Rose's 14th Birthday

It's been a whirlwind Thanksgiving weekend culminating in today, Rose's 14th birthday.

She celebrated with The Schultes.

Then my family and our close friends at Olive Garden (the restaurant of her choice).

And, lastly, tonight with us, she got her Hermione wizard wand. 

 

Which she loved. Which I love because it means she's still a bit of a kid somewhere.

I only say that because this is what she looked like just two years ago. 

Since we adopted her at 10 and she didn't come with any baby pictures,  I look back at this picture with sadness. She seemed so little...