Milestones

I officially have a teenager.  I am happy to report he is not obnoxious, rude or indignant.  He doesn't think Alan and I are the dumbest people ever and he will still do his chores without any argument as long as he can play the Wii after.  Jacob turned 13 yesterday and while I am not sure how to feel about having a child this age, I am so proud of who he is.  Every time I look at him I see this large person in the place of the little boy I use to run around after.  He towers over me now and has a deep voice.  He is still very much a kid at heart though and I love that.  
We have held fast to the no P-13 movies until you are 13 and he has a very long list of what he wants to watch now that he is legal starting with the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy and the extras.  Guess what we are doing this weekend?  I told him there is no way we can watch all of that in one weekend.  I suppose we could wear diapers and go for it but no.  It will have to be spread out a bit.
It was Jacob's turn for a family party so we stuffed ourselves on spaghetti and meatballs and chocolate cupcakes.  In another couple of weeks, he is going to go to the Lightning Thief movie with his friend, by themselves!  That is what he wanted to do for his birthday.  Alan and I had fun decorating the house so when he woke up the party would start first thing in the morning!

Jacob requested more Star Wars Legos so we delivered.  If I may gush for a moment, I would like to say what amazing kids I have.  I really can't claim much credit for them because they came this way.  They are great friends, good siblings and I hope they will continue to be friends throughout their lives.  For some reason, I can't get any other pictures to load so I am going to sign off for now.