“The boy is dangerous. They all sense it, why can’t you?” - Obi-Wan Kenobi, Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace
Padawan Learner came rambling out of his room this morning without his shirt on and I almost fell off my chair. My little boy is growing up AND IT’S FREAKING ME OUT. His shoulders appear to have widened overnight, but perhaps it’s because it’s been too cold out to go roaming around the house without a sweatshirt on for a couple of months now.
I’m sure his tiny, little, impossible-to-find-slim-jeans-for waist and hips are helping make his upper body look even wider but COME ON, Mother Nature! I can’t handle these changes coming at me so fast. Wasn’t he just 6 last week, and 2 the week before that?
That blond hair and those brilliant, blues eyes have been trouble since day one. Then, you made that hair wickedly thick and wavy so that I can’t bear to make him get it cut, thereby curling seductively at all the pre-teen and teenage girls you’ve dropped so casually around us. He has a little entourage now at his trampoline class, thankyouverymuch. Wasn’t it bad enough that you made him 6 inches taller than me in the past 18 months so that I have to strain my neck to give him a talking-to?
I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but you’re quickly building him into some kind of blond, blue-eyed, flowing-haired, V-shaped, almost no body fat, already has 6-pack abs at the age of 13 danger zone. AND to top it all off, he just learned about the joy in working out at the Y (“The cardio machines have individual TVs that let you pick your own shows!!!”), so it’s only going to get worse. Thanks, Mother Nature. Thanks a lot.
When he starts figuring girls out, I’m doomed.
COME ON: the favorite exclamation of Gob (pronounced like the Biblical name, Job) in Arrested Development, one of the best shows to ever come from television. All three seasons are on DVD and I highly recommend you watch them all (without your kids in the room). We say this expression all.the.time around here.
It’s so hard to watch ‘em grow up and become adults. But it’s really exciting at the same time, you know?
This is a timely post. It’s 6:40 AM here, and my son, after working all night, came home and changed clothes and went to the gym to work out.
::sigh::
And here I sit on my fat butt, in front of the computer, exercising my fingers only.
We’re big fans of Arrested Development here too.
James already has that body shape at 6. I can’t even imagine what it will be like at 13. What 6yo has broad shoulders, a tiny waist, and abs? He’s asked to lift weights but I’ve told him it’s unhealthy for a boy his age.
Not to worry…we girls are impossible to figure out, so he’s got PLENTY of time.
TT: It’s more the “Hey, girls smell good, are soft and nice to cuddle with” that I’m more dreading him figuring out sooner rather than later.
Oh my, you’ve going to be fending off those girls with a big stick ;P
I think we should lock our teens up for the next 15 or so years. Teen girls are out to get them!!! It’s a scary scary time as a Mum. Particularly seeing how worldly and advanced those scary girls are! Paws off our boys ladies!!
OH, I feel your pain. Christopher is all about his hair looking good *eyeroll*….
I have to add here, my kids are amazed that you quote Star Wars every time you post. Noah, said I bet she would be cool to have as a mom!
Oh, man. I totally know how you feel . . . wait a couple of years . . . Baby Boy has the body, the smile, the easy going couldn’t-care-less attitude that drives the girls wild AND now he’s DRIVING. Save me!!!!!
Oh, my heavens, that kid is *cute*!!!
Yep, you’re in trouble.
OHDEAR. My older boy is only 5, but I’m JUST surviving teenage girls! I can’t believe I’ll have to go through it all again – but different – with the boys soon. Like, tomorrow at the rate they all grow, no?
I’ll definately be watching your site for helpful stories on boys with weapons, coping with a SW dependent kid, watching BOY grow up and homeschooling.