Our little girlie turned 16 in July! That morning we drove in to the DMV so she could take her road test and get her driver's license. After an initial setback: they wouldn't let her finish the test once it was discovered that my emergency break didn't work-WHO KNEW?!?-luckily another woman offered to let Dylan use her car. We sat on standby for 2 hours. Poor kid SO wanted to get that license on her birthday! We watched kid after kid come in from their tests in tears-the Anchorage testers are known for being VERY tough! She did great, though! Came back all smiles!
So afterward I dropped her off at Mile's office and while she worked for him, me, Willa, and a couple of Dylan's friends got to work at home setting a surprise party. For a couple weeks prior, Dylan had been trying to put together some sort of birthday dinner with her friends, but knowing we were planing to surprise her, they all , except for one, "declined"-had to work, were going to be out of town, etc. Dylan was pretty bummed, but resigned herself to hanging out with her one friend. She was totally surprised when we all jumped out of hiding spots and yelled when she walked through the door! It was a great party-great kids-laughing and tomfoolery. We set up the fire pit outside and had a great game of Jack's ALIVE-that will be another post, though. BEST campfire game!
And I am totally grateful to have such an open, accepting, and wonderful kid who never does the whole "banish the 'grownups' from my sight" shit.
I don't EVEN want to go into how quickly these years are passing...
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| Setting up |
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| Beautiful girl |
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| One of those tear jerker cards from a friend |
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| Fun with balloons |
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| Request granted! Tostadas.... |
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Calmly and happily making do-it-yourself cupcakes
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And then cupcake fights ensued. Well....You only turn 16 once and cupcakes can be cleaned from carpet and linoleum, right?
