Friday we had some old friends for dinner and a long overdue visit and they treated us by bringing a beautiful box of a dozen Gigi's cupcakes...flavors like wedding cake,carrot cake, coconut snowball, pina colada and the above strawberry shortcake. I usually try to be good and abstain from the scrumptious treats that Mally cannot indulge in due to her dairy/egg allergy... but I caved! she was so good and i feel so sorry for her and these tempting treats! She does so well at abstaining from those two ingredients that find their way into SO many yummy desserts, but she is not as good at applying her special lotion and so the rash is still there and aggravating at times (I do realize that she is very busy and I know I forget to do things all of the time!). Our visitors that night were also both doctors and told her that she has to do the lotion diligently for it to help in the fact that she does do so well on the food part. After long discussions on how to encourage that part, she came up with a few "bribes"! One is that after a long month of her being responsible and greasing up daily, she gets a Gigi's strawberry shortcake cupcake that she will cut in half for two servings (I am hoping this does not bring back month's worth of rash and a serious belly ache in a serving!) Our hope is that it becomes more of a routine after sticking to it! And as much as I hate to give her something that is a "nono" I would hate for her never to experience these delicious cupcakes!
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