Soon to be a teenager

Conor will be 13 years old next Saturday!  This momma's not ready for a teenager in the house.  I know it was coming and there is nothing I can do about it, but still it's hard for a mom to see her kids grow up.  We just measured him tonight and he is already 5 foot 3 inches, just 3 more inches and we will be seeing eye to eye.  So next weekend is his actual birthday, but we just found out that he will be in a basketball tournament, and decided to celebrate a little early.  He's been wanted an airbrush kit for years and we finally broke down and let him get one this year.  We got him some papers to practice on and some cheap ceramics.   So he opened his present tonight and then we went to the restaurant of his choice.  And what does a soon to be 13 year old boy choose, of course and all you can eat buffet!  I'm posting the pictures from tonight and will post more next weekend on his actual birthday.