Gametes In Love

Storm is having a bad day.

It’s my fault.

It’s my fault… because I gave birth to him.

Ok… ya, that makes sense?

I picked Storm up from school, and shortly after getting in the car, he asked me “Why is the sky blue?”

I had to pause and double check if he was REALLY asking me this (because, no joke, I was waiting/preparing for the legit light refraction answer here this whole time).

Later in the day, I was hanging out with Griffin and said:

if your jaw is dropped, it’s ok — mine was too.

Griffin: (lying in bed at 3pm, surrounded by cozy pillows, watching YouTube, and eating a snack) Mom! You too can be doing this if you had all your work done

Me: (in my head) Jerk!

Griffin (as he has his water bottle on his head): hey mom, look! My head’s under water… and I’m feeling fine!

Here we are: a year past school’s going remote w/ COVID shut-down. Now our school is re-opening for a hybrid in-class program, with Griffin and Storm going 2x a week (for a shorter in-class day).

In preparation for a campus return there’s been a lot of parent community volunteering to make the necessary adjustments. Everything from marking off designated sitting spots in the lunch tables (6ft apart), to weeding overgrown yards, to disinfecting all surfaces. I mean, ALL surfaces. By the time we were done, each classroom smelled of Method. So, first day of school will now be linked to the aroma of a Method disinfectant bottle.

Kids, 30 years down the line, if the smell of disinfectant brings you feelings of anxiety and anticipation, well… now you know why!

Every once in a while I convince the kids to watch Good Eats with me. On our last showing, Griffin asked if there were ever any recipes featured that were “Bad eats”. To oblige, I had to pull up the Haagis recipe. I’m not saying that Haagis isn’t tasty (I’ve never tried it myself!), but Alton didn’t exactly go out of his way to make it look super apetizing.

Anyway…. we didn’t watch the Haagis segment, but I pulled up the recipe/ingredients and showed it to Griffin. Then, to keep things fair, I turned my phone around and showed it to Storm.

He was done pretty quick! I asked “How far did you get?”

His response? “I didn’t get past the first line”

Making each birthday slideshow is a treat for me. I get to re-live our past year and see so much of your personality.
Storm, you are SO big. Reaching double-digits aside, you have a big personality. You smile big, you hug big, you yell big, you love big. You wear your emotions openly: happy, mad or sad. I feel so blessed that you let us be part of that.
You creativity continues to astound. Your blend of engineering and art makes me so curious about how you will put this to use in your future. I can’t wait and see… though, I’m also not ready to let you grow up yet, either.
Happy Birthday kiddo! This has been quite the year, but you’ve been amazing through it. So proud of you!

Childhood just isn’t complete until you have a DIY ‘Do not enter’ sign

I especially like the disclaimer where he exempts himself from all above mentioned rules.

Our home officially homes a 12-year old. We celebrated with Impossible Burgers (his choice) and a pan-cookie (also his choice).

There is no Griffin interview this year, because 1) he did it last year; 2) the answers haven’t changed; 3) it’s dumb. Aaah! Pre-teens 🙂

At least he still loves his Carrot & Cookie though.

G’s mooses often rent Ubers to get them to their mid-night parties (they’re party animals, you see!). They would now like to rent a car, so they can get places on their own.

Unfortunately, I said that they would have a hard time getting a rental place to give them a car on account of not having a license.

To solve this problem, Storm responded with this:

It’s a driver’s license. It’s 100% real! Because…. you know… it exists (and it says so on the license!).

You also know it’s verified legit, because of the thumbs up sign.

I guess I know where I’m going next time I need a license renewal.