You hear people say all the time, “they grew up so fast”. Well, it’s true. (Que the crying) It’s allll true!! I simply cannot believe that my oldest and first son, John, Senior year is complete!! Whoa🙈🤯.
So, of course, I have to reminisce a bit of all the stories about John. Some a bit more embarrassing than others but, I think we all learned a lot.
Accident prone.
We all know those who tend to choke on spit, trip over air, or fall on flat land. John, well…when he was a kid, he was graceful, athletic, full of energy. That’s where it all went wrong. It was a lie!
Where do I start?
This is a kid who was riding his bike before the age of 2 WITHOUT training wheels! Coordinated? Clearly he was athletically talented at an early age. T-Ball, basketball, but mainly Football was his sport. He was “the dude” to pass the ball to — you know—the one you always knew would help the team to win. But, then there was everyday life…
Who’s teeth are they anyway, John?
(phone ringing) “LISA!! Your kids tooth is in my driveway!!!”. My response, “ha! What do you mean?” Melissa, “John just busted his face on my driveway.” Hearing her panic, my head thought it was a bloodbath. John was riding his friends Long Board Skateboard and took a dive after the wheel caught a groove. Luckily, all that had happened was a chipped tooth and a scraped chin. Melissa put the tooth in milk and sent it with me.
At the time, I wasn’t familiar with the milk-trick. Supposedly, if you put the tooth in milk and let it soak, the calcium will help keep it fresh and be able to adhere to the other side easier. Well, it didn’t work. I’m sure there might be a little user error, but we were not able to get to the Dentist fast enough. So, later on we found a fantastic dentist that did some magic and (even had it stained correctly) right on that front tooth. Like nothing happened!
No snaggle-toothed kids here!! Just a bunch of shenanigans.
John’s shenanigan’s:
I’ll just have to list this. No way I could get all his stories on one page lol.
Toddler ages:
- snow angles on the carpet with mayonnaise (yeah, I still talk to him)
- Captain Underpants (covered in underpants — like head, arms, legs…until he used them all up), then would go around with a pretend laser-blaster and save his sisters. So cute 🥰.
- standing in toilets—with toilet water. (I can’t explain this)
- hiding in dryers. (I can’t explain this either)
- peeing on the neighbors bushes (I swear he’s monitored)
- was riding his bike by 2 years old —without training wheels and walking by a year (I swear!)
Kid ages:
- Would do wheelies up and down the street (the neighbors thought this was hilarious to watch outside their window—nor was surprised 😲)
- wrecked his go-cart into a parked vehicle (not a cute phone call)
- excelled in sports and acedemics (not a shenanigan but notes his character)
Teenage Year’s
These years have been nothing but noteworthy surprises. He loved his sports up until High School and was ready to move on. Then, found academics to be easy so took Dual Credit College Classes, AP and Honors classes, worked part-time, and worked at the food pantry in our town. What a freakin’ kid!!
He loves his family like crazy 😜 and would do anything to be helpful and kind.
I am so Proud of John!
John is such a hard worker, I can’t believe he comes from me! I look to not-work and how I can make not-working happen lol. Smart, willing, and full of love, I couldn’t ask for a better guy.
Love you forever bud!!
Mom
P.s.Please tell any story below you may have of him…don’t hold back!
John is by far a most precious and sincere young man. It is truly hard to understand he has grown up and old enough to leave home for college. We have had so many fun times together.
So true! Just glad he doesn’t wear his underwear on his head anymore 😆