Tomorrow Emery turns 16 years old. Her sweet 16. Somehow the new tradition of opening her gifts a few days early happened again this year. Cam and Jacks were gone to Twin all weekend, so I guess it worked.
She was totally surprised for new shoes. The bad part about this, is her actual birthday day is anticlimactic.
We tried to get her to do a party or hang out with friends, but she really will never have friends over here. She had Jenna over the night before homecoming. She also didn't want us to get her a cake so they could just make one.
They ate pizza, watched movies, made slime and made a cake. Sounds like a fun night to me.
I don't think it's a secret to the world that teens are ...fun. I don't think I prepared myself for some... or most of those random things that they do, I really don't think anyone can, they are so random and unpredictable. This year she has become more independent and 'typical' teen. She got her first job, which she loves, and is learning that while you have a job, it doesn't cover all you thought it would, especially now having to pay for gas. She's different from the boys and prefers the SUV over the small car. However getting in the SUV after her, we all hit our knees on the wheel because she has to be so close. She did say that the car will be cleaner and smell better than the boys car... that has yet to happen. Friends are her world right now, which is how it should be. She is either working or with friends now on the weekends. With having a car, it will just get more and more like that. She got a few crochet things for her birthday, and she still works hard going those and loves them. I love seeing new ones go up in her room. She's continuing her culinary classes in school. Emery still loves to cook; she's not a fun of her teacher this year, but hopefully sticks with it for the higher classes next year. Her and Brad still play Rock Band fairly often. We were able to get a new guitar for it as well. Emery reminds me of Brad and I, when I was younger I liked hanging out and holding or playing with the babies. She is the same, if there is a baby, she wants to be the one holding them. We missed the Barnes Reunion this year due to Vegas, and so she missed seeing a few new babies. Her favorite thing to try and talk everyone into getting her are Squishmallows. They are super soft and cute, but the 100 she has takes up a lot of space. I don't know how many she has for sure, but it's a lot. She's joined a few clubs this school year, she for sure joined Art and is thinking about Thespians. She doesn't want to act, she wants to do the background things. We've been going through the seasons of American Horror Story together. The first few seasons are pretty good, but watching them now, I realize how semi cheesy they are. She loves scary movie/shows now, so she seems to be liking them. Her favorite food is, Cam's yellow rice. Her favorite subject is, Chemistry- because right now she understands it (that may change) and her favorite activity is crocheting.