I have a kid in Junior High!

It's hard to believe that this kid is going to Southeast Polk Junior High come August. In just the last couple of months, I've seen a big change in him physically and in his maturity level. One thing for sure, he loves his Mom.



This week was our first full week of summer vacation and he spent most of it at Kid's Klub here in Altoona. Next week, I'm off on Monday, working from home on Thursday and the rest of the week, Fred is going to take vacation. It's hard this summer because he's at that transitional age of too old for day care, yet not quite old enough to stay home for 8-10 hours by himself and even when he's old enough, I still don't like the idea of him home that long by myself, only because I know he'd spend the whole time either on his PS3 or his computer...I'm not stupid. So until he's old enough to work, we'll have to get creative in keeping him busy.

I while back I blogged about not being ready for girls (they are SO assertive at such a young age), but I'm afraid the time has come. Connor has talked about a girl from his class for the last few months as being his "girlfriend" and "they're going out"....going out???? to where??? I guess it's the same as when I was that age and we said "going steady". Her name is Ellen and she seems like a sweet girl. At his 6th grade graduation, they were posing for some pictures (not for me - their friends), but I got off a couple of clicks also.





I think they make a cute couple, but he tells me this week, he's met another girl, Serena at Kid's Klub....and so it's starts....