A couple weeks back when I was losing my mind with the final throes of a biggish grant submission, Laing told me he wanted me to go back to blogging. I promised that I would clear my plate a little bit and then write a post. To honour his request (and his attention to detail), this post is about the last 4.5 months of Laing.
Track season ended in May and then the school year ended in June. Laing has grown so much in the last year.
Laing has had a problem with ingrown toenails for years. This summer was a time to take care of it. Laing was a trooper, aided by a juice box and an energy bar.
Once his toe healed, Laing balanced out soccer with returning to pole vaulting.
At the end of July, we all went to a Miller family reunion. Laing did a great job in his role of Big Cousin!
But his ongoing major role is wingman and partner in mischief with his big brother.
While we were in Toronto, he took advantage of the parkour activities.
It turns out that Laing is our fashion loving kid. We did a little back to school shopping in Toronto ... he's now discovered the joys of Uniqlo and Muji. Here he is in his new flannel shirt (at breakfast).
And then school started. I think we're all getting accustomed to Laing being our only high school kid.
Since school started (and Laing discovered a real aptitude with biology), he's also continued learning new things at home. Most recently, it was an introduction to poker with his beloved playmate.
