Top ten signs that your baby has become a teenager.

1. Cleanliness. He takes a shower every other day. Sometimes every day. Always had to BEG him to take a shower after the grime and grease had been piled on for weeks. Now? He's often cleaner than me. And he even uses the hairdryer.
2. Privacy. Door's closed when he's in his room. Always. Gets upset when I don't knock. 
3. Modesty. Can't see his underwear or laundry or anything. 
4. Phone use. Constantly on the phone.
5. Sarcasm/Rudeness. Makes fun of his sister. Lots of DUHs and STUPIDs and the like.
6. Stubbornness. Won't let me help. OK, he was always like that.
7. Vanity. OMG he looks in the mirror. He checks out his hair. He smooths it out like he's the Fonz. What's up with that? 
8. Laziness. Doesn't want to help. Would rather just sit and veg. 
9. Sleeps late. Likes to sleep in. Later than ever before. 
10. Eats all the time. Food food food, snacking, junk, everything.

But: you done good if he still wants to snuggle with you, and spend time with you in general. So yes, my kid is now a teenager. Yes, he's growing up. And yes, he's still my amazing baby boy, so I'm fine with that.

Just a thought

Sometimes, the right thing to do IS to change the world.

Hmm.

I have no delusions whatsoever about this blog. I do not expect that there's anyone reading it, and I certainly do not expect that there's anyone commenting on it.

Does that mean I'm talking to myself? Sigh.

We knew this was coming...

That girl, she's always been quite the charmer. And she's always loved her boys.

Don't get me wrong... the boy has always loved his girls too. His best buds in preschool were two girls. He hung out with girls all through elementary school. He was the only boy invited to girl slumber parties... and we let him go. Even to one that was two hours away.

But the boy didn't invite any girls to his bar mitzvah. The boy never really had much of an interest in LIKING girls. (Well, until now, which is fine now that he's a teenager.)

It's the girl. We knew she'd be trouble from day one. She had her heart broken in kindergarten when the boys stopped liking girls. She was miserable when the boys stopped talking to her.

And now she has multiple boys who like her. Not sure what that means, but she loves it. Reminder: she is TEN.

Who says I'm normal?

MY Wii SAYS I'M NORMAL, THAT'S WHO!!! YEAH!

Yes, this weekend, my Wii Fit told me that I'm in a normal weight range. After all the insults from that thing, I'm psyched to have beaten it. It took a while, but I took my time and the weight is staying off this time. I'm also liking the fact that that my Mii is looking pretty good lately. Still have my goal in mind, though... will still take months but it's getting closer...