It was my daughter’s 5th birthday about two weeks ago. The big FIVE. I don’t know what it is, but I felt the pressure, especially this year. She is my second-born child, she is always in a rush to keep up and be a big girl like her sister, she’s had a previous birthday party re-located due to the weather, and this year: an indoor birthday party (due to the coronavirus).
But you know, I realized in the process of making her cake, that she is pretty happy. It was me that put all that pressure on myself.
More to the point, she has been into unicorns and rainbows for at least the past three years. Yes, yeaaaaars.
So not surprisingly, she wanted a unicorn cake. And oh yes, she got a unicorn cake!
I tried to lower expectations being that I was making the cake and frosting from scratch, and trying to be innovative with using the excess crumb of the cake as sprinkles since we didn’t have any. But wooooow oh wow! This cake!!!!!!!!!!
Without further a due…
Once again, I was reminded as to the things that really matter: ʻohana…and food. Haha! But seriously, food is us. Food is what brings us together. Food nourishes.