Happy 15th Birthday Eric

I can't believe that my baby is 15 now. Nebraska allows kids to get their learner's permit to drive on their 15th birthday. If we lived outside of the city limits, (just across the highway) Eric would have been able to drive himself to school.

On Sunday, two of Eric's friends, Ben and Katie, stopped by to bring Eric a cherry pie for his birthday. Both were going out of town this week so they wanted to bring him something early. For his birthday, Eric wanted new clothes, so I took him shopping on Tuesday. He knew he was limited to $100, so he only checked clearance racks and commented that he's been indoctrinated. For his actual birthday yesterday, I made him homemade cinnamon rolls for breakfast. Then he went to the DMV and scored a 100% on his written driving test. Mario took him out driving in his truck. Then we dropped off twins at a friend's house and we went to Jason's Deli on Omaha for lunch. Eric drove the 8 miles home. Mario bought a big grease marker and wrote "student driver" really big on the back windshield. I think that was a great idea because driver's were giving him extra room for lane changes.

We came home and Eric hung out with his friend, Gage until the rest of his friends came over that evening. The had a movie night and just hung out. I didn't realize that Eric liked cherry pie so much. He apparently told the Young Women because we had 2 more cherry pies show up at our home last night.

I think Eric had a great birthday. Each year makes me sad though because it means one year closer to him going off to college. He plans to leave for college as soon as he graduates. That means we only have 2 more birthdays to celebrate with him. He has grown to be such an unbelievable young man. He treats our family well. We all love him very much and I know at least one of my boys wants to be just like him.