Hey all. Still out here.
Stopping by to let you know we all survived the pirate party. (I can't believe my baby is 4!!) I'll post cake pics at some point... of both cakes!

I finished the pirate ship cake around 1am on Saturday night and DH and I happily went to sleep knowing we didn't have too much to do before the party that we'd saved for the next day... Well, parts of this cake are unsupported, and its a moist cake, and the humididty was high...
I walk out into the kitchen Sunday morning, and THE CAKE HAS COLLAPSED!! The front and back of the ship have fallen right off, creating a devastating landscape of crumbled (although tasty) chocolate cake. DH had to run to the store to shop while I salvaged what I could of the base cake (I had a 13x9 cake under the pirate ship cake iced blue to be the ocean.) And then we had to start over baking and decorating a whole new cake before the party.
I didn't quite get the house where I wanted it to be, or the appetizers prepped or anything, but the cake got done, and DS had a good time, so all was well. It was, however, quite a morning... Arrrgggh.
Hope all is good w/ you all! Will try to check in later.