Mr. Scratchy is now 13 !!

Mr. Scratchy is now 13 !!

He has traveled along way to get here and has been counting off the days for two years now. He couldn't wait to be a teenager. I told him to stay young because when you get old, you're old forever.
But will he listen? He is in such a hurry to grow up that he is tripping over those huge size 9 feet !

Over the last year, he has done alot of growing. First we noticed that dark shadow over his lip that is slowly becoming a moustache ! You heard me. A moustache !
I tried to make him wash it off thinking it was the remains of Oreo's but he informed me that it was there to stay. This was overnight, or so it seemed.

Next the voice started getting deeper.

Then the feet got longer, and the legs started going up and up, although I'm still taller than him by 2 inches,( Nanny-nanny Boo-boo!)

It's been a battle getting him out of a hoodie. but yesterday, he cut the sleeves off of a tee-shirt.
I know, this was so his muscles would show !

He informed me that he had invited a few friend to spend the night in our pop-up camper. His birthday was on a Wednesday. My Uncle was sick and not expected to live through the week, so the date of the sleep-over wavered back and forth a few times.
The funeral was Friday and so was the sleep-over.
One of the boys decided not to come because another boy was here and after a few telephone conversations between the guys, they sorted it out.They all decided to get along and I was wondering what kind of night I was in for !
Thankfully, all went well and I only had to yell out of the window once ! The boys behaved better than I imagined they would and I actually got some sleep.
The next morning, they all cleaned up their mess and even folded down the camper !
Happy Birthday Mr. Scratchy, I Love You !!!