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Amelie is 10.

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Today our beautiful Amelie turned 10.

She drives us mad, our Amelie. She’s a bundle of so many things, so many infuriating things.

I can sum her up in a list of words: funny, feisty, fabulous, fearsome, ferocious, flawed, focused.

You can guarantee to find her slap in the middle of any fight in the house.

You can guarantee it is her making the noise, her causing the fury.

Yet if the chips were down, if you needed a wing man, if you were on your own and had your back to the wall and no weapon in your hand, I can guarantee every one of them would pick Amelie to have by their side.

She might drive them loopy but she is terrifyingly loyal and she’d fight to the death for any one of them.

And they know it.

That is why Fran and Josie slaved without help over a rocky road cake from a tricky recipe to give her for her birthday tea.

Her face says it all. She laps up love, does Amelie and nothing means more to her than knowing she is loved.

She might drive Maddy to distraction most days, but Maddy spent hours locked in her room making this tiger for her. He’s called Sag Bag. He’s brilliant.

Whatever the mood of many of our days when they rub each other up the wrong way, Fran went out specially to get her hair clips to add to her stash and they all indulged her delight at her 3DS and played wii games all day with her. And Amelie, who is many things but is growing up and beginning to understand how other people work, made the most of the attention and gave love and gratitude back in bucket loads.

Happy birthday Amelie darling. We love you.

 

Comments

  1. She is a beautiful girl. Glad she had a happy day and the Sag Bag is brilliant. (I must admit when I read your tweet about it I thought it had to do with breast feeding!!!).
    The cake looks delicious – do tell what are the flower/chocolate things you have as decorations on top. Please tell me they are not hand made – where do you find such things?

  2. So glad she had a good day, all your crew deserve some really good times and it’s lovely to read about it when they do. Love the cake and Sag Bag, definitely testament to the hours of crafting you have lavished on them!

  3. Crikey Merry, I was doing well until the photo of the girls hugging. TOTALLY welled up – what amazing daughters you have.
    The cake is fabulous, and I totally *want* a Sag bag for myself. Happy (belated) Birthday Amelie.

  4. funny coincidence that all the words you chose to describe her in the first part of the post begin with f 🙂

    Happy birthday, Amelie! 🙂

  5. Ah my daughter turned 12yesterday….great day to be born! Your cake was a whole lot better than mine and at least the dog didn’t eat yours lol!

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