by the COOK book

We don't do anything by the book, we have our own unique (not normal) way of doing things.

We have many interests, food and books
to name just a few.


Thursday, August 21, 2008

18 years old !!! Are you kidding me?

I am still trying to recover from the fact that I now have an 18 year old. Yes, Brant turned 18 last week. This picture of him is kindof how I felt when it hit me that he is now an adult. How in the heck did that happen? I am not old enough and definitely not mature enough to have a child that is now officially an adult. And what's really crazy is that he thinks that now that he is 18 the rules have all changed. One night he has to ask permission to go somewhere and the next night he can do whatever he
wants??? I don't think so.

Actually, Brant is a great kid and I couldn't have asked for a better teenager for my practice model. Yes, the oldest child gets to be the pilot study, the practice experiment, the learning lab. etc. Sorry Brant, but that is just how it goes. But I really am proud of Brant, he has chosen good friends, does well in school, and helps out with his siblings a ton. And while I am at it, just a little bit of bragging about Brant. He got a 31 on the ACT and this last spring he took 3 AP tests. He scored 4 on 2 tests and 5 on his History test, this earned him 18 credits. Not bad for hardly any studying. He should be a college junior by the time he graduates from High School. Just goes to show that some kids will do great no matter what kind of parents they have.

Happy Birthday Brant

Love Ya

2 comments:

Megan and Jon said...

And he is a great kid, fun to be around and just personable and kinda. I love him.
We had such a great time this weekend. Thanks for much for taking us along.
I hope i can convince Addy to come over and play, Liv won't stop talking about her.

Megan and Jon said...

Hi me again, I got your comment and you are funny, You never ever have to worrry about offending me. Being from a big family I don't get offended.. haha. SO really I didn't think twice about it. Now where is your update.