Twelve

my beautiful amazing daughter turned twelve yesterday.

we bailed out on a birthday party, and instead spent some quality time together cruising the mall,

cleaning up on some bargains, and treating ourselves to Quiznos for lunch.

she decided she liked this way of celebrating over throwing a party, and i most definately agree.

it was a nice day together and we even topped it off with a visit to the countryside.

who says you can't have your cake and eat it too?

Happy birthday my little joey.

i'd say it turned out to be a pretty groovy day.

xoxo

You are worried about seeing him spend his early years in doing nothing.  What!  Is it nothing to be happy?  Nothing to skip, play, and run around all day long?  Never in his life will he be so busy again.  ~Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Emile, 1762