Dmmetler Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 And the single item that got the biggest squeal was a comparative vertebrate anatomy textbook 😃 I figure that this group is probably the one set of people who would appreciate that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 How did the party go? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted November 16, 2014 Author Share Posted November 16, 2014 It went really well. It was cold here, so we set up everything inside, which worked OK. It's a nice group. DD got to have one of her friends there who she almost never sees (her herp mentor's DD-who is at a similar level, and, because of her parents, has a lot of knowledge about herpetology, even though it's not her passion), and all told, they were able to spend about 6 hours together. She collected about $250 to benefit reptile/amphibian conservation (mostly from parents/grandparents), plus a few gifts, including a pretty large gift bag full of snake and lizard shed skins from her herp education group (and their animals, who were willing donors :) ), ranging from first sheds for hatchling corn and king snakes up to a shed from a 12 foot Peruvian Boa. The snake cake ended up beautiful. What DD had requested was "a little wedding cake, with my snakes on top", and the baker did a great job. They're a homeschool family business, and their 17 yr old daughter is the one who really gets into fondant work, so she sat down with DD and talked over what DD wanted, and DD gave her pictures of her two snakes to work from and information about them, and she did a great job sculpting and painting them for the cake. I think it was a pretty good celebration of her 10th birthday-she'll actually turn 10 the week of Thanksgiving, but because of so many people traveling or having guests, we've learned that doing her birthday party BEFORE the Thanksgiving travel season is the best bet. If we do it on a weekend close to her birthday, many of her friends can't make it, and if we do it after her birthday, we start hitting all the Christmas stuff. She now gets several weeks where we do a lot of extra/special stuff, and not much school, and a lot of downtime because by late November, field work is pretty much over until Spring, and the college has a week for Thanksgiving, then their semester finals, then Winter break, so she's usually not in the lab much in late November/December, either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 So glad the party turned out nicely for her. I remember 10 being a bit of a shock to me when my oldest hit that milestone. Something about the double digits just made me realize my time raising her at home was more than half over. Though with a child as accelerated as your dd that may have been on your mind for a long time :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted November 17, 2014 Author Share Posted November 17, 2014 I admit, I'm having a hard time thinking of her as 10. I have 8 days to ease into it :). It's been really strange doing hotel reservations for holiday trips and filling out applications for summer programs to write her age as 10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted November 17, 2014 Author Share Posted November 17, 2014 She said she wanted a "little wedding cake with my snakes on top", and she gave the decorator (who is a 17 yr old homeschooled senior, BTW) photos of her snakes. I think they did a great job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Mousie Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 WOW! Those snakes are fabulous! I'm so glad your daughter had such a great party. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMV Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Happy Birthday to your daughter! I agree the cake looks great (and I say that as someone who isn't a huge snake fan). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runningmom80 Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Happy Birthday to her! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Ooh! I'm glad that you posted the link to this thread. What a nice way to personalize the cake for your budding herpetologist! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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