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my kid is now 13, so this was 10 years ago :) he was 3 and it was his first halloween trick-or-treating where he dressed up and went from house to house. we went to oklahoma to visit my aunt and uncle and their kids who are only a few years older than my son. john was dressed as cat in the hat - with a hat that was as tall as he was :) adorable! and our cousin, alex, was dressed up as barbie princess. she was 7 i think. anyway, we got ready to hit the street and alex put her mask on and went over to john and he FAH-REAKED! OUT! it was hilarious :) she'd take the mask off and he was fine, put it on and he was in the fetal position in tears! i'm sure he doesn't remember it, i'll have to remind him :) it was one of the best halloweens ever :) he was always so friendly and comfortable, and my aunt was very familiar with her neighbors so that was cool because john would walk up to every door and just walk right inside :) i tried looking for an image of the mask, can't fi...

13 years ago i gave birth to an amazing son. i am loving parenting and letting him grow in to an amazing young man. he has a 4.0GPA he is very intelligent he is learning to play electric guitar he has played violin for nearly 2 years he loves to play basketball he is not aggressive nor risk taker which makes his love of playing basketball perhaps greater than his skill he is kind and funny he is a master negotiator he is extroverted and i would venture to say he's popular (having no idea what that's like personally, it's really only a guess) :) he is a brown belt in tae kwon do he is a division II and B level swimmer he is an expert at guitar here and likes to play video games he loves to read and when he's on a roll he'll read a book in 2 days and up to 4 books in a week he is really getting into music - green day, the ramones, the beatles, nirvana... he needs a lot of external motivation but when he gets it he meets every expectation he's a good kid and my hus...