We have a YOUNG MAN in the house

JJ is 12 

I am not sure what to think of this.  It sure does make Jeron and I feel old.

He is a great kid.  

He has always had a very kind heart.

Just the other day someone in our ward dropped something because she was carrying to much.  

JJ ran and picked it up for her and then seeing that she was overloaded helped her take it to her car. 

 He doesn't have to be asked to do these things he just does them.  

It is very impressive to  me how he is always paying attention so that he can help with things like this.  

Most 12 year old boys are too cool to be kind but JJ doesn't seem to care.  

I love this about him

I  have noticed that he is starting to become a tween for sure.

He doesn't want to express himself very much anymore.

This is gong to be hard for him with a mom like me.

I want my kids to tell me things so bring on the prying.  

 He has a crush on a girl and it is cute to see how he gets nervous around her.

He puts on his cologne when he knows she will be coming by, and fixes his hair.

It is crazy to think he is at that stage.  Where did our little boy go?

He is still a bookworm and has an insane thirst for knowledge. 

At times this has been frustrating that he wants to be alone with a book but we are coming to terms with this.

Now we just call him our retirement plan.  

He is so incredibly smart.

I have no doubt that he will make something of himself when he grows up.

 This year for JJ's birthday he was feeling a bit under the weather.

We decorated his room with balloons all over his floor. 

When I came in his room he had done this with the balloons.

Clever

The day was dark, gloomy, and windy which didn't help the situation.  

Jeron and JJ were going to go to the shooting range but the wind was crazy. 

So we had to change our plans.

Instead JJ and his good friend Trevin went to Boondocks.  

They had a blast.

After Boondocks JJ came home and opened presents.

He wanted to play Boola Boola so we did.

Unfortanely that didn't last to long because this year the bulk of JJ's birthday money went to a new suit.

After presents Jeron and I took JJ to Red Robin.

The girls stayed home. 

We decided when our kids turn 12 we will take just them out.

That way we can just talk with them

It was fun to spend time with just JJ

(even if parts of the night we felt we were on a date night because JJ had his head in his Kindle)

When we got home we had cake and ice cream.

He had a chocolate cake with white frosting and Oreo cookies on top.

Not my favorite but he liked it.

Happy Birthday Bud

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