Caroline's Birthday Balloons-A Tradition

On March 13th we celebrated what would have been Mom's 70th birthday. We laughed, reminisced, shared stories, and, of course, we ate cake! As March Madness continues at the bakery, so does the Mom's birthday celebration.

For years Caroline's birthday celebration for the month of March has been shared with our cake community and I love picking up the phone and hearing "I have a March birthday too!" or "My daughter shares a birthday with Caroline and we're celebrating with a Caramel Cake!" It's a powerful reminder of how wonderful the community around Caroline's Cakes is and the traditions that we love being a part of every year.

One of the traditions we started at the bakery after Caroline passed was our balloon ceremony. Each year to celebrate Caroline's birthday Charles, our team, and I write notes to her and place them inside of balloons. After saying a few words, the balloons are released with their messages being sent up to Caroline to read, laugh, and be proud of the work that we are all doing.

This year I introduced this tradition to baby Caroline and naturally Cole helped by supplying a bright yellow ballon for the occasion. Before we released the balloon I whispered a few sweet words to Caroline about her namesake and then we watched as the balloon, carrying our birthday wishes, drifted up, up, and away! Baby Caroline yelled "BooNose!" having not yet mastered the pronunciation of "balloon" and the excited carried on until the balloon became a tiny yellow dot.

I love passing this special tradition down to my daughter and I love sharing stories of her namesake with her. Some of these stories come from my childhood, but so many of them come from all of you. You have been so generous with your memories of Caroline and Caroline's Cakes and your stories are unbelievably appreciated! 

There are still a few weeks left in March, so the birthday celebration continues! I hope you all are staying safe and looking forward to beautiful spring weather and our fantastic spring cake flavors.

Eat Cake. Be Happy.