It’s birthday season in our family right now with Jen, her dad, and her mom all having birthdays this week.
A few years ago now I was trying to find a recipe for icing that my mother-in-law could eat. (She’s hypoglycemic and can’t have any extra sugar.) They had a recipe for a fluffy icing that was boxed puddling combined with boxed whipped cream. It worked really well but wasn’t sugar-free. I experimented and came up with this variation:
Fluffy Sugar-Free Icing
Makes enough icing for a 2-layer cake.
1 box of sugar-free jell-o pudding
3 cups of whipping cream
1 TBSP of Splenda white baking sugar
1/8th TSP of flavouring
Combine everything and whip for 3-4 minutes until it’s fluffy.
Hope this helps someone who hasn’t had a cake in a while.
This past year has felt so fast, and you’re growing so much emotionally and intellectually. It leaves me in awe and makes me so proud. We’ve spent the past year closer to home without any big trips. We did go to a bunch of conventions. You’ve become extremely helpful during them. You’re helping with set up, tear down, and you’ve even started selling a little.
This year you’ve:
Did really well at school, your favourite subjects were math, music, and dance
Cooked several meals as head chef (you have a great instinct for flavours)
Really improved in piano and even performed your first concert at the school talent show
Played Clue with your mom and even came close to winning
Had a huge reading leap and are reading full novels now
Read mine and mom’s complete catalogue of books (not the pen name stuff)
Were diagnosed with ADHD and Gifted like your mum and I
There have been some hard times, fights with friends, and frustrations on understanding why people do things. I wish I could help, but I find so much of human interactions confusing. We’re in the process of getting you assessed for autism (again like your mum and I) and that could explain some of last years frustrations with friends but it could just be the randomness of kids. Either way, I understand. All last year’s angst seems to have been washed out over the summer, so that’s a good thing.
I’m consistently impressed by your mind and strength of personality. You are so good at seeing patterns in stories, puzzles, and games. You are getting better and better at guessing the end of a mystery. You also stand up for what you think is right. We’ve had other parents say that you’ve been a good influence on their kids.
It’s hard to get you to bed or to whatever is the next thing we need to do because I love talking with you so much.
You have some bad moments; you get angry/snippy when hungry and really rude when you’re stressed, but that’s just with us not with others. It’s something to work on but I’m not as worried as I once was.
We talked about IQ the other day and I told you that what is more important is: kindness, knowledge, and curiosity. You embody these three in most of your interactions.
Small change to this weeks schedule. The Travelling TARDIS will post Tuesday and Thursday and I’ll be putting stuff up Monday and Friday. Stay tuned for a special Contest on Wednesday.
Cakes by Tee
I’ve been following the amazing Cakes by Tee since they had 300 likes on Facebook and salivating at each new cake, cupcake, and cake pop. The cakes looked so good that I was desperately looking for a reason to commission something. So when Jen, my wife, decided to have a party for her 30th, I decided she needed a good cake. Her favourite flavour is spice cake and I saw that Cakes by Tee offered an apple spice cake and knew I had to get Jen an Applejack pony cake.
Here’s what Cakes by Tee made:
Isn’t it pretty?
The cake was light and fluffy and Cakes by Tee was extremely accommodating with my requests. It was nut free which is awesome and the price included delivery,
I loved the cake as did everyone at the party.
If you’re in the Ottawa region and need a cake. Contact them and get the best!
