#13 for the Win

My baby boy is a teenager now!  Currently if I have to compare #3 with #13, I love the teen years.
You know #3 wore. me. out.  with such energy, but I sure do miss those cheeks.  

If only I had this kid's compassion and demeanor.  I've never seen anything like it.  He is rarely, rarely negative (and believe me he has the same battles as most kids his age).   

In the face of stress, he copes well.  I'm proud of you Connor! 

As part of the BIG 13, Connor had a few friends and family for some rip, roaring race car driving adventures! 

It was so much fun. 

Everyone loves a good race! 

We struggled with the right cake (because we waited until the last minute).  We were a bit disappointed at the finished product, so Connor decided to fix it up a bit and put in Denny Hamlin.

sorry Jeff Gordon

Racing Fun:

Fun & Games:

The claw machine was a hit! 



This guy was the king pin at getting all the stuffed animals and gum balls! 

After the party, we took a few kids on a real ride.    Why is it that riding on the back of a truck never gets old?

    Happy Birthday Connor!  We love you.
You are richly blessed with such good family and friends.    

13- Saturday Healing

Today was a long day for a Saturday.

Even though we kind of chilled all day.......

I still felt very stressed and tired and unwell.

I really dislike all the above.  

Luckily, by after lunch I started to feel a lot better and was hungry.  I rarely ever lose my appetite so this was a very weird bug.

I was able to get start some cleaning.  I don't even have to say that when a mom is down it's like the whole place caves within days.   Most of it is done including our couch covers.

For a long time, I wondered how our couches could look so bad in five short years... 

all I have to do is look at my couch covers to know.

I've washed them three times in three months.

Children are just gross.  

I only had to deal with one meltdown today because someone lost her Barbie hand towel.

This was one issue easily resolved.

I made a whole bath collection.

Today I was kind of in that place where I didn't have energy but I was also restless so I finally buckled and bought this book: 

It was very popular about a year ago, but it was also about 25.00 and 700 pages.  I was not very interested.  Recently, a new scaled down version was for sale on the Kindle and my curiosity won over.  Hopefully I will glean some information.   Ps. Only four more episodes of The Office left.  (weep)... and I need this cup.