My Sunday Photo - My 12-year-old daughter
by DannyUK
On Thursday my middle daughter turned 12. I was lucky enough to be able to spend the day with her.
On being asked what she wanted to do, she opted to go to London.
After questioning her further (after finding out that she didn’t have anything she actually wanted to do in London), it turned out she wanted to spend her birthday money, and simply wanted to shop.
I hate shopping.
It wasn’t my day, though, so I explained to the birthday princess what the options were. We could go into London and mooch around the various shops there. We could stay local and shop, or we could go to Westfield Stratford and spend the day shopping there.
Her eyes lit up at the thought of going to Westfield, so that’s where we ended up. She was dismayed to learn that we would be driving straight there, and not getting a train as she had hoped (an attitude that will no doubt change in a few years when she is fed up of the daily grind of commuting.)
As a compromise, I parked up in Wanstead and we got the tube three stops down the line to Stratford.
We both had a great day, and this photo was at the end of the day, partially taken under duress at my insistence. After all, it’s not often you get to post alongside a 6-foot tall letter that matches your initial.
A reluctant pose by the birthday girl.
Aww sounds like you both had a lovely day, albeit shopping lol!! It’s nice to do things with one child at a time, just spending quality time together x
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Happy 12th birthday to your daughter! Next thing you know, she’ll be as tall as the 6ft letter!
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What a good dad you are to go shopping her for the whole day! I feel your pain though as my other half hates shopping too, it’s hard when you have girls who love to shop! Hope she had a great birthday, what a beautiful young lady she is 🙂 #mysundayphoto
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on August 25, 2014 at 9:47 am
I hope it was a good day, I don’t want to scare you but next year the teenage years begin
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on August 27, 2014 at 6:24 pm
Ahhh to be 12! Yes so true about the letter! if I can find an M i dont think I wont stop taking photos! Every corner and every angle! #mysundayphoto
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lovely shot. gorgeous hair. happy birthday!
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Haha! Perfect!! Well done you for doing what she really wanted and not the usual parenting …I think I can convince her doing something else would be even ‘more’ fun… move!
She’ll love you forever!
…Well, or until next time she’s annoyed with you at least 😉
She had a fantastic day and although she didn’t buy a lot, it was more about the 1 to 1 time she got with you 🙂 x