Things are going pretty well for me, lately. I’m making some changes, as I typically do, when the new year begins. One goal I have is to update this site more often, with shorter entries, so please wish me luck with that!
On that note, I just thought this was a kinda’ funny story & wanted to share with you all! Last Saturday, we celebrated my youngest nephew Austin’s 3rd Birthday. His parents got him a really cool Spiderman cake, complete with black “gel-looking” stuff all over the icing, for the web. We all thought it was probably licorice-flavored, or something… until we tasted it.
After singing, “Happy Birthday” & watching him blow out the candle (a big one, in the shape of a number 3), the kids got started eating their pieces of cake first. One by one, they all got messy – Austin mostly, since he got the black stuff all over his face, then proceeded to wipe it on his shirt! Jamie, his older brother had taken a bite or 2 & realized he didn’t like the black stuff, so he stopped there & didn’t make nearly as much of a mess. Katrina decided she would “dive in” & took a big bite, which discolored her entire mouth – black, purple, blue, you name it, her lips, tongue & teeth were one of those shades! She also realized at that point that she didn’t like the black stuff, so we had to scrape it off of her slice, in order for her to finish her cake, too…
Ok, so me, being an adult, figured, the kids just didn’t know how to eat the stuff, without making a mess, right? Of course, *I* could maneuver, putting the fork far enough back in my mouth that there would be no “dyeing of teeth” for me! So, I took a big bite, mostly of the black stuff & boy was I wrong! Not only was it the nastiest-tasting thing I’d eaten in a looong time, but everyone around me immediately began laughing, then pointing me out to those who weren’t! I couldn’t help but laugh, myself, imagining that I looked just awful, but being in good spirit, enjoying the moment, I let Jason, my Brother-in-Law take a few pictures as well. Little did I know *just* how bad it was, until I saw this:
My younger Sister-in-Law, Ashley made the same mistake, it seems, but not nearly as badly as me! We had a good laugh about it, then decided we weren’t going to “indulge” in anymore of the black stuff, either! She & I agreed – it didn’t even taste edible! I was worried (not seriously) that they had used actual ink, rather than food coloring, or something crazy like that! The discoloration eventually wore off of both mine & Katrina’s mouths (and Ashley’s too, I’m pretty sure), later that same day. All in all, it was just one of those “live & learn” type things, and I believe that we all need to be able to laugh at ourselves, every now & then, anyway… 🙂