I traveled to Houston on Valentine's Day to celebrate the Sweet Sixteen birthday of my "forever Valentine" Tori. I know grandmother's tend to brag about their "grands", but this girl is SO special. Not only is she beautiful and talented - you should hear her sing! She is also a sweet, funny girl who has such a wonderful way with her younger brother Wyatt. Wyatt is great and does great - he is an Asperger's child. When he doesn't understand social convention or gets anxious - his big Sis can break it down for him so he get's it - and sometimes she has to help us get right in talking to him. So, she is just a wonderful person, as well as being a treasured granddaughter.
We started with cake at home - Little Mermaid is still her favorite. Then we headed out to a Japanese place for dinner - and the usual food throwing over the grill show. It was a lot of fun. Tori caught every piece of food thrown at her in her mouth. Her mom, Kate got one, the rest of us "zero"!!
Tori's favorite cousin - and my other favorite granddaughter Mathilda came over from Austin with her mom Jennifer for the big celebration. The group here is Christian - Tori's big brother, Tilda and Jenn, the Birthday Girl Tori, Mom (my daughter Kate), Dad (Mike) and little brother Wyatt.
On Monday the kiddo's all had a holiday from school for President's Day, so we thought and thought about what we could do together for fun. Tori came up with the great idea that her brother and cousin would love the Children's Museum. Of course, at 16 she is far too mature for such a place. So, after taking the scenic route to get there, we finally found it about 12:45pm on Monday. It was PACKED with other people looking for a fun thing to do on a holiday! Nevertheless, we took it on and the grown-ups followed the kids to explore science, technology, real life (Kidtropolis) and many other wonderful and fun hands-on areas. I think Tilda and Wyatt enjoyed the outdoor water area best. They have a very big "river" where you can add dams or other things and see how that affects traffic ont he river.
Inside there was a huge area about telephone technology and a great "Telephone Man", dubbed by Tilda as the Telephone Monster.
Tori's getting a car for her birthday - which hasn't arrived yet. This isn't it, but made for a fun picture anyway.
Tilda and Wyatt donned lab coats to enter the particle physics area. Maybe we have a future pair of geniuses in our midst. Wyatt pondered the mysteries of science for us! If you watch "The Big Bang Theory" - think Sheldon Cooper, PhD - that is Wyatt in 10 years.
We are pretty sure everyone had a good time - this is a picture of Wyatt and Tilda on the ride home.
Thank you, Tori for being a wonderful granddaughter, sister, cousin and THE PERFECT SWEET SIXTEEN.
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