Matthew Monday: Fifteenth Birthday

At the beginning of September, Matthew celebrated his fifteenth birthday.  It was just a few days before he started school, his sophomore year at Monsignor Farrell High School.  So his birthday caps off the end of summer and anticipates the new school year.  We didn’t do anything special for his birthday except celebrate it at home with cake.  Some pictures, the cake and Matthew blowing out the candles

Man, do I hate that hair.  What kind of a hairstyle is this that is so prevalent?  I don’t even know what it’s called.  And yes that is meant to be that way; it is not from accident.  It’s like a shaggy rodent on top of his head that has gone feral.  If he continues this into adulthood, he’s going eventually become Cousin Itt.  Do you remember Cousin Itt from the TV series, The Addams Family?  

Here’s what Matthew is going to look like in ten years.

 

 

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But the day before starting school, he finally got a haircut!  He wouldn’t let me take a picture, so I chased him down and just as he was closing the bathroom door in my face, I snapped it! 

 

Now it looks like he was posing for the picture, but he was swinging that door closed…lol.  The hair is still shaggy but at least it’s shorter. 

Oh Matthew.  Love you my son.