Hi there,
Happy Veterans Day tomorrow! I'm so grateful for our veterans and especially for the ones in our family.
I want to encourage you today that teenagers can be a lot of fun. Personally, I love having teenagers. My 14 year old son walked home from school yesterday (2 miles) because I had a meeting for FFTC--some fun things are in the works.On the way to school, I told him that I would be late picking him up and he said, "I'll just walk."
And THEN, when he got home, he said, "Mom, will you make me a sandwich?"
"Sure?"
"I didn't have lunch today."
"You didn't have lunch!?"
"No," lots of chuckles. "I forgot to make one." More chuckles.
Apparently, he asked for peanut butter and nutella, but I didn't hear him, so I made pbj like I normally do. He took a bite and said, "This isn't nutella."
"Nope, it's jelly."
"I asked for nutella."
"Whoops. Sorry."
He shrugged and then turned back to the table and finished eating
his sandwich.
This would have never happened 5 years ago. Could he have made his own sandwich? Yes, but then I wouldn't have screwed up even more and been able to engage with him.
Teenagers can be a lot of fun!
As can any age! Looking for
something to do this weekend? I'm highlighting things in this clip and you can check things out in our Family Fun Weekend Guide.