Ella loves the show Cake Boss and has been asking to make a fondant cake for a long time. Here's what she came up with (with a little help from mom).
We had a big birthday dinner for my mom and Ella a couple of Sunday's ago. I am so blessed to have such a special and loving mom. The kids love their Grammy Skeeles so much. I know we take her kindness for granted and I hope she know how much we appreciate all she does for us.
Millie loves birthday parties and was so excited to have two cakes to choose from.
I decided to make a quilt for Ella's 12th birthday. I took a quilting class when Ella was a baby and made a few quilts, but then when Caroline was born I stopped. I got the bug recently and thought a quilt for Ella would be the perfect way to start back up. I enlisted the help of my friend, Camie, and she helped me whip this out in a couple of weeks - just in time for Ella's birthday. I sent it out to be professionally quilted, so hopefully I'll have it back by the end of the month.
Here's my reason for wanting to make Ella a quilt:
I know the teenage years can be tough on the mother/daughter relationship. With Ella as the first child, I am hard on her and I know it. I struggle with balancing the fine line of being over protective and also letting her be independent and learn things the hard way. I have so much advice to give, but I can already see the eye rolls coming and the "tune out" blank looks when I'm trying to expound all my motherly wisdom. She's a young woman now and I know I need to let go a little, but it's so hard. She is such a good girl and really tries to do what's right, but I know there will be times when she's mad at me and will storm up to her room and lay on her bed crying for some reason having to do with me. I had the thought that when those days come, when she's lying on her bed, she can see the quilt I made her and know that I love her unconditionally. Maybe in some way the quilt can be a symbol of my devotion to making her eternally happy.
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