Oh, Brother

For the past 10 days we have been thrown into the world of early teenage boyhood. My brother, George was visiting us here in Pennsylvania. After 10 days, we figured a few things out, but I think we have a long way to go. Here are a few of the mysteries:

1. How does he grow so much when all he eats is junk food? When he first arrived we asked him what he would like for dinners throughout the week. His reply, "Anything but Mexican." What did we have planned? Tacos, carnitas, refried beans, burritos. . . we eat a lot of Mexican food. We also learned that the anything but mexican also referred to anything healthy. He ate a lot of peanut butter/marshmallow or honey sandwiches. He was funny because he liked the carnitas, but he didn't like tacos, he liked waffles and french toast, he liked seafood (at a buffet) but he didn't like anything with sour cream, cream cheese, or cottage cheese. He liked lettuce with cheese on top (no dressing) He liked icecream (only vanilla). He liked candy. Can I emphasize the candy?

2. How can someone be bored but not want to do anything? Well, he did want to play video games.

3. How can he get so little sleep, yet have so much energy? Along the same lines, how can someone fall asleep with all the lights and the television on?

4. He was excited about breaking his arm!

5. Why does he have to go home?

We had a lot of fun with George. I moved out when he was 3 and so it has been awhile since I have spent a significant amount of time with him. I think he had the most fun when he was out with Steve. I also think he was expecting our lives to be a little more exciting than they were. My next few posts will talk more about what we did with him along with a few pictures.