tell me what you did for your dd's sweet 16 birthday party???

[disfan07]

to me it seems crazy to throw away that much money on something that will last a few hours and then be gone forever

Normally, I would agree with that which is why i didnt even ask for a sweet 16

BUT, the difference with my bat mitzvah (and a lot of otehr families we know) is that my paretns adn gradnparenst put money away when I was born for my bat mitzvah. The account began with $25,000 and they added to it each year. It got to a littel over $40,000 I think. If we hadnt had that account, we never would have spent so much on the party.

 

[Cindy B]

I don't know anyone that had a Sweet Sixteen party. I think I got my license and that may have been the year my parents bought my F-series Loree oboe. (That is a orchestra, professional brand, expensive...even when used, oboe) So I didn't miss anything here.

My son is an oboeist. The F serier Loree is a gorgeous instrument and just as costly as some of these extravant parties or in some cases- a small used car. (most people have no idea how much oboes and supplies really cost!)

 

[disfan07]

My son is an oboeist. The F serier Loree is a gorgeous instrument and just as costly as some of these extravant parties or in some cases- a small used car. (most people have no idea how much oboes and supplies really cost!)

OMG...I DO!!!! lol.
I played oboe in high school bu ti knew i wasnt going to play after high school so we only spent about $3000 on my oboe. BUT, my friend and oboemate in high school is majoring in music performance in college and she got a Loree her junior year and when she otld me what it cost i would have sworn I had a heart attack.
She still has that one but in her sophmore year of high school she got ANOTHER Loree so now she has 2!!!

 

[bas71873]

Wow you guys really went all out, I feel jipped lol.

i was thinking the same thing. i don't even remember what my parents did (or didn't do) for me when i turned 16? since i'm a july baby and both my brother and i were so heavily involved in sports, i'm fairly certain one or both of us were involved in an All-Star baseball/softball tournie somewhere??? but there is NO WAY my parents could have afforded nor would they have given me a party costing thousands of dollars. WOW!!!

 

[bethy]

Wow - I've heard about the TV show but I didn't realize that people actually did big parties for their kids' 16th birthday parties in real life! And it's just for girls and not boys? Interesting!

I have 2 young girls, I'm going to have to ask around and get the scoop on what folks around here do. I need to start managing my 8yo's expectation LOL!

All I remember from my 16th birthday was getting pizza and a drivers license and that was pretty darn exciting to me at the time.

 

[PixieDustandEeyore]

For my sweet 16 my mom got a hotel suite (it was like 195 dollars) it had a seperate bedroom (she slept in) and room with a bed and pull out couch where me and 3 friends stayed...we brought pizza and cake and in the morning we brought a toaster and made bagels and such they were good! We swam at the pool and sat in the hot tub, and watched disney channel (yes at 16!) and it was a great party

 

[travlnman1]

For my daughter's Sweet 16, I flew her best friend from Chicago (we're in Phila) as a surprise to join us in Disney World. Her friend arrived at Orlando airport 1 hour before us. As we were walking towards the baggage claim, her friend came up behind her and tapped her on the shoulder. Screams and hugs ensued. I made up t-shirts that said "Sweet 16" and "Sweet 16 present" and the girls walked around the parks with pink feather boas and had a ball!
It cost under $1,000.00 for her friend to come as a surprise because we were going anyway.
I'd post a picture but I don't know how

 

[StephMK]

LOL, it's funny to see this thread come back! DD's 16th bday is TOMORROW! Ahhh, I'm having such pangs about her turning 16. I remember looking at her as a baby, thinking one day she'd be turning 16 the same year I turn 40. A few blinks of an eye and here we are.

For her party, she had 10 friends over for a Chinese buffet dinner & sleepover. She is big into decorating so we searched for the perfect plates - she wanted pink & orange & paisley . Thankfully we found some cute aqua polka dot & paisley plates that she loved & had paper lanterns as part of her decorations.

We also found pink polka dot take out boxes that they decorated w/their name in foam letters & glitter paint. They really liked this as everyone showed then later filled them w/a candy buffet. They played a few games & watched movies til 5am. Then had bacon, sweet rolls & fruit for breakfast. Really not very different from any other sleepover but they seemed to have a good time.

Tonight she wanted to go to Olive Garden for dinner and first thing tomorrow we are going to get her license! Tomorrow night will be homemade cake, leftovers & presents. My dad is giving us his old Toyota Corolla for her to use but we have to wait to get it this summer when we go out to visit.

 

[OhioStateBuckeye]

Wow. I cannot believe some of these high numbers. I mean, I know its your money and you earned it and can do whatever you want with it, but just whoa some of these parties cost so much money. Does a 16 year old really need a $10,000 party? How do you even spend that much...

 

[kwhite1022]

Gee for the first time in a long time, I guess Im glad In live in a state where not much happens Not only do these type of parties not happen around here, but if they did, people would be talking (and not in a good way) they'd probably wanna know who the hell you thought you were