Uh-Oh....Look who's a teenager.

So my daughter is going to be thirteen this coming week. I have learned that it's not like the terrible twos that starts just about at two years of age. The terrible teen attitude was developed around her tenth birthday. She's actually perfected it at this point. This new "tween" attitude started when she was ten years old. I don't recall being a tweenager...but I absolutely remember becoming a teenager.

Every birthday I think back to the day she was born and remember every detail. I usually run through this reminiscing for about a week or two before her birthday. I kept a journal from before she was born, until her third birthday or so and then from then on it was the milestones that I would document. I love that I can open up to any page and flashback to that exact moment and remember just about every detail.

With her upcoming celebration we asked her what she wanted to do. She wants dinner in NYC at Pio Pio and to be able to bring a friend. Hmmmm...I can do that. That works for me. But I wanted to do something a little special. So I invited friends and family that she hasn't seen in over a year or so which I'm sure will delight her. But I wanted to order her a custom cake. So off to the internet I went to google some ideas.

Who would have thought that it would be so difficult to find a cake? I spent less time finding the design for my wedding cake. The cakes ranged from simple to extreme. The cake is for fifteen people so I don't see why I need to order one for a hundred plus. Then it dawned on me....I have a friend that bakes cakes and she's pretty darned good. So I posted on her Facebook page and she responded right away. I told her what my daughter was into and we decided on a peace sign cake. Crazy as it is in 2010 I've got a kid that loves peace signs. I guess I should be grateful that it's not skulls that she's into.


So the cake is ordered and I cannot wait to see the expression on her face when she sees people she hasn't seen in so long come to celebrate her breaking into teen-hood and to eat her custom peace sign cake. I will be sure to post pictures of the cake.