Driving the General Lee

Christopher loves the General Lee, the 1969 Dodge Charger driven fast and furiously by the Duke boys in The Dukes of Hazzard. Just for fun, he recently built his own General Lee simulator in our garage....

The front seats, with a view of the steering wheel and C.B. radio

The steering wheel (anchored by a CARS gardening mat), complete with
a genuine "01" General Lee "Dixie" horn from Cooter's Place in Gatlinburg! 

Steering that wild car....

A close-up of Christopher's C.B. radio

"Breaker One, Breaker One...."

Growing Boy

Christopher had his 8-year-old doctor well-check last week, just after his birthday, and he's a very healthy little boy. His first visit to this doctor's office was eight years ago, when he was just a few days old and would fit in the crook of my arm. And now look at him!

He's in the 93rd percentile for height. If he continues to follow the same growth curve he's been on for the last several years, he'll be 6'1" or 6'2" in the end! Amazing!

Graduation

We've been seeing lots of high school graduations and elementary school graduations and kindergarten graduations lately... and we've had a graduation of our own!

Sarabeth now meets all the State of Michigan requirements for using the lap and shoulder belt in a vehicle:

• She is 4 feet, 10 inches tall (the state requirement is 4 feet, 9 inches)
• She is able to wear the lap belt low across her upper thighs
• She is able to wear the shoulder belt across her collar bone (not touching her neck or off the shoulder)
• She is able to sit with her bottom scooted all the way back against the seat back and have her knees bent at the edge of the vehicle seat

Good-bye booster seat! Congratulations, Sarabeth!