Yep....my daughter has reached teen-hood. Well, not technically, as her birthday is next week. But we celebrated this weekend with her grandparents, uncle, aunts & cousins. I even decorated & bought a cake (I stopped decorating for the girls' birthdays around age 6 or 7...and stopped buying cakes a few years back.) Amanda was quite shocked that I decorated...and she loved the cake her dad picked out!
We used a simple pale blue & yellow color scheme, with flowers, candles & balloons. Nothing fancy, but she liked it. I made a nice poster with a picture from every year...a nice walk down memory lane.
We also had a chocolate tasting party (since she LOVES chocolate), and my sister helped put together a game with questions pertaining to her, the year she was born, teenhood in general and one of her favorite series...Twil1ght! 
We had sandwiches & chips for dinner, with cake & ice cream for dessert. She loved all her presents, which included Eclipse & Breaking Dawn from her aunt Tina & uncle James, a beautiful birthstone ring from her Grandma Dorothy & Papa David (along with some cash), and a beautiful poem that her Grandma Su crossstitched & framed for her (Teen Creed).
Dan & I broke down & got her a cell phone, which she was ecstatic about! (Of course we had to mess with her a bit first, so we gave her a toy cell phone first!) 
It was a great party, as these 2 pics show!
Hard to believe my baby is 13 already....where has the time gone?
Ha-ha! That’s so lovely. Even I like to do such things with my daughter. She is like my best friend and we love pulling each other’s leg a lot. I would like to do the same thing with her, its going to be fun. I have booked her favorite venue NYC for her birthday this year.
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