turning 12

Cerys turning 12

What a difference a year makes to someone turning 12 rather than 11. This year I could barely wake her up to come to breakfast on her birthday. She found it difficult to smile as she opened her gifts. She didn't want the "birthday fairies" to come but last minute (once we were asleep) she sneaked out and decorated her own table with fairy decor. She is done with American Girl, Dolls, Dress-up, Wooden Toys and playmobile and instead loves Selena Gomez CD's and books of any kind.

Yesterday around lunchtime I got a call from the school letting me know that Cerys didn't feel well and that she needed to be picked up. On her birthday.

Last Minute Healthy-ish Birthday Cake

When our children are sick we take them off all sugar and begin to make their immune systems stronger with herbs, remedies and healing food. Cerys was crushed when I explained that her original chocolate cake with vanilla frosting would be put on hold until she was better.  We compromised and decided to have Pamela's Gluten Free Cornbread with a honey spread. I buy it by the case.

At the last second though I found this amazing recipe for honey frosting.

Ingredients      * 1 1/4 cup Honey     * 2  egg whites     * 1/4 teaspoon salt          * 1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions  1. Heat honey in a saucepan, over very low heat, stirring occasionally.    2. In a large bowl, combine egg whites, salt, and vanilla; beat with an electric mixer until the egg whites are stiff, but not dry.   3. Slowly pour honey into the stiffened egg whites, while beating at a low speed.  4. When all honey is combined, crank up the mixer speed to high and beat for 7-10 minutes, or until the mixture has stiffened back up. Recipe by SunnyBella. Since the cornbread was smaller than a cake I simply made half of the recipe. It was perfect. I won't mention how many spoonfuls of icing that I enjoyed.

The frosting was a soft, decadent meringue with a lovely taste of honey. It was delicious and Cerys actually told me that it was the best cake that she's ever had. It was kind of odd to have something so rich on top of corn bread but it kind of worked. And it made my 12 year old smile and I couldn't ask for more.

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Comments

[Jacki]

Happy Birthday to Cerys! Both of my kids are home sick today after being exposed to the cesspool of gems at school.Owen made it 3 days back- Lukas 4. And today I feel like crap:(

[Lisanne]

Happy Birthday to Cerys! She is growing into a beautiful young woman. :D

[megan]

Oh how much changes in a year! So gradually, though, it's amazing.

I'm intrigued by the change of diet when sick. Though eliminating strong sweets makes sense, why wouldn't that also include honey?

We have plenty of honey since we have hives, so I will try that frosting recipe soon. It's such a great idea!

[Grace]

Sorry to hear that your daughter was sick on her birthday:( I hope she gets well soon. I did not know that sugar makes your immune system worse. Something for me to read up on!

[Tracy]

isn't it wild watching them grow up? Idelle is in between - she still loves her baby dolls, (I made sure that Santa brought her a lovely Asian baby girl for Christmas, as her dream is to adopt someday and she's had her eye on this lovely doll - and I want her to hold onto her childhood as long as possible) yet she wants to wear her hair in the most updated styles and flat irons it every morning, and is experimenting with makeup (I let her wear it VERY lightly, which is all she wants, thankfully.) She wants me to tuck her in at night, yet I see a young woman emerging and she astounds me with her maturity sometimes (and other times the maturity is not quite so prevalent, lol) They are both in such a crucial transitional point. It's beautiful to watch, and challenging at the same time (for them and for us..for me anyhow!)

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