Shelby is 12
Shelby is growing up faster than we care to admit this last year. Her face and body is changing really quickly and she no longer looks like a little kid to us. She couldn't wait for her 12th birthday for the promised and coveted cell phone that she desired. Since Rhoda's kids got cells phones at 12, my kids are pretty sure that's the age that the law requires parents to provide a phone. We have lost power here many times this summer with bad forest fires that came too close to our home so my usual Alexa phone calls failed me and I felt uncomfortable leaving my kids at home if they couldn't call me. So I gave in and she got a new Gabe phone. No apps or games, just text, call, pictures, music and gps. Seems like a great way to welcome her into teenager land since she goes to a lot of activities and needs rides and has to use other peoples phones a lot. We went to a local Brick and Mini-Figs here in town for a party. It was actually perfect because the kids didn't hav...