A Friendly Competition

Fundraising, fundraising, fundraising ... can I just say I'm not a fan of fundraising! I desperately hate asking people for money, in fact I cringe every time I even hear the word. Well Austin has almost reached the age of Cub Scouts and I am so excited for him. He is fortunate enough to enter the Scouting program right before their week long day camp. To help with the cost of day camp the Scouts put together a dessert silent auction last night and Austin was invited to participate.

I really didn't know what to make for the auction. I wanted people to feel that the dessert they were buying was worth the money they spent on it, so I decided to make a Turtle Cheesecake and an Pineapple Upside-Down Cake. Both which were pretty to look at.Spencer on the other hand laughed at me and said why don't you just make a cake from the box? My pride got the better of me and I told him no, I needed to make something better than that. He just laughed again and told me that he was going to make his own cakes from the box. I totally underestimated his ability to pull it off so I went ahead (my pride getting the better of me again) and made a little bet with him. I told him that I just knew I'd earn more money with my two desserts than he would with his and if I was right he would have to give me a really nice back rub. The bet was on.

Well needless to say, Spencer won. Like I said earlier I totally underestimated him! He is such a creative and talented person and totally pulled off two completely cool cakes. One was a lemon cake decorated with gummy butterflies. The other a chocolate cake that he tactfully mangled and frosted then strategically placed gummy army men as if they were in a battle against each other. It was really cool! So in the end I lost the bet by $4. The good news is we helped raise a lot of money for the Cub Scouts and it was actually a really enjoyable fundraiser ... and I am humble enough to admit defeat.