My daughters low key 17th birthday

It was my oldest daughters 17th birthday.

It’s always been an adventure making her wishes and dreams come true, because you never know what you are going to be doing next

Over the years, she has gotten into riding off road motorbikes, playing the bagpipes in a band, and tandeem skydiving.

I mention all these activities, because she is actually very quiet and cautious, and certainly doesn’t like a lot of fuss. (right now, she’s probably on her phone or reading a book)

When it came her birthday, I took the day off work to spend some time with her.

Breakfast was eggs benedict (with the salmon) at a local cafe, I mentioned rather loudly (oops) that it was her birthday, much to her embarrassment. (this is what dad’s are for)

The rest of the morning was spent playing Spyro on a playstation with her sister until she got bored with it, and I got the classic ‘I’m bored and don’t know what to do’

That led me to dragging them both out to do some 10 pin bowling

I’m no expert at this, I normally just throw the ball down the lane as straight as I can get it with some fairly good results, but it just wasn’t coming together todasy. I think I just tried too hard, which led to a bunch of balls in the gutter. This meant the birthday girl won!

Dinner was from the birthday girls favourite Scottish restaurant (Mcdonalds)

Oh, and then dessert (of course)

An off day at snowboarding

Ever have one of those days when nothing seems to go well? Today was that day for me!

It started with Mum and Daughter quarreling in the car all the way to the indoor ski place.
This sort of put me in the wrong frame of mind.

Then the snowboard (size 163cm) I was given was way too big for me which meant a distinct lack of control.

The next board (156cm) was much better, but only after I sorted out an issue where I couldn’t get the boot straps tight! I had several runs down the slopes before I realised it was why I couldn’t make a turn without landing on my butt.

By the time I sorted all these issues out, our 2 hours was just about up!

On the plus side, my daughter had a wonderful carefree time and has started skiing without the ski poles.

P.S. And the food was premo!