~Sweet Sixteen~
Ok, now it feels different *grin* There's something different--psychologically--in being able to say "oficially sweet sixteen" instead of "almost sweet sixteen". lol
Now I'm sure y'all want to know what the large mysterious present was, eh? It was this--a polar fleece blanket. The wolf one, of course ;) I love wolves, but more so polar fleece blankets, and I can't believe that I'd forgotten! *shakes head in wonderment* That photo doesn't do it any kind of justice. First the colours are much more gorgeous, and secondly you can't touch it. Like seriously, it is so soft you just want to melt into it.
It's like I've finally gotten my very own blankie (I've waited 16 years no less *rolls*) seeings as I'm like a little kid who drags it around with them everywhere. Well, it is cold, for goodness sakes! I'd been resorting to wrapping my feather doona around me at the computer, and stealing the little polar fleece blankets that the younger kids have. Now I have my very own and it's better and bigger and altogether softer *wriggles eyebrows*
Hmm...what else did I get. Wait, have I mentioned yet that my darling family let me open my presents Wednesday night so that I wouldn't have to break my routine of sleeping in 'til lunchtime? And Tach rang up to join in on listening to me rip wrapping paper, which was fun. She gave me this hilarious little book called The Blue Day Book: A Lesson in Cheering Yourself Up. She's like, "So you have something for when you're having a blue day." It's so cute and funny.
Between all of this the phone with Tach on the other end is passing between Mum and I. Then Hannah passed me this maroon bonbaneer with plastic flowers poked into the ribbons at each end. "I'm gonna pass you to Hannah," I said, emptying my hands. Caleb and I then managed to break the bonbaneer, try unsuccessfully twice to 'bang!' it with just the littel strip of cardboard to hold onto before we got the desired effect. Inside was twenty bucks. As Han puts it, "I've been trying to get you a DVD on ebay, but Mum and I couldn't find it again when we went back to bid on it!" As it turns out, they'd been spelling "muskettes" instead of "musketeers". lol So, anyhow, with the twenty bucks in hand I'm now haunting eBay in search of a good DVD. I'm hoping to get The Three Musketeers or maybe The Man From Snowy River. It's been way too long since I've seen either of them.
This one has to go down in the history books as the time that Dad got me a present! To explain, Dad is one of those men who is lucky to have a wife. A wife that is that are more than happy to do all of his present shopping for him ;) The only time Dad ever does present shopping is for Mum and even then it's the standing joke about how he has to sit Mum down and ask quite balantly, "Now, dear, what exactly would you like for Christmas?" But as it went, when we were in town the other day I was drooling over this 1,000 piece puzzle of these five (yes, five!) bridges appearing one after the other on this river in Prague. I don't think Mum even knew that he'd snuck back and bought it until afterwards when he apparently came back grinning like a cheshire cat (so, no one told me that, but I know Dad and I bet he was!) But just how special is that? *grin*
Josh gave me a hug...which combined with the pepermint chocolates in the fridge and a kiss from my dear Daddy means the only romantic thing I didn't get on my sixteenth birthday was a rose. But since it probably would have been a little hard for either of them to get their hands on one, I consider my 16th complete :D
My pussy cat cake turned out perfect (I promise to show y'all a photo as soon as the film is developed. Sadly that could be months away, but still...). We had mexican for tea *smiles in utter bliss* and played our own version of Mindtrap afterwards. That game is seriously a crazy kind of fun! Then the little boys were begging for a video. I couldn't think of a thing to watch, but going through the cupboards I found Mary Poppins. So, I'm kind of a sentimental sucker, but I couldn't help but think it would be kind of cool to watch the first video I ever saw at home on my sixteenth birthday. So, sprawled around our lounge room and with fistfulls of tangy peppermint chocolate, we did.
It was a simple birthday, but it had all of the good things to make it a happy memory: chocolates, pussy cat cakes (with a candle in each ear for earings), hugs, and fun time with my family. And of course the "happy birthday!" phone calls. One being my first ever phone call from China! Now, you can't beat that ;)
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