Seriously...

I kept the two middle kiddos home from school today. They've been testing all week and were worn out last night, plus none of us slept a whole lot. I heard the teenager up in the kitchen at 3 AM.
When i went to wake him, he said he hadn't been able to get to sleep until about 4. I asked if he wanted to stay home today. At first he said yes, but then he said "No, I have to go. I have a math test." To me, this coupled with asking him if he wanted to stay home with us on Good Friday and him saying no because he had two projects he wanted to turn in, shows such a leap in maturity. In this respect, he's far more mature than I was as a junior in high school. he gets better grades, always goes to class, and takes his commitments seriously. I'm impressed. I'm pretty sure he'll so something immature again soon, because he's 16, but today? I'm impressed.

Anyway, the other three are playing. Guess what they are playing...Go on...take a guess....




SCHOOL!!!

I overheard one of them say to the other "If you're not going to play the way I want to play, I'm not going to play with you. You need to take this seriously!".