Brishen, Today

Here are some random facts about my dear son:

--I am giving him ice cream each night for his "medicine" after seeing him for the first time in a LONG time without his shirt on.  It was a picture straight out of starvation/malnutrition poster (AKA you're a bad mom poster).  He has absolutely NO meat on his bones, and it is a frightening sight.  I checked his body mass index and found that, indeed, he is underweight at 4% BMI.  He exercises a lot these days, and I don't think our healthy vegetarian diet has been giving him enough calories.  He's not as able to sneak in extra yummy (fattening) stuff as I am, I guess.  I've been told to sneak flax seed and coconut oil into everything he eats, so that will be my next step.

--Speaking of exercise, Brishen is a Tae Kwon Do junkie!  He goes 5 days a week, and only misses Thursdays because of confirmation.

--Also speaking of exercise, Brishen really had his heart set on doing a marathon (The Bataan Memorial Death March Marathon, to be exact) when he was 12 years old.  I tried to talk him into waiting until next year, but he had set a personal goal to do it THIS year.  That means I will also be doing it again this year.  I had other plans (sleep and such), but it will be awesome to be part of such a big deal in his life.  Some people have "marathon" on their bucket list forever, and he's hoping to cross that one off next week. 

--Also speaking of exercise, Brishen was invited to join a brand new homeschool football team.  He declined.  He's happy to kick others in the head in TKD, but he doesn't want to push people down, I suppose.

--Brishen got to be part of the decision-making process as to what the future of his education will be.  Again, he has set a pretty steep goal, and he is excited to do some new, big things in junior high and high school.

--Seriously, this child really continues to be such a sweet, kind, and fun-to-be-around kid.  He has moments of hormones showing through now and then, but they are still rare.  I am trying to cherish my time with him because I know the day is coming when he pulls further and further away from me as he becomes his own man.  I feel so lucky to have so much time with him and to be such a big part of all he does.  He asked me a couple questions about college last week, and I see that he is thinking big thoughts and growing.  I am so proud of him and all he is becoming!

--There are no pictures to accompany this because he is the biggest pain-in-the-rear about posing for me.  Seriously!