January 5, 2011
Well it is the 11th night of Christmas and this year I wanted to stick to some old traditions and create new ones for our family. This way the plan...bake a kings cake for us to have tomorrow on the 12th day of Cristmas, buy a King's cake for Danny's class to have tomorrow. This is how that all went down. I could not find the baby for the cake anywhere!!! I guess that is what happens when people contribut King's Cake to Fat Tuesdays in Birmingham. While this is also a tradition the reason it is a king's cake is it is in celebration of the three Kings arriving to Baby Jesus. So I did some research and found that you can use a coin in place of the baby. This was doable, thankfully I have
several half dollars. So I start going to and calling bakeries and they do not make the cakes until closer to Mardi Gras...again that starts tomorrow, but they sell them for Fat Tuesday. So I decided I would just have to make the one for Danny's class. The one for here...I did it first in case it was a disaster basically fell apart after I baked it, so it is no longer a ring, but it smells great we will see how it tastes in the morning (that will be breakfast). So with the one for the class I baked it like a regular cake, not a round braid. It too smells good and hopefully the second graders at SFX will think it tastes good. Danny helped with the sugar and there might be a few too many, but it is pretty enough for a second ever Kings cake. I will be looking and researching for a year so that next year I am ready. Now to write a note explaining all of this to his teacher...including the coin instead of the baby. I am glad that new traditions for our home were started and as crazy as it was it truly was a lot of fun, as most family activities are.
As I head to bed tonight (if John Michael EVER goes to sleep) I pray for all of my friends and my family. I thank God for the amazing people that He has put in my life! So many times we are stuck with what is normal and do not try new traditions as we worry what others will think, but seriously if you are okay with it go for it. Traditions can be so much fun!
Well it is the 11th night of Christmas and this year I wanted to stick to some old traditions and create new ones for our family. This way the plan...bake a kings cake for us to have tomorrow on the 12th day of Cristmas, buy a King's cake for Danny's class to have tomorrow. This is how that all went down. I could not find the baby for the cake anywhere!!! I guess that is what happens when people contribut King's Cake to Fat Tuesdays in Birmingham. While this is also a tradition the reason it is a king's cake is it is in celebration of the three Kings arriving to Baby Jesus. So I did some research and found that you can use a coin in place of the baby. This was doable, thankfully I have
several half dollars. So I start going to and calling bakeries and they do not make the cakes until closer to Mardi Gras...again that starts tomorrow, but they sell them for Fat Tuesday. So I decided I would just have to make the one for Danny's class. The one for here...I did it first in case it was a disaster basically fell apart after I baked it, so it is no longer a ring, but it smells great we will see how it tastes in the morning (that will be breakfast). So with the one for the class I baked it like a regular cake, not a round braid. It too smells good and hopefully the second graders at SFX will think it tastes good. Danny helped with the sugar and there might be a few too many, but it is pretty enough for a second ever Kings cake. I will be looking and researching for a year so that next year I am ready. Now to write a note explaining all of this to his teacher...including the coin instead of the baby. I am glad that new traditions for our home were started and as crazy as it was it truly was a lot of fun, as most family activities are.
As I head to bed tonight (if John Michael EVER goes to sleep) I pray for all of my friends and my family. I thank God for the amazing people that He has put in my life! So many times we are stuck with what is normal and do not try new traditions as we worry what others will think, but seriously if you are okay with it go for it. Traditions can be so much fun!
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