Reed reported that he didn't feel any different upon waking on his 12th birthday. It seems like he grows taller every single day and I will be surprised if he's not taller than me by the end of sixth grade. He reads a lot less these days, it seems (though he tells me he reads a lot in school, specifically in language arts class), preferring to play Civilization on the computer (and sometimes Minecraft too, it's apparently come back into middle school fashion again, at least for a little while), or Xbox games. You'll find him wearing headphones around the house more often than not, listening to NFL/fantasy football podcasts. He's still a picky-ish eater and would rather eat 4 bowls of cereal than most of the dinners I prepare - for the record, his favorite meals other than cereal are pizza, cheeseburgers, taco night, and what we call "Tortellini Soup" which is frozen tortellini boiled in chicken stock (why yes we are gourmets). He showers pretty much every day with much less grumbling complaining (he's come to the realization that it's not a fight he's going to win). He's in the middle school habit of not wearing a coat even though it's freezing ("It won't fit in my locker!") or taking an umbrella or rain coat when it's raining ("It would drip all over everything in my locker!"). He frequently asks for a cell phone, even though he never talks on the phone. He can text on his iPod Touch but can't be bothered with setting that up.
And speaking of sixth grade, Reed managed all A's on his first middle school report card. He seems to have settled in with no problems, despite how awful all the kids' books say middle school can be. Let's hope it stays that way!
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