Struggling with a story

As I have said before, I like to write 100 word stories. For ideas, I ask people to give me three words, which I then have to incorporate into the story. Some of the suggestions can be quite challenging, but that's all part of the fun.

A few weeks ago one of my colleagues gave me three words that I have been struggling with ever since. I have now come up with something, but I'm not sure if I'm happy with it.

So I have put it here for others to see:

Tom sat on the kitchen stool, watching his mum. He could barely contain his excitement. ‘What happens now, Mum?’

‘Well, I’ve carved the boat. Now I need to ice it, and put the sail, rudder and other miscellaneous bits on. Then it should look like a proper sailing dingy.’

He played with an egg timer while she placed a wooden dowel perpendicular to the ‘deck’ of the cake. Other boys had football cakes; he wanted to be different. His dad had loved sailing. Now the cake would bring back his memory at least. He missed his dad so very much.

I'll find out tomorrow if she likes it.