Baking her own birthday cake
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- July
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Today (July 7) is my youngest daughter’s birthday. She turns 16.
Several of her friends have held Sweet 16 birthday parties, but most of them have been a family dinner out with a few friends or a sleepover, nothing fancy. 
Thankfully, she and her friends are pretty low-key as a rule.
So in deciding how to celebrate her birthday, we offered to host a sleepover if she wanted and spring for pizza or chicken or something.
She’s become known among her crowd as a kitchen whiz, so she asked if, instead of a night party, she could invite a half-dozen or so of her friends over for a baking party at lunchtime.
She and her friends planned to make blueberry muffins, oatmeal-chocolate chip cookies (a family specialty) and her birthday cake.
Her 19-year-old brother is available for quick trips to the store for unexpected needs, but I imagine he’ll most likely stay out of the way of the chaos, except to help eat the evidence.
I just hope I had enough aprons …
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on Monday, July 7th, 2008 at 2:17 pm by Randi Weiner.
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What a great idea for a party! I know your daughter will remember this particular birthday fondly as the “first time Mom trusted me to do something on my own.” Hope it’s a great success! BTW, I’m hosting a Giveaway, starting tomorrow—please drop on by!