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)