How about 16 things that represent each of her 16 years? Topping it off with a Matchbox car.
Oh, smacked in the noggin with a 2x4 wrapped in velvet. Yeah, that's what it felt like.
Lorne ,'Smile Time'
Spike's Bitches 29: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.
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Aims - Mar 24, 2006 11:19:37 am PST #5227 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
DawnK - Mar 24, 2006 11:22:06 am PST #5228 of 10001
giraffe mode
Ohhh good one Aimee! I was going to suggest a mini-shopping spree maybe? I got my first bouquet of roses on my 16th birthday. They were from a friend of the family. 16 pink roses.
SuziQ - Mar 24, 2006 11:26:00 am PST #5229 of 10001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Oooooh, creative Aimee - but that takes brainpower. Hmmmmmmmm. Still, I like.
Her boyfriend has already spoiled her with flowers, in general. When she had strep, he brought her a dozen roses and some Campbell's Soup.
erikaj - Mar 24, 2006 11:31:25 am PST #5230 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Aw, what a good boy. Especially for 16.
Laura - Mar 24, 2006 11:39:06 am PST #5231 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
Watching the teen girl ideas. My niece just had her 18th and I'll see her Sunday. I need to do something.
Cass - Mar 24, 2006 11:44:43 am PST #5232 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Flowers and soup? Nice boy.
I think my headache and stuffiness might be breaking. Lacking Thai, I applied chipotle and Cholula in large quantities. Next up? Potential nappage to see if the headache will just leave altogether instead of waning.
-t - Mar 24, 2006 11:47:11 am PST #5233 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
For my 16th birthday, I got a ring with my birthstone. I think.
If you do Aimee's 16 things, I think one of those things could be a year of car insurance (unless you are having her pay for it, of course)
SuziQ - Mar 24, 2006 12:20:20 pm PST #5234 of 10001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
We have already told her we would cover car insurance during the school year and if she is playing ball over the summer. If she gets a job, she will need to contribute something to the cost.
I'm currently contemplating an iPod Alarm Clock with 16 Hot Wheels attached to the outside of the package.
Though I really like the 16 things, thing - just having dead brain at ideas.
sj - Mar 24, 2006 12:44:09 pm PST #5235 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Can I have a little apartment ~ma. We're waiting on an approval for an apartment we really want.
Scrappy - Mar 24, 2006 12:52:04 pm PST #5236 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I vote jewelry--something simple that she can wear now and keep forever. I have a friend who got a gold chain with a pearl on it. (Like this [link] )
She still wears it sometimes and she's 48.