My oldest turned 13 yesterday. I am definitely starting to feel my own mortality. Plus, he is in my Sunday school class and thinks everything can be made into a joke, I love him and am being driven nuts at the same time.
It's funny, he is starting to like girls, but doesn't want to admit it.
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Lo, there I see my mother, my sisters, my brothers Lo, there I see the line of my people back to the beginning Lo, they call to me, they bid me take my place among them In the halls of Valhalla, where the brave may live...forever
Mine turns 13 in May. His friend just turned 13 this weekend. Mine has liked girls for half a year now. He keeps talking about how cool it will be when he'll be allowed to date.
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If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animated contest of freedom, go from us in peace. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen! - Samuel Adams
Having a daughter who will be old enough to date in a couple of months, I am sorry to say there aren't any boys in our ward that we feel would be worthwhile for her to date or set a good example of an upstanding, LDS young man. Except maybe one or two, they are good kids but, our daughter has zero interest in them (and we can't really blame her). Cat taught the deacon's quorum yesterday and was ready to knock some skulls when he was through because their behavior was atrocious.
Welcome to world of teenagerdome. Here's hoping you will actualy "like" your teenager during the teenage years.
Cocokid#1 has been a teenager for 8 months now. He spoke in Sac. mtg. yesterday on Becoming Pure in Heart. He had me read over his talk on the computer before he printed it out. I was just shocked. I told him, "You can't use this talk. Everyone's gonna' think your parents wrote it." It was amazing and he did just great. I'm looking forward to teenagers actually.
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Life is tough but it's tougher if you're stupid. -John Wayne
Having a daughter who will be old enough to date in a couple of months, I am sorry to say there aren't any boys in our ward that we feel would be worthwhile for her to date or set a good example of an upstanding, LDS young man. Except maybe one or two, they are good kids but, our daughter has zero interest in them (and we can't really blame her). Cat taught the deacon's quorum yesterday and was ready to knock some skulls when he was through because their behavior was atrocious.
Welcome to world of teenagerdome. Here's hoping you will actualy "like" your teenager during the teenage years.
Most teen boys are knuckleheads. Fortunately, we grow out of it!
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As I walk through this earth, nothing can stop, the Duke of Mirth!
Being that my boys and I are in martial arts together, we have sparring gear and get to legitimately beath them up!
His mouth is just driving me crazy! I keep telling my dad how lucky he was that I was so good! Actually, I was a pretty good teen.
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Lo, there I see my mother, my sisters, my brothers Lo, there I see the line of my people back to the beginning Lo, they call to me, they bid me take my place among them In the halls of Valhalla, where the brave may live...forever
My oldest is nearly sixteen (with all the "He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not" angst), and my second is nearly fourteen. So far, I've really enjoyed their teenage years. I guess I'm missing out on all the "difficulty" I expected.
Yeah, it's the deacons "mouths" that Cat had a problem with in church yesterday and pretty much at every scout meeting. Sometimes I wonder what my 17 year old autistic son would be like if he were normal and was able to speak.