All about John

Today John turns 8. The age of accountability.  Jared and I were discussing this fact the other night and we were both feeling less than excited about it.  Don't get me wrong, we love our son, but are we ready for him to be responsible for his own actions? Not really.

John is complex, he is an interesting blend of both of his parent's personalities which makes it hard for said parents to navigate his ways.  And if it's hard for us, imagine the difficulty of someone who doesn't understand him... When I explained how John comes across as being ultra rude to adults who try to talk to him if he's not in the mood for conversation Jared summed it up by saying, "tell them to speak to him like an adult, with no sweetness or pretense." 

We watched Where the Wild Things Are this afternoon and the entire time I kept thinking about how much Max resembles John.  And so, in celebration of his birthday here are a few things I love about my favorite boy:

His vivid imagination

His mechanical mind

His vocabulary

His ability to retain details

His sensitive nature

His intensity

His ability to think outside the box (I don't know if he even knows there is a box...)

His sense of humor

Not to mention his green eyes and big smile.  You may not see that smile too often if you don't know him very well, but when you do, you won't forget it.


Opening his new set of scriptures... needless to say, there were silent tears of disappointment.
My birthday gift failure.