Help me Moms!

Does she have a cell phone? Of course, I may be the only mom in the world whose kids don't have one yet

What about a Dad/daughter day out? Special dinner, movie or whatever. Time together is precious.

Or how about a special locket with a picture of you two together?

How about Pandora jewellery. The girls absolutely love it. You can buy a bracelett or necklace and add pieces to it, in all shapes. In silver or gold - not too expensive either. Any nice jeweller should carry this or look on line.

A digital camera?

mmac,
Wow I love that stuff! I found a ring I really like and a store close to work!

hannah montana tickets!

An extra mom to help her use all the nice stuff she has now ...
I am available.

From a Daddy's girl: Anything that is heartfelt. Jewelry is always a nice gift.

Just don't get her a pony...have you seen the verizon commercial..

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Originally posted by baseballmom:
hannah montana tickets!

Good luck with that! If he could get them, that would certainly be a GREAT gift!

Kevin, I think the suggestion of time is a great one. An 11 year old girl would love a weekend trip with taking her best friend. An overnight ski trip perhaps? A trip to her favorite city for shopping and a play? Something fun that she would enjoy doing with a buddy and you can't go wrong.

Jewelry is a great gift. She's still pretty young though, so I'm not sure I'd invest a lot of money in case it was lost. My dad gave me a turquoise ring for my 13th birthday. It was always one of my most special pieces of jewelry. Last year my teenage daughter's purse was stolen and the ring was in there. I felt like a piece of my dad was taken.

A gift that luvbb suggested to me a couple of years ago was a great gift idea too and your daughter might be old enough to appreciate this one. I gave it to my daughter for her birthday which is Dec 11. I gave her her own Christmas tree. A white Christmas tree with hot pink lights with pink and green (primarily) ornaments. The ornaments were also primarily purses, shoes, and girlie things. It's something that I think she'll want to take to her dorm room eventually. A neat girl thing that is all hers! I found some hot pink ornament frames too so she could put pictures of her friends, etc and personalize the tree.

After some serious thought. I agree time spent is probably the best gift she could receive. The gifts I remember most from my dad were his time. I lost my dad 20 years ago and the memories of time spent together is what I cherish most.

THANK YOU LADIES SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!

Having read the many wonderful suggestions and reflecting back on the last couple of years having traveled with my son in baseball, I realize that a special weekend, just me and her is in order and something both of us will love and cherish.

Thank you all again, and I just hope you all realize that jewelry would have been less expensive.

Kevin11- Be sure to take lots of photos!

We want to hear about the trip after its over!!

Ladies,

A quick follow up to the christmas present. Well my daughter and I decided just to get out for a weekend, just the two of us and kill time. I had told her just let me know when she thought the time was right and we would go! Well this past week, she said the time was right. We loaded up in the car (took my dad's convertible audi and let the top down and the volume all the way up)and I asked her where she was going to and she said Knoxville to see her brother who is at UT in summer school. We had kind of been at each other's throats in the past week and she thought we all needed to be together and she was right! We went over and spent the day with him going out to lunch, Amerigo's Italian then we went to the movies and saw "Step Brothers" very funny but kind of foul. Then we headed to the mall, as I said before, jewelry would be cheaper! What the heck is "Lucky Jeans" and why are they $120 a pair? After 3 pairs for my daughter and a pair for my son, we headed back to drop off my son and head towards home. Blair, my daughter, decided we should go on back home and see wife/mom, who had to work. On the way home we put the top back up and left the music blaring and held hands all the way home. It was a great day!

Kevin,
You are such a sweet dad. There are not too many here (including us moms) who posts about our daughters.

They are so much different than the sons. Son just bought an expensive pair of shorts, his justification was that he had 3 different polos he could where with them. However, my daughter would be needing 3-4 different new tank tops to go with the new shorts.

It just dawned on me, you are very close to your son! Here I am thhinking he's way south of you!

Hope all is well.

Kevin--So glad to hear about your trip. I am sure it will be something both of you will remember forever. You should make it an annual trip (minus the $400 shopping unless you are up for it ). It will be time well spent and before you know it, she will be off on adventures on her own.

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Originally posted by TPM:
They are so much different than the sons. Son just bought an expensive pair of shorts, his justification was that he had 3 different polos he could where with them. However, my daughter would be needing 3-4 different new tank tops to go with the new shorts.

TPM, Back when my son was college shopping, my daughter said to me "Mom, Michael doesn't care about all this stuff.... just wait until I go to college".

Well.... fast forward three years and we've been spending money like it grows on trees! Went and bought several more lime green, hot pink, and orange towels this weekend! It's a lot more fun.... but a LOT more expensive!

Kevin,
Glad to hear your special time worked out! Sounds like everyone got a piece of the fun but your daughter got to be the top dog for the day! Special indeed!

Lafmom,
Sons just need the basics, while daughters need the frills.
When son moved into his first apartment sophmore year, daughter insisted on "designer" bedding for him. Four years later, he still has the same stuff. She would have changed it yearly.

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left the music blaring and held hands all the way home

Now that's stinkin cool!!!

Many smiles!!!

Kevin ....

Now that will indeed be a tough Christmas gift to follow. What a wonderful adventure for you both. There is something about that one-to-one interaction between a parent and a child that cannot be replaced by anything.

Am sure there is more than one of us moms here who wish we had had dads 1/2 as caring as you ... am I too old to be adopted by you?

Kevin,
Great follow-up. You're daughter will remember the trip for the rest of her life and be able to share the memory and touch other's the way you have by sharing the story with us. You've both been blessed.

My daddy (passed for 8 years now) used to drive to Lubbock (when I was in college at Tech) from Midland(Texas) to take me out to dinner, or go to the movie, or buy me groceries. Those were the best "special" visits ever!