Suddenly, It's Summer

It's not even Spring yet officially, but the weather turned and yesterday was near 80 degrees outside. I apologize to all of you stuck in dreary cold and damp, but winter in San Diego is officially O.V.E.R!!!! And, due to our lovely moderate climate, these early Spring days are sunnier, warmer and filled with the excitement of summer happenings: plans for the beach, park, bike riding, gardening and frozen fruit popsicles for an after school snack.

In a sudden realization that our clothing choices would no longer work for 80 degrees, we went to the mall after school the other day for some clothes. Elliot manages to love all of Owen's hand-me-downs, so he is well taken care of in the clothing department. Owen, however, is so very tall that none of his clothes fit him anymore, so we got him some new shorts and summer shirts.

On the way back to the car, I tried to swing by the shoe department for myself. If you have ever taken two young boys shopping then you know the utter futility and sheer chaos of shoe shopping for yourself. I stood in the sale racks madly trying on shoes while I futilely repeated "Boys, stop running!" "OWEN, ELLIOT! Watch out!" as they careened around the racks blithely unaware of any other shoppers. Elliot managed to find a pair of red suede stilettos and put them on himself while he walked around saying "Look at me! I'm wearing dress shoes!" much to the delight of the shoe salesmen and the consternation of me, and I realized my time for shopping was done.

We came home and Owen put on his shorts and as we were playing outside I took a moment to really see how big he has gotten. Another Spring is almost here, Owen is nearly 7 years old, his adult teeth are prominently positioning themselves in his mouth, his features are becoming more angular and chiseled and he -- suddenly -- looks like a young man to me.

Oh, my.