Josh Turns 13

Josh is 13 now. It made me think of my own 13th birthday. It was the Beatles party. Remember how awkward I was?! And, I look at Josh and think...how is this my son?! He is easing right into the teens just fine. Flawlessly, really. 

Josh has his days when he is a pain, and the ways he is a pain is just stirring the pot with all the kids, and singing as loud as he can in the house, and.. farting. A lot. But, on the flip side of this teenage boy he is still so kind. He spends endless amounts of time on the trampoline with Lily teaching her to do front flips. He notices the people at school he should be kind to, and goes to include them. He is natural talent in everything, whether it is sports or academics, or really anything he sets his mind to be good at he will dedicate the time to it, and become amazing at it.  He has a very good head on his shoulders, and I really have a lot of faith in him. 

His birthday was actually more chill than it ever has been. I was very pleased that he was content with just keeping it to family plans. I took him out of school early, and took him to lunch. We came home and he wanted to me to play Fortnite! Ha! Which he said I did really good, but I know that's not true. We, then, had cake and presents as a family, and then Kaj, Dad, Josh, and myself stayed up to watch Hunger Games, because he had just read the book. It was a great way to bring in year 13.  I love Josh and I am overjoyed that he is my boy.