Happy (Late Birthday) to Bob (E1 from here on)

With VBS and cub scout camp, we haven't really caught our breath long enough to celebrate. I owe him a present and a movie, and our newly deca-dent child is okay with that.
Being able to roll with the punches and deal with things that aren't "exactly right" are new character traits in our second born son, and ones that take a heap of anxiety off his mom.
E1 has always been my exacting child. He had to have the "right clothes", a clean room, and perfect grades for his world to be going right. My favorite quote from him, was in anguish one afternoon he exclaimed "I just want ONE perfect day!"
In the last couple of months he's learned perfection is great to strive for, but imperfection is a part of life. Even if he's perfect, the rest of the world is not. Thankfully he's aware he makes mistakes too, sometimes painfully.
So now we celebrate him being okay the way God made him, imperfections and all. He makes the rest of us toe the line a little more seriously, eat healthier, attempt to be neater, and watch our words more. So he's a perfect fit in our family.