Friday, March 17, 2006
13th Birthday Party stories!
Some of the girls who took our "Being 13" survey told us all about their 13th birthday celebrations. Here are just a few of their stories:
“For my 13th birthday I got a llama! Yes, a llama! My parents told me that 13 is a big step in life and that they thought that now handle the responsibility.”
“I got to have a mini party with my grandparents, mom, and favorite uncle. I got some special gifts (makeup, a diary, a gift card for books) that were just because I was an ‘Official Teenager.’”
“Since I come from a Vietnamese family, I had all my family members gather to celebrate my ‘turning teen’ party. It was very fun and I enjoyed it very much. The memories will always remain in my heart.”
“I had a birthday party with my friends. We went rock climbing, ate dinner at a Chinese restaurant, and had a sleepover.”
“I was pretty freaked out about turning 13. When my birthday came, I spent the whole day with my friends doing every little thing we’d enjoyed back in the ‘non-teen’ years--making a secret language, building a fort, having a grass fight, and all sorts of ‘little kid’ stuff. We savored it all before we moved on to the ‘teen’ years.”
“I did everything in 13; I invited 13 girlfriends and 13 boyfriends. I had 13 small variety cakes and cut cake 13 times. It was great fun and crazy and all my friends talk about it.”
“My family and I had the dinner of my choice and we played Apples to Apples. We really didn’t do anything special, because just being with my family was enough.”
“I was on a bike trip and the other people on the trip gave me a jar of pickles! (I really like pickles.) A girl on the trip made fried bananas for dessert. We were eating gourmet food at a camp ground!”
“I had a bat mitzvah!! I prepared for the big day for a long time, practicing and planning with my mom. It was so awesome chanting Torah in the sanctuary at my synagogue with everyone that I love listening to me. It was an incredibly powerful day and I actually did feel like a woman after. Turning 13 was a huge life-changing event in my life.”
“I hosted a ‘Barbeque with the Vampire’ mystery party. It was a blast! I had 7 friends over, and we played a game where you had to guess who the vampire was. We had a barbeque chicken dinner to tie in with the theme, and, of course, birthday cake. We served Shirley Temples for drinks in spider goblets, and really decorated the kitchen so it looked like the inside of a castle.”
If you've already turned 13, did you do anything special for YOUR 13th birthday? If you're not yet 13, are you planning to mark the occasion?
“For my 13th birthday I got a llama! Yes, a llama! My parents told me that 13 is a big step in life and that they thought that now handle the responsibility.”
“I got to have a mini party with my grandparents, mom, and favorite uncle. I got some special gifts (makeup, a diary, a gift card for books) that were just because I was an ‘Official Teenager.’”
“Since I come from a Vietnamese family, I had all my family members gather to celebrate my ‘turning teen’ party. It was very fun and I enjoyed it very much. The memories will always remain in my heart.”
“I had a birthday party with my friends. We went rock climbing, ate dinner at a Chinese restaurant, and had a sleepover.”
“I was pretty freaked out about turning 13. When my birthday came, I spent the whole day with my friends doing every little thing we’d enjoyed back in the ‘non-teen’ years--making a secret language, building a fort, having a grass fight, and all sorts of ‘little kid’ stuff. We savored it all before we moved on to the ‘teen’ years.”
“I did everything in 13; I invited 13 girlfriends and 13 boyfriends. I had 13 small variety cakes and cut cake 13 times. It was great fun and crazy and all my friends talk about it.”
“My family and I had the dinner of my choice and we played Apples to Apples. We really didn’t do anything special, because just being with my family was enough.”
“I was on a bike trip and the other people on the trip gave me a jar of pickles! (I really like pickles.) A girl on the trip made fried bananas for dessert. We were eating gourmet food at a camp ground!”
“I had a bat mitzvah!! I prepared for the big day for a long time, practicing and planning with my mom. It was so awesome chanting Torah in the sanctuary at my synagogue with everyone that I love listening to me. It was an incredibly powerful day and I actually did feel like a woman after. Turning 13 was a huge life-changing event in my life.”
“I hosted a ‘Barbeque with the Vampire’ mystery party. It was a blast! I had 7 friends over, and we played a game where you had to guess who the vampire was. We had a barbeque chicken dinner to tie in with the theme, and, of course, birthday cake. We served Shirley Temples for drinks in spider goblets, and really decorated the kitchen so it looked like the inside of a castle.”
If you've already turned 13, did you do anything special for YOUR 13th birthday? If you're not yet 13, are you planning to mark the occasion?
// posted by New Moon @ 2:29 PM 
