Fourteen

Connor turned 14 on October 5.  He had to go to school on his birthday, but at least it was a Friday.  We celebrated by taking him to get a "fancy" calculator (he paid for half with his lawn mowing money) he can use at school and for UIL math.  We also went to Yumilicious.....he liked adding gummies and such to his frozen yogurt.  He is also doing UIL science and so he stays after school both Thursday and Friday each week to practice.  You see, it all started when he didn't sign up to do Junior National Honor Society....and I was not sure how happy I was about that...so his peace offering was to do UIL contests.  Wow!  Quite the peace offering, my boy!  It reminds me of a time when he was little and said that he ate his raisins I packed in his lunch--just for me!

He played YMCA baseball this summer, in hopes that it would "warm him back up" to play baseball in the Little League this fall.  It didn't turn out that way, but it's all good.   He will run here and there to keep in shape so when cross country comes around at school, he'll run with that.  He is taking regular p.e. at school this year instead of athletics, and he is loving it!  He has a friend who is in every single class with him this year.  He plays in the Symphonic Orchestra and has before school rehearsals sometimes.  He is on a campout with Scott tonight.  Although he's 14 and technically doesn't need to go on the campouts anymore, he's just kinda nice to his dad like that.