael | June 02, 2008 at 04:57 PM
I think my invite got lost in the mail? No?
Posted by: Victoria | June 02, 2008 at 07:50 PM
I'm wondering if the Sex and the City cake would look anything like my cousin's bachelorette party cake... Be warned that the SATC movie has a few nudie scenes. Maybe a good one for "date night"?
As far as birthday movies go, good choice on the part of the mom.
Posted by: loren | June 03, 2008 at 01:19 PM
Nudie Scenes is putting it lightly. YIKES! Great cake, The Mom.
Posted by: Cassie | June 03, 2008 at 04:47 PM
Cool cake. Your comment though brings to mind a certain cookie a friend and I made once. Very life like. And no it wasn't boobs.
Posted by: Michell | June 03, 2008 at 10:45 PM
Aww, what a cute cake! My mother always used to make crazy themes cakes like that when I was around Kathryn's age. :)
... But won't Indiana Jones be a little scary for her?
A Sex and The City cake would, of course, be a pair of pink Stiletto heels. Or a cosmopolitan. What were *YOU* thinking?!
Posted by: Chanel | June 04, 2008 at 12:42 PM
Hilarious...and lovely cake, by the way.
Posted by: Vikki | June 04, 2008 at 09:45 PM
I love it! That is a great cake
Posted by: Jennifer | June 05, 2008 at 05:41 PM
Sehr gute Seite. Ich habe es zu den Favoriten.
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