May 18th, Lilly turned 16. I had contemplated several things we could do for her birthday but thoughts and action didn’t meet up well this year. It was mostly a normal day but there was a bunch of celebrating at the end! 
A few things about Lilly at sixteen- she passed all of her classes for fourth quarter. I know what things looked like with a month left in the quarter and to see the difference from then to her report card was impressive. There was some major digging to get herself out of the whole she was in.
She just got her hair cut to this fun length.
We made sure we were home in time for the friends who dropped by at 1800. We also tried to have mini cheesecakes for them but only half got them because we were slow. The funniest thing happened with Lilly and her friend Maddie. They both like the red lobster cheesy garlic biscuits that you can get in a premix box. Lilly had been going to give Maddie some for her birthday but hadn’t gotten around to making them yet. Maddie was coming over so Lilly decided she would make some to give to her for her belated present. When Maddie got to our house she handed Lilly a plate of cheesy garlic biscuits and and Lilly handed her a plate of cheesy garlic biscuits. Everyone thought it was hilarious.
They had a mostly social distant gathering in our front lawn.
After friends left we went to dinner at Zupas. We were the only non workers in the store and it looked like it was just about close. We could have stayed and eaten in the restaurant but the kids didn’t like being the only ones in the store. We got everything to go and went home and ate on our new concrete. For dessert Lilly decided we should get Hawaiian style snow comes from the snow cone shack down the road. We ate them in the back of the truck and climbed trees. Then we had a glow stick party in the house before going to bed. I think it was a good celebration for yellow phase of quarantine.
She was voted most promising female sophomore at the year end Drama club social
. 
She got an early birthday present by finding out she made it in to the Music Dance Theater class she auditioned for! She is so excited!
She just got a job at a flower shop answering phones and cleaning. It has its perks for me because she brings home flowers they are throwing out and they make my counter or table pretty for a few extra days!
She just got her learners permit with a bit of a shove from me. ;) She is getting the hang of driving and usually asks to do it whenever we are going somewhere....except if it involves the freeway or canyons. She’ll get there though.
She loves to tease her siblings.
She knows a lot about popular plays and pop culture and really likes Queer Eye, Star Wars Rebels, Good Omins, Avatar the last Airbender, some political show on Netflix I forgot the name of, and is excited for Hamilton to come out on Disney Plus.
She’s getting really good at making crème brûlée and meringues.
She was really excited to go on our trip to New York, that she gets to keep building excitement for because it has been postponed because of COVID.
She wants things fair and just for everyone.
She’s a great gal and we are so happy she made us parents sixteen years ago. We have learned and continue to learn so much from her. Love you Lilly.
Comments
What a great birthday celebration. Your pictures of playing with the glow sticks were so much fun! And congratulations on having new concrete! That is a big project to have done.