Growing Pains

When my eldest son was a bit younger, he would wake up in the middle of the night in agony. He had what the doctor called growing pains in his legs, I would give him Motrin and that would do the trick. These days I am wishing that they made Motrin for puberty! It seems like all my 13 year old and I do is argue, about nothing! I say the sky is blue, and he says no.....it's pink! I really miss the days of him thinking that I am just the coolest person in the world, on the other hand, it is really neat to see the way he is growing and changing. I think a lot of the time I think of my 13 year old as on auto pilot because the two younger children need me so much for basic things. I think that the growing pains that we are feeling now are going to be the stuff he will be made of as an adult, and maybe between arguments he still secretly thinks I am pretty cool.

Back to school

Well, today marks the one week point for my son returning to school, he began 8th grade last week. I have to say, there is something about having a routine every day, it seems to make things run more smoothly, I like that.
My 13 year old is really beginning to notice girls, there is a girl who he has known since pre-k, who he has developed a crush on. He sent her an email telling her that every time she says hello to him, he feels like he is going to throw up, but in a good way. Ahhh! to be 13 and have to go through all of that puberty stuff again, no thanks! But it sure is fun to witness!
My 3 year old is going through a phase where every time there is the slightest change, he melts down, my husband of course puts up with this, gets upset about this and so on, me? I just throw him over my shoulder and walk out of wherever we are, it can be exhausting having a child yell and scream like that, maybe I should invest in ear plugs!
As for my little Ry, he is my comic relieve, always happy and smiling! I am convinced that he is laughing at me, because he knows what he is going to put me through eventually!
Ahhhh! The joys of parenting!