Ideas?!?! Katie's 16th Birthday coming...soon! - Epilepsy Message Board

tkdmom96 · 07-16-2004, 01:43 PM

Hi all,

Katie will be Sweet 16 on the 26th and Mike and I would like to get her something special, to mark this time in her life. Especially after having surgery and all.

We already got her a bunch of stuff to do a scrapbook for her surgery journey and I'm at a loss for something really SPECIAL...she's not a big jewelry fan and she's not a clothing fanatic. Yah, if you can believe that! She's very down to earth,spiritual, and not materialistic. She does have a crucifix ring that she wears everyday that we got her for her 8th grade graduation, but thats it.

I'm looking for something that will help commemorate her "new" beginning...I would appreciate any ideas...

Thanks a bunch!
Vicki

dalesgirl · 07-16-2004, 02:07 PM

If she really likes that crucifix ring maybe a crucifix necklace to go with. I know you said she didn't like jewelry but it might work. I'm not in touch with my teenage side anymore...ok.. maybe MY teenage side but not the teenagers of today.LOL

(for some reason I must not have read enough, I though Katie was way younger then 16..LOL)

Art_930 · 07-16-2004, 02:11 PM

There's a couple of things I did for my daughters that they really thought were great -

I bought a birthday card and had absolute strangers sign it. The mailman, the fedex guy, the cashier at the grocery store, some guy standing in line with me, etc.

Another thing I did with a card (can you tell I was a poor single mom?) was mail the same number of cards as their birthday. For the 16th birthday they'd get 16 cards. In each card I wrote down something I loved about them. They could be things as small as "I love the freckle you have on your right earlobe". Everyone needs to know that they're special and this is a good way of doing it. (each daughter still has all of her cards - they're 28 and 22)

Hope these ideas help!

gagcas · 07-16-2004, 05:02 PM

wow vicki.....you have me on that one.

. mine are little so ANY new toy has them happy for a day and the box even longer.

have you maybe asked katie waht it is she would really love to do. i know there isnt much she can probably do at this point, but even a party wiht friends can be the world to someone. or even make a book out some of the web postings here. may work for her scrap book as well.

this just popped in. have you ever looked into maybe a plaque with the meaning of her name or something along that line. try the things remembered web site. i know when i got married i was scoping for ideas and saw alot of things i liked for other occations. or i have also seen things...they are called friendship lights. do a search on those words and you should get a list of places that have them on the web. they have them for hope, faith, mother, daughter, sister, friends, etc. the poems attached to them are absolutaly precious. they sell them at hallmark stores too. some of the sites

(giftwinds)

have it so you can acually read the poems. they may not cost much but the sayings are worth far more than words can say. if i can find one i will put it on here some how.

cassie is the same day as well as cassie so as katie is turning 16, cassie will be 2, so i will be singing happy b-day to her as well.

MandiX · 07-16-2004, 11:33 PM

does she wear a medic alert bracelet? i met this girl w/ diabetes who hated her bracelet... for her birthday her mom had custom made a GORGEOUS bracelet with a medic alert tag on it.

my sister is very down to earth and such also... for her sweet 16 i got her a miniature japanese rock garden and a 'lucky' bamboo tree. I bought a stand that matched her bed that the tree sat on w/ a shelf under it where the garden went. This is kind of what the tree looked like...hers was in a terracotta pot and a lil bigger: [URL=http://www.redenvelope.com/re/gifts/product_display/product_information.jsp?nc=99794&BV_Sess ionID=@@@@1351894401.1090041290@@@@&BV_E ngineID=cccjadclmkjeekicefecefedfgfdfmg. 0&refPg=%2fproduct_display%2fgift_result s.jsp&bct2=occasion&bcp2=1&bcm2=1%24%24-8031&bct5=good+luck&bcp5=4&bcm5=29$$%2Fo ccasion%2Fgood+luck@@30$$-10001@@31$$16&catOid=-10001&oid=10037839]here[/URL]