Tuesday, April 10, 2012

What Twelve Looks Like

I planned to post these pictures last Friday, but Brad and I spent a spur-of-the-moment day in San Diego.

 Better posting birthday pictures a week late than Lily never forgiving me and saying I love Hyrum the most ;)
When a girl turns twelve in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, she moves from the little kids to the big kids. And it's a big deal.

Lily's new class--the Beehive class--came and decorated her room while she was at school.
She was so excited to read all the notes and see all the confetti and candy.


The girls taped balloons all over one wall and instructed her to pop them.  A little scared of the loud noise . . .
. . . but each balloon contained one thing a girl in her class admired or liked about Lily.  It was sweet.

Since turning twelve is a big deal in itself, Mom doesn't do a party.  Bugged Miss Lily a little, but she did get some makeup and a new dock for her MP3 player.
That soothed the savage beast.

I'm in for a wild ride with this one.  Love her.

14 comments:

  1. That is so awesome what the Beehives did!!!! So cute.
    She is a doll. You are going to have to lock her up or start learning how to use sharp objects.

    Last minute trip to San Diego? Wow! Sounds like heaven.

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  2. Oh that line about you loving Hyrum makes me laugh, because. . .that is exactly what Leslie would say too! One more month and I will be the mother of a 12 year old girl too! We need lots of prayer!!!!

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  3. LOVE this. Happy Birthday to your sweet girl. xo

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  4. Happy Birthday a little late to Miss Lily! That is a whole lot of confetti, hope they sent a clean up crew along a little later :)

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  5. So cute that the Beehives decorated her room!

    =)

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  6. What an awesome thing the YW did! That really would help the girls coming in feel welcome.

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  7. young women's!!! love all of the streamers:)

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  8. Makeup? On our Jane? That just can't be right.

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  9. What a nice thing for all of the Beehives to do! Lily is such a beautiful 12 year old.

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  10. Oh my goodness...that 12 year old look, it's definitely there. So strange to see Miss Lilly growing up like this. She is so cute. And, it looks like you've done some redecorating in her room. CUTE!

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  11. Oh my goodness...that 12 year old look, it's definitely there. So strange to see Miss Lilly growing up like this. She is so cute. And, it looks like you've done some redecorating in her room. CUTE!

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