My very creative and interesting 5-year old

Today is my daughter's 5th birthday. Here she is:


So sweet, so cute, so innocent. Right? WRONG!!!

This girl is so dang creative and cranks out such a volume of "art" and "crafts" that I can barely keep up with her. This year for her birthday she put in an extensive and quite detailed "order" for her birthday cake. I thought it was quite funny until I realized she was completely serious.

So, this is what my sweet, cute, INNOCENT girl came up with for her birthday cake:
Yes, a beach scene...but not any beach scene! This is how she described the cake to me: "I want a round cake with sharks. And a girl on the beach. And a 'no swimming' sign". The execution was left entirely up to me. The girl is made of fondant, laffy taffy (thank goodness it was just Halloween!) and Tootsie Roll (again, thank you Halloween!). The sharks are made of twinkies, fruit roll-ups, mini-chocolate chips, icing and a funny cracker for the fin.
Here's a little bit of a close-up shot...and yes, those are feet coming out of that sharks mouth! That was Daddy's idea, and she loved it! She said, "Yeah, because there's a 'no swimming' sign and you're not supposed to swim with sharks". Where does she get this stuff??


Well, at least the birthday girl was pleased. When I finished the cake I laughed so dang hard! It has got to be the funniest cake I have made to date and probably will be the funniest for a while! Way to go, Baby! Your cake idea was fabulous!