If you read TW’s Wee Hours or you listen to me talk on message boards or you’re a lurkingfamily member (ummm you’d better not be a lurking family member) then you know that yesterday was Michelle’s 16th birthday. If you’re someone other than the aforementioned – well guess what, it was Michelle’s 16th birthday! (and go read TW’s marshmallowy about Michelle post, I don’t do marshmallow!)
We’d done the bulk of the celebrating with Michelle during our trip to Atlanta so yesterday was a little more low-key than she would have liked. She was hoping for a tattoo but I boycotted that ’til we can both agree on the design for said tattoo. She’s described some weird cat eye thing that at first sounded ok but later began to sound like it would look as though she had nipples on her abdomen. So no, no tattoo yesterday.
I took her to TW’s hair salon for a cut and that was a huge hit. It turned a somewhat low day for all of us into something else entirely. Excitement for her and ummm weird marshmallowy the girl is grown up for us. Dinner at her favorite restaurant with both moms, her brother and the 1/2 child was also a hit for her, not for me or TW – see non-marshmallowy mushrooms post.
Froggy ice cream cake was also a hit, though none of us could have more than a bite (which pleased the cats who nibbled on remnants in the sink all evening). There’s nothing like a little kid frog cake for a 16 year old who is trying to do away with her childhood frog collecting but having difficulty doing so!
A migraine ended the night badly for me and an evening out with her friends ended it well for her. All in all, a happily celebrated sweet 16. We all survived. No blood was shed. No excessive tearyness. Life is good with a 16 year old. Even if it means I am older than dirt and I mean really older than dirt.
Well Happy Birthday to Michelle.
Happy belated cake day to Michelle! I’d keep singing, but I’m so off-key today. 😉
Thanks ladies! Jen, sing away – she’s use to off-key!