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Eli's 12th Birthday

Elijah turned 12 yesterday. All my friends are astonished he's twelve already, but you know for me this birthday wasn't as hard to grasp as when he turned, say, two or ten. I'm liking having kids who are 10 and 12. They're fairly responsible, and can be more independent. And, they can babysit themselves now so George and I can go out on dates! Like the art crawl we went on last Friday night, or dance parties like we're going to this Friday night. Ten and twelve-year olds are also really silly, and these two get along with each other much of the time. (Elijah still hates to show his face in pictures, but for his birthday one he knew there would be no cake until the photo was taken!)

Below is a cartoon drawn the other night by our very artistic boy. He's got the best sense of humor of any kid I've ever known...


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Shari Lyle-Soffe said…
Happy Birthday to Elijah! That is a great age, but then each ages has something special about it. Terrific cartoon. He is very talented.

Shari
http://sharilyle-soffe.com
11:26 AM
Anonymous said…
Happy Birthday Elijah!

You mean that my kids are going to be silly for years to come? Oh nooooo!
12:21 PM
Anonymous said…
happy birthday e! that is a great cartoon.

~tara
2:13 PM
Unknown said…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Cool cartoon!
4:55 AM
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