Oh brother...

Three 12 year old girls rang our doorbell Tuesday night.

I opened the door.

The bravest of the three, asked if Jasper was at home.

I said "Yes," and the other two ran away squealing and giggling.

Jasper came to the door.

Jasper: Hey

Remaining girl: Hi. _____ and ______ are here too, but they ran away.

Jasper: Oh.

He then looked at me to see if he could hang out with them, but unfortunately he had scouts in 10 minutes, so I gave him 5 minutes to chat.

It's starting already!

Lame Rules

Since Jasper is still a little kid, and still in Elementary School, we have rules that he doesn't like much. In short, we have lame rules.

Lame rule #1

No listening to your headphones in one ear, while pretending to listen to me with the other ear. While wearing your flat cap backwards and dancing/bouncing around.

This is lame because Jasper says he is really listening!

Lame rule #2

No wearing your shorts BELOW YOUR BUM. I thought this fad died out years ago, but no it is still very much going on.

This is lame because Jasper can't help it because his shorts are too small and we must buy him new ones.

Lame rule #3

Bed time at 9:00! Which really means close to Ten, after he gets in his jammies, brushes his teeth, and reads. Because remember Jasper is a master of delay tactics.

This is lame because he is too old for such a baby bed time.

Lame rule #4

Cell phone use. We have an extra cell phone that is super cheap and part of a super cheap family plan, that we let him use on occasion. When he is someplace without a phone, or someplace he is not too familiar with, etc, he gets to use it.

This is lame because ALL his friends have their own phones, and he NEEDS one ALL THE TIME .

Lame rule #5

On the occasions when he has access to the extra cell phone he loves to text his friends, which is fine. We did draw the line on texting girls however, since he is still just a kid. Mostly because we are scared of the idea of him and girls.

This is lame because he has lots of friends that are girls, and this means we are SEXIST.

When Jasper accused us of being sexist because of our no girl texting policy, we laughed and laughed.

Then we tried explaining how he had it wrong, and defined sexism for him.

He came back with my all time favorite argument. "It is SEXIST! I can even get a lawyer to tell you. And I can get a quote from a lawyer that says how SEXIST this is!"

Of course we laughed and laughed again. Sometimes it is super fun to have lame rules.

Middle School

Jasper starts middle school next year, and he is already registered. AAH! How did I become a mother to a kid in Jr. High? The school he goes to includes 7th, 8th and 9th, but is still called a Middle school, I'm not sure why.

I'm pretty excited for him, but more than a little nervous. 7 classes. How is he going to keep track of all that (how am I gonna keep track of all that). He has a hard enough time in elementary turning all his stuff in on time, and remembering all assignments (since he never writes in the planners they give him). Scary!