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January 30, 2009

Another day, another hoodie

Thank heavens he is still holding up the wall.

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1. exile on mom street says:
   

   Gotta be honest here Chris: it looks more like the wall is holding up the kid!

   Also, love the size comparison between the big “baby” and the little one on the floor.

   January 30th, 2009 at 4:31 pm
2. Laura says:
   

   When I first saw this I thought you were giving us the same photo as before!

   January 30th, 2009 at 4:45 pm
3. JoAnn says:
   

   Is that a permanent position for him. I have a 14 yr old who stays perched on the wood stove all winter long.

   January 30th, 2009 at 4:49 pm
4. Caroline says:
   

   Is your rug from pottery barn?

   Chris says: Nope. Got it from Overtocks.com

   January 30th, 2009 at 4:58 pm
5. Pam says:
   

   whew! His job as wall-holder-upper is secure. Now, to market that talent!

   January 30th, 2009 at 5:19 pm
6. peepnroosmom says:
   

   Still holding up that wall I see. Has he shot any younger sibs lately?

   January 30th, 2009 at 5:50 pm
7. Maine Mom says:
   

   Too funny!

   January 30th, 2009 at 5:58 pm
8. Deputy's Wife says:
   

   I gotta ask… how do you keep your wood floors so shiny?!?

   January 30th, 2009 at 6:19 pm
9. nancy says:
   

   What a handsome young man he is, but then again all your children are so precious <3

   January 30th, 2009 at 6:37 pm
10. Barb says:
    

    My son likes the white hoodies, too. What’s up with that?

    January 30th, 2009 at 6:38 pm
11. Lauren says:
    

    Where did 25-29 go? I enjoy your photos.

    January 30th, 2009 at 7:16 pm
12. Amelia says:
    

    Long time lurker here asking…is that the same picture as before? Or does he really stand in EXACTLY the same position and place every day? Or is that a different son all together? You seem to have quite a few…

    January 30th, 2009 at 7:50 pm
13. Jennifer says:
    

    Do you ever get the urge to just yank those pants down with the hope that he’ll be so embarrassed that he’ll start wearing them normally? Every time I see a kid wearing their pants like that I think about it but then I think about how I would explain it to my husband when he comes to bail me out.

    January 30th, 2009 at 7:55 pm
14. Karen says:
    

    Glad to see the wall is safe

    January 30th, 2009 at 8:08 pm
15. jean says:
    

    Why? Why do they need all those hoodies? I can’t get mine to wear a coat, but offer him a hoodie and he’s all over it.

    Chris says: Apparently being warm (wearing a winter coat) is not cool.

    January 30th, 2009 at 8:35 pm
16. Kathi says:
    

    How many does he own? I want to scream every time my boys ask for yet another $70 hoodie!

    January 30th, 2009 at 9:22 pm
17. Lilly says:
    

    Look how tiny Miles looks next to him!? Yes, your oldest has gotten so tall!

    (and I’m making your Chinese style recipe tonight, with chicken..)

    January 30th, 2009 at 9:50 pm
18. Rose says:
    

    Your floors are so pretty! I’m wondering, do your kids ever drop things and make marks on your floors? It seems every time one of my kids is carrying A)something heavy or B)something pointy; that it ends up getting dropped on my wood floor and making a new mark on it. It drives me crazy but I tell myself that nothing stays new forever, that helps right?

    January 30th, 2009 at 9:53 pm
19. Jeanne says:
    

    That space will seem so open when he heads off to college.

    January 30th, 2009 at 10:08 pm
20. Betty says:
    

    Happily the hoodie is not black, and he is not hiding in the hood!

    January 30th, 2009 at 11:30 pm
21. Kris Page says:
    

    Don’t you just love teenagers? Their the best! (Note the sarcasm)

    January 31st, 2009 at 12:01 am
22. Denise says:
    

    I remember those days, wanting so desperately to connect with my family, but my crazy teen self just couldn’t take a step. Your children are beautiful.

    January 31st, 2009 at 2:10 am
23. Lisa says:
    

    I love that yellow on your walls! Would you mind sharing what shade/brand it is? My husband and I are in the process of repainting and we’re considering doing something in yellow.

    January 31st, 2009 at 3:28 am
24. allmycke says:
    

    To Jennifer above - I have the same urge - every day almost - what with almost 50% of the students at school looking the same way. I’ve been thinking of taking pictures and offering them to parents for future blackmail purposes…

    January 31st, 2009 at 4:47 am
25. Gem says:
    

    Frightening, it is the same the world over! I have to admit to being the mean mother who draws the line at snow white hoodies which on my 14 year old would stay white for approx 10 minutes.

    January 31st, 2009 at 6:58 am
26. Dawn C says:
    

    Seeing this photo this morning makes me wish more than anything that my oldest son, Addam, was standing in his old favorite place in my kitchen, not talking, being a teenager, wearing the same old hoodie, instead he’s away at college, being almost a grown up!! Don’t blink….

    January 31st, 2009 at 10:40 am
27. tammy says:
    

    Did he get a hoodie from Fla My son has worn his everyday since their return. He uses it as his coat also..

    Chris says: Yes! He did! That is in the hoodie (as winter coat) rotation as well.

    January 31st, 2009 at 5:37 pm
28. maggie madison says:
    

    I think he just might be too cool for your site!

    January 31st, 2009 at 11:25 pm
29. iris says:
    

    Must be one heck of a wall to receive such unwavering adoration- if he were struck by any epiphanies there, it’d be his very own Bodhi tree. Never know. (:

    February 2nd, 2009 at 3:41 am
30. Jennifer says:
    

    Every time I see that wall and bench seat in any of your pictures I think of your poor husband’s thumb.

    February 2nd, 2009 at 4:39 am
31. momzen says:
    

    I have this urge to photoshop this pic so that it matches exactly the one from early January. Except there’s no nerf gun. What’s up with that? How did you get it away from him?

    February 2nd, 2009 at 6:41 am
32. Shannon says:
    

    This cracks me up! My almost 12 year old has hit the “hoodie phase”. He doesn’t wear any of the other stuff I bought him for school. And a coat? Forget about it!

    February 2nd, 2009 at 7:43 am
33. Aubri says:
    

    Love it. I seriously had to go back and look at the other photo because I couldn’t believe how much the same it looked. Whoa. I love how teenagers are creatures of habit. I used to be that way too… and yes, I got over my hoodie phase.

    February 2nd, 2009 at 2:31 pm
34. Monique says:
    

    Where are you?…

    Chris says: Here I am! waving furiously

    February 3rd, 2009 at 7:30 pm
35. Meritt says:
    

    I’m pretty sure my 16 year old has that same hoodie.

    February 6th, 2009 at 10:09 am