My nephew Bobby was baptized yesterday. My brother was in charge of getting the cake for the luncheon they had after church and I guess he wasn’t sure what the bakery should write on the top. So, there in bright blue royal icing it simply said Baptize! All I can say is that we warned my sister-in-law before she married him. Back in my marriage, I asked Papa to make a rattle for us to give Bobby back in December but he forgot, I forgot, and then he went to Vegas for over a week. Bleh. So, Saturday afternoon while I took Katie to ballet — and got some gorgeous cashmere fabric for $15 a yard, yippee! — he sat Tristan in front of the playroom TV and went to his lathe to make this:
Can I tell you how wonderful it is to have a crafty husband? I know some of you already know. Seriously, if you’re single it’s something worth looking for in a prospective spouse. The wood is holly — light and tightly grained — and simply finished with butcher block oil to be totally safe for a baby mouth. He also chose holly because the wood is from a holly tree that grew at the house where my brother, sister, and I grew up. Papa might not be too sentimental but he knows the rest of us are. Congratulations on your baptism, Bobby. Hmmm, someone should have put that on a cake.
hahaha I bet that cake was awesome. Maybe on the next birthday cake I’ll make, I’ll just put “birthday!”
That rattle is AMAZING! And the sentimental value? Wow.
i’m working my brain to figure out how he made that pretty rattle. how did the hoops get on there?
i love the sentimental part of it. that makes it so much more special. besides it being a beauuuuuutiful rattle, of course. makes me want to go back in time so i can have a rattle, too. or find another justification.
thanks for sharing!
LOL! I hope someone got a picture of that cake.
Don’t forget that the holly tree was originally a cutting from your grandmothers tree.
christine, as I told Katie… “It was really hard to stretch them and not break them.:”
I will tell you that you are looking at the problem backwards.
wow! go papa go!!!
my husband in handy as in he can fix almost anything in the house. and i am sooooooooooo thankful for that!
the cake will bring some great memories at least. and some chuckles for all of us!
The rattle is so beautiful!
And “BAPTIZE”…that is hilarious…and something my husband would do! =)
I think the writing on the cake was totally perfect — awesome.
I can’t figure out how your husband got the rings on the rattle. Was it just part of the lathing? (is that even a verb?) Very nice!
So funny!
Wow – you guys are amazing! How do you ever find the time to get so much accomplished? You must be *super* organized & efficient!
Ooh, my guy is pretty crafty, too, but a lathe? That’s a whole different ballgame.
Wow, that’s stunning. I smell an etsy shop. Baptize! Heh.
That cake would have kept me giggling throughout the entire ceremony! Very evangelical!
Oh my goodness! Do you remember that in our old apartment, my uncle’s woodshop was below us? He makes baby rattles like this too, and when Elizabeth was born, I was secretly wishing he’d give one to her. There were even a few on his workbench…but her never did!!! So tell PapaUrchin that I”ll be knocking on his workshop door whenever the next baby rolls around!
That baptize story is soooo funny.
hooray for papa urchin! it’s beautiful.
But it was a baptize, wasn’t it? I say we need that down-to-earth prosa too. Not just poetry. But it made me laugh out loud, I wish you had a photo of the cake!
The rattle is fantastic! A handy man is a good thing – poetry or no poetry!
Tha rattle is cute. Maybe the photo of this cake deserves a space at the carewrecks.blogspot.com blog.
I love that cake. Thirty-two years ago my first husband had our wedding cake inscribed, “booga, booga”. I’ve yet to figure out what he meant.
Ah wood turning. If only I had a lathe. Maybe you can convince the Mr. to make some mushrooms for my (hint, hint) Mushroom Swap. That is a very fine rattle – heirloom. And the cake story, that is so great. Baptize! Cracks me up.
The “Baptize!” cake is absolutely the funniest thing I’ve heard all day. Maybe even all week.
What a cool rattle!