Peeling the plastic film off a cucumber, I placed two edible googly eyes on top and stuck some candles along its back.
It may sound strange, but my daughter Macy, now 18, had a different birthday tradition.
I didn’t need to splash out on an M&S Colin the Caterpillar cake as we had Colin the Cucumber instead.
Cutting a slab of the watery vegetable, I dished it up on six separate plates.
That way, my other children, Gabrielle, now 28, Lucus, now 27, Brooke, now 21, and Bailey, now 16, could enjoy a slice.
Bringing the kids up on my own, we’d formed our own traditions over the years.
However, it wasn’t the fact that Macy didn’t like icing.
Cake was enough to make her shake, gag and vomit.
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