My son is turning 12 next week – I know, I can’t believe it either.  He celebrated today with a paintball party and some good friends.  And left with more than a few hard earned welts and bruises.  Good fun.

First, the sleepy boy with his cookie cake.  My kids aren’t big cake eaters so they get cookie cakes, and this is the best looking one we’ve ever gotten.  

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Getting ready to rumble.

I don’t know, can I call him my little toughie even though he’ s almost 12?  We won’t tell him.

Even though he wore two layers of clothes he came home with bruises battle wounds which he is very proud of.  I was safe behind a huge mesh tarp, in charge of protecting the cake and drinks.  I always get the most important jobs.

His actual birthday is next week, and on that day we will discuss how it is impossible that my baby is 12.

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Before we begin with SOOC Saturday, I have just two words to describe why I’ve been missing from this blog all week ~ stomach flu.  Enough said.  Now for the picture.

This guy was in our yard this morning.  I’ve seen him before so I think he has a hidey hole somewhere in the yard.  I’ve just never caught him standing still long enough to snap a picture before.

He’s off to get some breakfast.  I just wanted to show you this one so you can see the mudhole that is my yard, after more than two weeks of solid rain.  Or as the newspaper said,  Violent Storms.  Who made Mother Nature angry??

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These pictures were taken today, but this scene is played out over and over every day, with both of my sons and their dog. 

Aren’t they both so pretty handsome?

Going in for the smooch.

 Happy dog!

It’s hard to get a good picture of Coach because he is wagging his tail so fast and hard that his whole backside is wiggling. 

By now Coach is worn out from all the lovin.  He’ll drift off for his mid morning nap, which comes after his morning nap and before his afternoon nap.  He’s a busy guy with all the napping.

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My wonderful grandma sent me this soft, uber fluffy robe for my birthday.  I don’t normally wear robes so I put it in my dresser.  My son was helping me go through my clothes to take things to Goodwill, and he found it.  He loved it, obviously.

I can’t show you the other pictures of him vamping with the robe, because I’m sure he doesn’t want them to end up on Facebook someday.  Let’s just say, he’s got some diva in him.  And maybe some Solid Gold Dancer, too. 

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Last Saturday

 
Today

Does this seem right to you?  I’m going back to bed until Spring gets here!

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I had a lot of work to get done today, to get ready to go out of town for Thanksgiving.  So I handed my youngest son my camera and told him to get busy.  He loves taking pictures, so he was a happy camper.  I was hoping for one really good shot.  He surprised me, all of them were good.

 This is one of my neighbors dogs, wanting to get out and play.

 
 This is our dog.  He’s clearly wondering why his boy is taking pictures instead of playing with him.

This is our dryer, or rather the part the wasn’t working.  I’m happy to report that my husband got it fixed.  He’s my hero.

As I post this I realize that several of the pictures my son took are missing.  The self portraits are all gone.  That little stinker deleted them! I should never have showed him that button.

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This is from the hike we went on last weekend.  My son had been snapping pictures and handed the camera to me on the way to the car.  I took this one last picture, and it’s actually my favorite picture from that day.

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