We have a Teenager in the House

Justin's is now a teenager....13.  How did that happen? When people tell you time fly's and enjoy every minute...I now know what all that means!  They grow up so fast, right before your eyes. This birthday for me was teary...I cant believe when I stand next to my son who by the way is 5'7 and wears a 10 1/2 men's shoe and looks me straight in the eyes that my sweet boy is growing up.  I still see that same sweet look in his eyes (well most of the time). He heads into 8th grade, yes last year of middle school the coming school year.

We celebrated his 13th birthday on Tuesday.  I started off the morning in our tradition of pancakes and bacon, of course spelling out his name.

Justin, Ryan and I went to the movies and saw Heaven is for Real.  We read that book together years ago so it was great that we got to see the movie together. Some junk food and soda and we were set, smuggled in of course in my big purse. Afterwards Ryan had a track meet at the high school until 730p, so we went watched, cheered and congratulated Ryan and headed out for dinner with my mom.

 

A new Italian restaurant opened up by our house, I was surprised by the 15 minute wait on a Tuesday night at 730p.  We were seated and ordered right away however some issues in the kitchen and an hour later still no food.  The waitress comped our entire meal! And the boys were good as gold waiting, we did have lots of bread and olive oil tho!  Food was really good when it came. Justin's favorite is Boston cream pie, which I made for him. First attempt, I have made boston cream cupcakes before but not a whole cake.  Turned out really good!

And last but not least for this 13 year old, a smartphone, an iphone to be exact!  Life is good for this 13 year old!