Sam turned 16!

This past week we started our "birthday season". All our kids have birthday's within a month of each other in October and November. Sam turned 16 this past week! I can hardly believe it. Where has the time gone? Wasn't she a cute baby? Well - that cute little baby was given a car for her birthday by her dad (my ex-husband) who did not let me know what he was doing. She does not have her drivers license yet, so she can't drive it alone. HHMM - a car with no way to drive it yet. Bummer.

We gave Sam the use of a cell phone, however, we turned off the ability to text message. I do not want my kids driving while texting or texting during class. She is not happy about this, but she is lucky she has one at all. We thought we were giving her a great gift, but all she has done is complain how she can't text. *sigh* She also got some money since she likes to pick out her own gifts. I told her she can buy her own cell phone service, but she bought clothes instead.

For birthday's, it is a tradition in our home now that the kids are older to take them to their favorite restaurant if they are not having a big party. Sam did not have a party this year, so she chose to go to China City Buffet. We stuffed ourselves thoroughly! We wanted to get the wait staff to sing happy birthday, but wondered how it would sound (anybody remember "The Christmas Story" scene at Thanksgiving?). We laughed and had a good time.