What do you get a 12 year old for her birthday if you are opposed to buying junk that will be thrown away after a month?
Posted on July 2, 2008
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Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. She wants a mammal of some sort(like a goat, cow, horse or dog), but I don’t think Myron will approve.
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You can have our family dog. I bought him when my daughter was 4, and now she is 18. He just. Won’t. Die.
A kitten, maybe? They’re a lot easier to care for than the other animals you listed!
We have plenty of kittens. They just brought up a new one from the farm to care for it’s broken foot. Between kittens and baby birds it seems like we’re running an animal hospital this last year.
Rudder, thanks for the offer, but no.
Buy her an American Flag and explain to her just how important it is…
By Johnnie Cash ~
I walked through a county courthouse square,
on a park bench an ole man was sitting there.
I said, “Your old courthouse is kinda run down.”
He said, “Naw, it’ll do for our little town.”
I said, “Your old flagpole has leaned a little bit,
and that’s a Ragged Old Flag you got hangin’ on it.”
He said, “Have a seat,” and I sat down.
“Is this the first time you’ve been to our little town?”
I said, “I think it is.”
He said, “I don’t like to brag,
but we’re kinda proud of that Ragged Old Flag.”
“You see, we got a little hole in that flag there
when Washington took it across the Delaware.
And it got a bad rip in New Orleans
with Packingham and Jackson tuggin’ at it’s seams.
And it almost fell at the Alamo,
beside the Texas flag, but she waved on tho’.”
“She got cut with a sword at Chancellorsville
and she got cut again at Shiloh Hill.
There was Robert E. Lee, Beauregard, and Bragg,
and the south wind blew hard on that Ragged Old Flag.”
“On Flanders Field in World War I,
she got a big hole from a Bertha gun.
She turned blood red in World War II;
she hung limp and low a time or two.
She was in Korea and Vietnam.
She went where she was sent by her Uncle Sam.
She waved from our ships upon the briny foam
and now they’ve about quit wavin’ her back here at home.”
“In her own good land here she’s been abused,
she’s been burned, dishonored, denied, refused.
And the government for which she stands
is scandalized throughout the land.
And she’s gettin’ threadbare and she’s wearin’ thin,
But she’s in good shape for the shape she’s in.”
“Cause she’s been through the fire before
and I believe she can take a whole lot more.
So we raise her up every mornin’,
we take her down every night.
we don’t let her touch the ground
and we fold her up right.”
“On second thought, I DO like to brag,
Cause I’m mighty proud of that Ragged Old Flag.”
If she has an artistic side, maybe an art set that she can get a lot of use out of?
I don’t know…girls can be hard to buy for, especially at that age when the whole Barbie thing isn’t cool anymore.
Megan,
Dairy goats are wonderful, friendly and quizzical animals. They make a good and loyal friend to a young person. And the dairy aspect would seem a great fit with her Father’s life.
We made butter, (goat’s milk makes a delicate white and mild butter) but I am a cheese challenged individual. I was able to get a beautiful curd, but it always soured. We got away from goats before we figured that one out. You need to physically separate the cream from the mile because goat milk is naturally homogenized. The fat globules are so small that they don’t rise to the top like with cow’s milk. But once separated, the cream is sweet and light. Goats are very fastidious and will only eat clean food and drink clean and fresh water. They are not subject to parasites because they are browsers and do not graze grass like sheep.
A goat becomes more like a pet or member of the family rather like a productive dog instead of simply being livestock.
I know that you provide your daughters with plenty of expressive outlets; you are a wonderful Mother and teacher. If she expresses a wish for a “mammal” I can’t imagine a better gift for an adolescent girl to grow and mature with, than a good quality dairy goat. We had Nubians.
Lowell, your post cracks me up. You have made such a point, I don’t see how she CAN’T get her a goat…however…maybe something from Wyland would do as good. My mom has the “Whale Tail” sculpture and print, which BTW, are already promised to ME upon her demise.
http://www.wyland.com/
Some nice art supplies would probably go over pretty well. I may take a closer look at that option.
Lowell, I love the dairy goat idea. I had thought about it earlier this spring. We have had a few goats before and I like them even though they’re almost impossible to fence in. I think she would really like milking one. And of course that means baby goats.
When I mentioned a goat to Myron a few months ago he wasn’t too enthusiastic. 
Whackette- you might want to look at crocheting or knitting sets when looking at art stuff. That way, she can make something she’ll use, even if it’s just a scarf or a hat.
Myron just vetoed the goat idea again.
She already knows how to crochet but that was a good idea.
Come on kids (get it?)
GOATS…GOATS…GOATS…GOATS…GOATS…GOATS…GOATS
Whackette- if you go with the art idea, how about a book binding or paper making kit? Heck, your kid is smart enough to write her own book…
Genevieve, you’re a genius! This kid cranks out poetry like you wouldn’t believe. Lately she has been putting them to music. She has a lovely journal that she puts a lot of it in and I think she would really enjoy making her own book.
I’m ordering right now.
Frank, please don’t kid with my kid about a kid.
OMG ~ I love to kid kids about kids especially little kids that aren’t little kids anymore.