So Big but still So Small

Valey Waley as he is lovingly called... but really hates when I call him that in public... has been so funny lately. He truly is growing up but is still my little boy in a lot of ways:

I was informed last Sunday that he needed a suit to wear to church. Which in itself isn't so funny BUT when he turned 12, I asked him if he wanted a suit to wear to church and he was insistent that he did NOT want a suit and that he was unhappy about having to wear a white shirt and tie. Now that his friend Nate just turned 12 and is wearing a suit to church, Vale needs to follow "suit". So last night while Vale was a scouts, I went and bought a beautiful Michael Kors suit size 20. When Vale got home he was so excited and went to try it on... can you believe that although the length was ok-- the waist was too small and he has such broad shoulders that he can only keep his arms down!! I broke the news to him that he has now entered another realm of shopping for clothes-- will have to come with me to try on suits, as Vale puts it "a fate worse than death!" Needless to say, he doesn't like shopping with his mother!!

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Today is Vale's 2nd or 3rd Boy/Girl school dance- which I find odd that it's on a Thursday... but ends by 5 so I won't even be there yet to pick him up (to go try on suits). He is so funny because he wants to go to the dance but insists that he doesn't dance. Then says that he only dances to the songs he likes but when I ask if he dances with girls he just gives me this look, like "Mom do you think I'm crazy?"

I remember those days, all the boys standing against the wall while the girls all gather in a group and talk and giggle. No 12 year-old boy is going to go and pull a girl out of that group! So silly!!