What? He just turned 13? I thought he was already 23!

That's how I felt when our oldest's BD came around the bend. I thought he's been a teenager for quite a while now!LOL! He's been very particular about his looks, his food, etc and still very unparticular about his room. But, that's all I am going to say. His muscles have been huge for over a year now, and his brain, well, never mind, not everything in life catches up in time... as we all know. :)

But truly, it's a different world to have a teenager in the house. A male teenager. He is a great kid though! He is a challenge, he is a handfull! Are you hearing the tune of Sound of music yet?

I so enjoyed reading my Sweet Savages' mom creativity in celebrated her oldest son's BD. What a godly idea! Great work, girl!

But, our dad wasn't home for this event to be a bit more creative and we got way busy to even figure out what cake and what flavor icecream to make. So, we ended up buying it instead of making our own and my sweet friend's boys made our son a cake and my friend treated us to a yummy meal at her huge dinner table!!! Thank you so much, Carolyn! We forgot the candles at home (I was together enough to grab the camera to get a few pics) but the boys were able to find some stray candles to make it a memory. And so we do have a small piece to share with our dad(who catches up on our lives daily on the phone in conversations and prayers and on the blog in pics) and friends.

Oh, and I almost forgot! I also had a coupon for a free entree at Ruby Tuesdays the week prior to his BD. I took him out on the absolute last day and we were very surprised to find the RT closed! So, no turning back. the girls were happily occupied and the closest RT was on the other side of town. So, the other closest choice was Red Lobster! We had tons of cheesy biscuits and just the 2 of us time, no girls! So, he got a double Bday! It was hilarious when he was placing his order. Potatoes in different form were his vegetable 2 side dishes-mashed potatoes and french fries. But I didn't remind him about the food pyramid! His is warped anyway! Why attempt to educate him on his Bday, right? I fed him broccoli the next day. You thought I wouldn't attempt to make it up, huh?

So, here we go! Bday boy! Flash and all! I am off to bed now!