Did Anyone Guess DIAPER CAKE?

Yesterday, I told you that you would never guess what I was making. Again, I had something that I didn't want to share until it was time. I didn't want to give away the surprise and Matt and Cari are both Facebookers. The shower is over and I, yes I, made a diaper cake for the youth pastor at our church. He has a thing about diapers and I am codependent. OR...he and his wife are going to have a baby and this was a useful and adorable decoration for the shower.

Now when I say that I made this cake, I really mean that I rolled up diapers, tied them with ribbon, then tied the ribbons together to make the shape of a three layer of cake. The decorating and ribbon choice was all Sylvia. I had no idea they were doing a ladybug theme. I also wouldn't have even known that the shower was today, or that everyone (read guys too) was invited to come. I went.

Sylvia has a clever way of tricking me into doing these things. She'll say things like, I am not even sure how to make one of those. Or, Can you figure out how they made it look like this? She knows I love a challenge and if I think I am figuring something out, I'm all over it. I'm a crossword puzzle, sudoku, Rubik's Cube, kind of guy. I like to work things out. Turns out the thing that I was working out today was how to make two boxes of diapers look like a three layer cake. No problem! I'm on it!

I mean it is the most natural thing in the world to make a cake out of diapers, right? Doesn't everyone do it? I'm sure it has been happening for eons. But seriously, who was the first person to think, "They are going to be used and discarded (at arm's length) why don't I wrap them with ribbon?" Or maybe it was simpler than that. "Let's see, we're going to have cake...and I'll need diapers...cake...diapers...cake..diapers...Hey! I have an awesome idea!!" I realize that it is cute and designed to make women say, "Awwwwwwwww" but you know it wasn't thought of by a man. All I can think is, there isn't enough milk in the world!! No, no, NO! Not even for a triple dog dare!

Jake was really helpful in the morning as we were getting ready to bring it to church. He decided to take a picture of it with the camera on his phone. He likes to play around with the settings and do weird things...today it was negative mode. So he took a picture of this white cake and it turned out black...or dark dark brown. He showed it to me and said, "Look dad, chocolate cake."

Now think about that for a second. I'll wait. No, no...it's OK. Take your time.

Chocolate...cake...chocolate...cake...chocolate...DIAPER cake.

I know, I didn't like it either. See what I have to put up with around here!

So we made it to the shower, a fun time was had by all, and people enjoyed the diaper cake. I think it is funny that I now have the capability to make a cake out of diapers. Maybe now I will use that as an answer for whenever people try to barge into a conversation.
"What are we talking about?"
"DIAPER CAKES!"

About writing the blog.

I am enjoying being able to let everyone know about these weird things. It is just what the doctor ordered to put off a trip to a rubber room. I think I may be a few weeks from that particular happening. I mean, it's not like I have completely lost it.

Now, begging your pardon...I need to go make some underwear muffins.