The "Campfire"

It's fall here in Chicago and the weather is definitely turning, leaves changing colors overnight and the wonderful cool crisp Autumn evenings are upon us. Every year one of the schools my kid's attend holds their annual Fall Festival full of food, games and fun for families. Five years ago, I started the ever so popular "Cake Walk" to these festivities. If you are not familiar with a Cake Walk, numbers from 1 - the number of your choice are placed on a large circle on the floor.

Participants each stand on a number as the music starts they walk around in a circle on the numbers until the music stops. Once the music stops, all participants are standing on a number. A container holds all of the numbers and a single number is pulled as the winning number. The person standing on that number is declared the winner and gets to choose a cake to take home. These prize cakes are donated by teachers, staff and families and are usually homemade and very seasonal and whimsical in nature which is why the kids go ga-ga for this activity. The donated cakes are all lined up on a table and the kids ooh and ahh over them all day long picking and choosing which one they hope to win.

Being a lifelong baker, I throw myself into this activity with great enthusiasm. These pictures are of one of my donations (check out the toasted marshmallows!) to today's Fall Festival Cake Walk at Da Vinci Academy.