{"id":13400,"date":"2014-06-28T14:43:48","date_gmt":"2014-06-28T19:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/?p=13400"},"modified":"2014-06-28T14:43:48","modified_gmt":"2014-06-28T19:43:48","slug":"the-sweetest-birthday-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/the-sweetest-birthday-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"The sweetest birthday (cake)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"BirthdayFor all we, as moms, try to do to make birthdays special, it is really amazing when it comes right back to you.<\/p>\n

Last year I was in Spain on a wine media\u00a0trip for my birthday, so my daughter really got into it this year.<\/p>\n

She started the day out by giving me a handmade card in the morning. Then, later in the day, the two of us baked a cake together.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

“I want to make one from scratch because you get to do more,” she said.<\/p>\n

We decided on yellow cake recipe from the good old Betty Crocker cookbook and got to work. She asked if she could do most of the work with me guiding her.<\/p>\n

So she scooped, measured, and stirred and I supervised, cracked the eggs and scraped the sides of the mixer.\u00a0We had a great time baking together.<\/p>\n

\"Birthday<\/p>\n

We decided on white frosting so her decorations would stand out better. I frosted the cake white with the “best frosting ever” (according to her) and then I left the room.<\/p>\n

She invited me back in to see the first stage…<\/p>\n

\"Birthday<\/p>\n

and then I took in the finished product (pictured up top).<\/p>\n

After that, she came to visit me in my room and I noticed she was wearing a label with her name on it. Then, she handed me a label of my own:<\/p>\n

\"Birthday<\/p>\n

This\u00a0absolutely made me laugh.<\/p>\n

“I’m sorry I didn’t go get you a present with Dad,” she said at one point.<\/p>\n

“What?!” I had to say. “You gave me the best present I could hope for from you today,” I said. And it was true. We really did have the best time together. For that, I will ever be thankful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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