Wednesday 13 February 2013

birthday ballerina girl

so i have this little girl who i love to bits. she has the most delightful, tender, cuddly, witty, sparky, playful, independent, outgoing spirit. she also knows how to give us a run for our money. man can she put up a fight and an ear-piercing scream that only dogs should be able to hear. i love her and i want to be a good mum for her on this journey of the day-to-day. i want to be a role model and i want to build her confidence and self-esteem and sense of self and place in the world and place in relation to other women and to men. it's a challenge every day and every day i want to be better and be more patient and creative in my interactions with her. i fear the mother-daughter relationship going horribly wrong when i really lose my temper with her. but i hope and pray we can keep things positive, close, respectful and intact over the years. she has just turned three and i really enjoyed making a birthday cake for her. she loves ballet and ballerinas so i went down that route and it actually ended up looking like her so it was a cake of gorgeous M as a ballerina. 

the cake recipe is here in a previous post 
i made icing with butter, icing sugar and food colouring. i added little silver balls and edible wafer flowers (from Tesco) for decoration.
she was very pleased...

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15 comments:

  1. Cake looks amazing, and her 'I-love-my-cake' face is even more amazing!

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    1. thanks. yes that photo makes me laugh - captured a perfect moment

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  2. You write so beautifully about your love for Miss M. It brings tears to my eyes.
    The cake makes me grin xx

    Johanna @messylabstudio.blogspot.com

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  3. Oh my goodness look at that happy face! Makes it all worth while.

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    1. yes indeed - the late night battling with the icing - all worth while for this happy face!

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  4. That is an amazing series of pictures! I have a complicated time with cakes as pickle always designs them then expects me to fulfil her wildest dreams ....thank goodness she had more imagination than I have skill ;)

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    1. oh wow that's great. my kids haven't got in to designing their cakes yet but maybe we have that to come!

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  5. Great cake can see she was delighted! X

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