Jack

Stats:

Age: 11 years (12 in a few months!)

Height: 5'2 (4 inches grown since November)

Weight: 86 pounds (5 pounds LOST since November, and the same weight as Sam!)

Shoe Size: Men's 1o

Favs:

The oldest kid in this family is quickly approaching his last year of non-teenhood. Soon he'll be 12, and I'll feel older than old. He's turned into quite the reader this year. Our campus has a reading competition between the 4 grade levels and the top 5 readers from each grade get to go on an awesome field trip. Jack is currently #1 in 5th grade, and he's working hard to stay in that position. Swimmng is still his first love, and he recently requested a "chlorine air freshener." You've got it bad when you LOVE the smell of chlorine. We're looking forward to another awesome swim season, and he's still faithfully swimming 2-3 days a week. He recently informed us he wanted to be a Texas Longhorn and swim for Longhorn Aquatics. I'm not sure that I can agree to this, but we try very hard to let them all choose their favorite teams, etc. After all, isn't the goal just to get him into college. If he wants to be a Longhorn...well...I've got several years to rectify that in my mind. Then again, maybe he'll choose....somewhere else? haha Next summer, we're planning on a 5 night swim camp at one of 3 major universities in Tx. We're leaning more towards the camp at Longhorn Aquatics. Still some time to decide, but the programs are offered starting Dec1 and are sold out by Jan.1 We'll have to have our game together. He's VERY excited about the idea!

School:

School is going good. 5th grade has been a super tough, academic year, and we'll be very relieved when it's over. Then again, when it's over, he'll be in my grade. I can't quite tell you that I'm prepared to teach my own kid. EEK! The ramifications of this weigh heavily on my mind. First things first, let's just get out of 5th grade first. Sigh.