Happy 16th Birthday, Tyler

Sept, 12th is actually his birthday, but because 9/11 is such an emotional day for everyone and cast a ‘low’ feeling on everyone, we decided to make this day a happy day.

I woke up at 4 am this morning with what felt like an allergic reaction.  I had to take a couple Benedryl and fought the swollen roof and extreme itchyness.  I could feel the under part of my tounge starting to swell and I was salivating WAY too much.  The Benedryl kicked it’s butt…and then kicked mine.
Shaun stayed home and took care of me and got the kids to school.

At 5 pm we took Tyler’s friends to the bowling alley and had a blast.  Even though I spent all day watching 9/11 coverage, when the kids were out there laughing and having so much fun…I embraced it more closely.

Sixteen was a big year for me and for Shaun.  I remember mine like it was just yesterday and I really shouldn’t have been allowed to have THAT much fun.  90% of what I did was illegal in all 50 states.  So if Tyler wanted to take his friends bowling and play lazer tag, I was more than willing to fork out the money for them all to be safe, with us & not out in the woods having a bonfire the size of a small forest fire, drinking Vodka and mudbogging through puddles as deep as most swimming pools.  There were NO cops chasing a hundred of his closest friends out of the woods with the lights and sirens blaring.  We certainly were not throwing bottles of booze out of the window just in case we got caught.

Nope, we had a nice, normal party at the bowling alley.
What did you all do on your 16th birthday?  Would you let your kids do it?