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Muh Big Boy

Brainy Boy was insistent that he is way too mature for such juvenile shenanigans as VBS so I "recruited" him to be an assistant rather than an attendee. The problem was, it was an unofficial recruitment and we have been looking for just the right job for him for the first two nights. Tagging along with mom was just not the fulfilling job he had anticipated.

Luckily, my photo-savvy friend was needing help taking pix of the little kids and she needed an extra pair of 11-year-old hands. Brainy Boy rose to the occasion, was a big help and for the first time this week, felt really needed. That's important to a boy who is trying to prove that he's not a little kid.

As a bonus for Mom, Picture Friend snapped a cute photo of her assistant.
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Michelle Constantinescu said…
Cuuute!!! Lookes like one for a frame!
7/19/2007 12:06 PM
Unknown said…
He was born to be a man, just gotta love it! What an awesome picture of Brainy Boy! I would definitely blow it up too!
7/19/2007 4:41 PM
Melanie said…
That age is hard- not really a kid anymore, but not a teen yet either!

I love the picture! So cute... I mean handsome!
7/20/2007 8:52 AM
Cindy Swanson said…
Hi Jen...I think this may be my first visit to your blog, and I really enjoyed it! I'm trying to check out blogs that are on my various blogrolls. It's easy to stay in a rut of visiting the same blogs and never branching out. Looks great!
7/26/2007 10:00 AM
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