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Thirty Days of Real Life Day 2

Here is the 15 year old. I got him up at 5:30 a.m. This morning, made him a sack lunch and drove him to early morning semenary. We got to sleep in because swim practice was cancelled. After school I drove up to Joplin to pick him up after his swim meet and get him back to Monett in time to march in the halftime show with the band. (He plays Barry sax) At 10:30 p.m. He is finally done putting away band equipment and we get to go home. Tomorrow, he’ll have to be back at the school at 6 a.m. for a marching competition that will take all day. #30DRL #heonlycomeshometosleep

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Blueberry Pie is 15

11 Jul

Can you believe this cute little baby

Is now grown into this handsome boy?

I’m struggling to believe it myself and I’ve been around for the growing.

This is what he wanted for his birthday.

Classy, no? He used it to pick up girls at the last church dance and was very pleased with his success. He knows how to be funny without crossing the line into stupid and annoying. I appreciate that a lot.

He likes reading good books, listening to Jazz, and drawing, which are things I’m very happy about.

He also likes playing xbox games where much killing happens, listening to computer game soundtracks, and teasing his sisters, which I’m not so thrilled about.

Blueberry Pie is pretty constantly hungry. His favorite snack is “chips and cheese” which is tortilla chips and shredded cheddar. I buy 2 boxes of tortilla chips and a 5 lb bag of cheddar cheese every month to keep up with this hunger. He also eats lots of yogurt and raw oatmeal and pretty much anything I will warm up for him. He does not like stir fry.

He is now over a 1/2″ taller than his father. I’ve been having to buy him new jeans every 6 months for the past 2 years as he has grown taller. He is not taller than I am yet.

Blueberry plays baritone saxophone in the high school band and jazz band. He knows how to rock it. He really is very cool.

He likes to tell me about his dreams, which are always very vivid and take a very long time to describe. His favorite time to talk is after 9 pm, when I have announced absolutely non-negotiable bed time. I am always torn between finally hearing what is going on in his life and my own need for sleep.

Before he goes to bed at night, he will come over and bend his head sideways until he just bumps my head. Then he says, “Night, Mom.”

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Mount Elbert

2 Jul

On top of Colorado, Mt. Elbert summit, 14,440 ft elevation.

The Man of the House and Blueberry Pie submitted the high point of Colorado this week. They drove out, camped one night, summitted the mountain, got in the car, and drove home again. That was probably a little too fast to enjoy the trip, but they bagged the peak and drove on the sky highway thing- which 2 things they will never forget.

On the way down, a storm began forming. They very nearly were struck by lighting. They gave a trekking pole to a man in another group who had hurt his leg. Everyone was trying to get down before the storm hit in earnest. Rain and hail happened as well.

I’m glad they did this. They built memories that will last a lifetime.

And I’m not glad they did this.

I am 24+ weeks pregnant with twins, and I did not want to be left home while they went and climbed a mountain. They went anyway, and I was very unhappy about it.