Christian is FIFTEEN!!

 

Yesterday Christian turned 15! Wow! When they say, "The nights are long, but the years are short," they aren't lying!

Funny quote of the day came from Scarlett (10): "Christian, next year for your 16th birthday, you'll have a car and then you can take me to school!"

I had to break the news to the two of them that Christian is not getting a car for his 16th birthday.

Halloween 2022

 Halloween is shifting a bit for Christian:

• He and Scarlett both want a super scary decorated house, but I still want it cute and sweet because we have a lot of young kids who come by.
• He was super excited to get his Halloween costume.  He started out with a super tight Spiderman costume, but the zipper was messed up and by the time we returned it, there wasn't another Spiderman costume available.  So we went with another Marvel hero, Black Panther that had BIG muscles (and a chest that resembled big boobs - ha!).  He was excited when he tried it on, but when he wore it to a "Trunk or Treat" event, he had peeled off his costume and mask within a few minutes and was already ready to go home. 
• Christian didn't want to wear his costume to school, and I said, "Do you think maybe you've outgrown Halloween?" He said, "Yeah, I think maybe I have."
• Christian only went out Trick or Treating with Jonathan and Scarlett for a short period of time and then came home by himself with just a bit of candy.  

It's fun to watch kids grow, but then kind of sad when they "outgrow" some of the best parts of childhood. 

And something hilarious I did was to put a single red balloon out in the drainage thing in front of our house.  Got lots of kudos from that funny little prank.  LOL!  Told people that I haven't actually seen the movie, so I don't know the story behind that red balloon, other than it's creepy as hell because of a clown in the drain in "It."