About two months ago Michael was given the honor of taking command of a company (so proud of him!). His branch in the Army is Engineer. If you are familiar with the Engineer branch you would know that they have the Engineer Castle. I love the castle, simply because it's a castle =). It can lead to some great party decorations.
When there is a Change of Command ceremony there is always food. And cake. Do not forget the cake. I was thrilled that as the incoming Commander's wife I got to plan the food. There was one catch though. Michael insisted that he would have a chocolate fountain.
When he first mentioned the chocolate fountain I thought he was joking. All I could imagine was people trying to dip fruit in the fountain and then dripping the chocolatey goodness all over the table and floor. Not something I wanted to clean up... Well, turns out he was not joking so a chocolate fountain did happen. We ended up finding this one on amazon. Much to my surprise the fountain happened without a hitch! Everyone loved it, Michael was happy and there was minimal mess =)
When there is a Change of Command ceremony there is always food. And cake. Do not forget the cake. I was thrilled that as the incoming Commander's wife I got to plan the food. There was one catch though. Michael insisted that he would have a chocolate fountain.
When he first mentioned the chocolate fountain I thought he was joking. All I could imagine was people trying to dip fruit in the fountain and then dripping the chocolatey goodness all over the table and floor. Not something I wanted to clean up... Well, turns out he was not joking so a chocolate fountain did happen. We ended up finding this one on amazon. Much to my surprise the fountain happened without a hitch! Everyone loved it, Michael was happy and there was minimal mess =)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BVQ80E/ref=oh_details_o07_s00_i02?ie=UTF8&psc=1
The ceremony was supposed to be in the afternoon but due to weather ( thank you Missouri) we had to change the time to the morning. I canceled our order of vegetable trays because I just didn't see anyone eating broccoli at 9 am, and we went with a breakfast spread. Looking back now I wish I would have added something savory. Here is what I did.
All the best,
Alice
Alice