Nationwide claims, "life comes at you fast..." And I agree.
Along those same lines, for our family, in March, "birthdays come at you fast..."
Ian and I barely get time to process one child being a step closer to adulthood when the very next day our eldest ups the game by one.
The leader of the pack is now 15!
I can't really believe it, but it does soften the blow a little that she can't either. Hearing her exclaim, "Hey, wait, am I really 15?" makes the growing up seem a little more tolerable.
And then she'll go and ruin that by saying something along the lines of, "I mean, that means in just three years I'll be finishing up my time at home and getting ready to go to college."
Which gets me plotting on how to freeze time all over again...
She's at a fun mash up of sophisticated young woman, discussing ideas she's running with from her AP world history class, and carefree teenage girl, laughing at ridiculous memes and getting excited about fluffy cows and kwakas, right now and had two requests on how to be celebrated. One was "a streamer curtain so I can make a dramatic entrance."
So streamers on her bedroom doorway we did!
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| and yes, there are videos...slo-mo at her request...to document her grand entrance |
The weather was perfect today, so her choice for mid-afternoon 'class location' was overlooking the beach. One could get used to the 'school-cation' situation.
Her other request was to have her birthday dinner at Bros Sandwich Shack. We had stumbled upon this hidden gem of a restaurant back in October on our way down to Hatteras Lighthouse. The combo of BBQ perfection on a bun with house made pickles and crispy sweet potato waffle fries had her hooked on the first bite. She talked about that sandwich for weeks and when we had decided we'd be taking a spring 'school-cation' back at the outer banks, making it to cover the big girls' birthday week (which has the bonus of a teacher workday) seemed like a no-brainer. All I had to do was find a rental within reasonable distance to Bros...
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| we spent the afternoon down in Buxton at the Graveyard museum and then tossed a frisbee and football on the beach overlooking Diamond Shoals for an hour ~ and caught sight of the local UFO ~ before heading back toward the house. an early dinner at Bros was perfect timing and the warm weather allowed us to eat on their picnic table instead of in the car |
After about an hour of catching up on work/assignments following an afternoon of play (even the birthday girl needed a bit of time to wrap up AP world history and honors English) it was finally time for her to open her loot.
Like her 'spirit animal' sister, the only direct requests were books. The Maze Runner series filled one of the slots, leaving us to figure out what else would make her day super special. A boba tea cup with boba recipes brought smiles, but not even the book series topped her stuffed avocado.
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| he's been named ferdinand |
And finally, time for cake.
Carrot cake with pecan studded cream cheese frosting to be exact.
And she may have thought surprises were over with the gifts, but score with an edible confetti cannon candle for the win!
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| i will note that we had two of these and lit one on darcy's cake last night...unfortunately because of the lighting napkins on the oven heating element to light candles situation, the fuse went off before i got the cake to the table, so no one saw the actual explosion. |
K-Boo, I look at you blowing out the candles on your 15th birthday cake and realize just how quickly it's going to be your 18th. Time is marching on at a rate that makes my head spin, but the comforting thing is that you are blossoming into a remarkable young woman. You are genuine and have navigated the treacherous teenage years staying true to who you are, never feeling pressure (or at least showing that you do) to 'go along with the crowd' to fit in. I love watching your mind work as your process complex social and historical issues and have no doubt that you will leave a mark on society through the intersection of your intellect and the action you will take because of it. I see your faith developing as you seek to truly understand the God of the universe, not just taking my word for it.
I love you with all my heart!
[We get so worried about being pretty.
Let's be pretty kind.
Pretty funny.
Pretty smart.
Pretty strong.]
~ Britt Nicole
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