Makin At Fourteen

At fourteen you...

Love engineering and robots. You have a couple of avenues for this, one of which is LEGO Club. You set the standard for yourself to always have some sort of LEGO creation that involves programming/robotics.

Take selfies anytime you get ahold of someone's phone. (See photo on left. ;) )

Are fascinated with all things tech. You like to fix up keyboards and computers. You ordered light up fans to go in the computer you purchased so that it would look cool.

Are a figure-it-out guy.

Listen to audiobooks or a podcast in your spare time. You prefer to listen to the same book series over and over and don't really want to try new books.

Wish mom let you play lots of video games, but make due with the time you are given (typically a couple hours a month) and really enjoy it.

Love the Huskers. You don't really remember a winning season, so the fact that we are winning games this fall is pretty exciting.

Strive to have a thumbs-up in every. single. picture. If there is ever a picture without one, it is because we have told you, "no thumbs-up for this one!"

Love to be funny.

Quotable Moments:

(Doing his first subject on a Monday morning...sadly/longingly...) "I miss yesterday."

Me: It's a beautiful day.

Makin: Too bad it has to be marred by school.

(Appt coming that afternoon) "I will physically try to be less gloomy, but on the inside I'm still shriveling with sorrow."

"Putting off the inevitable is my middle name!"

Me: Because I'm cheap.

Makin: Frugal.

(On the way home from their holiday xpo sale)

Brad: Should I go all the way to the bank or just pay the $3 fee?

Makin: That's a spatula...

(Wearing new slippers for Christmas) "My feet are so cute!"

Me: Do you still want me to make toast?

Makin: Yes! That's the only ray of sunshine for this breakfast.

Lorelei: Why are you glaring at me?

Makin: I'm not glaring at you, I'm looking at you with distain!

(Makin with a sunburn...)

Brad: Why didn't you get any tomatoes on your burgers Bob? 

Makin: Because I'm not a cannibal.

"You're meal planning is like Sudoku."

"Oooooo the mother card."

(At Nana's house, when she wanted me to do something and she said, "I am your mother.")

Me: Did you eat your two fruits today?

Makin: Yes, Blueberries and pizza sauce.

Me: Pizza sauce is not a fruit.

Makin: A tomato is a fruit.

"Mom, I didn't want to tell you this until the whole hospital thing was over, but one day I didn't eat until 4:30."

(After predicting a movie event accurately before it happened...) "Plots are my thing."

Makin's Fourteen Year Interview

Favorites -

Food: Pesto Stuffed Shells

Place: Home, Universal Studios

Movie/TV Show: Super Mario Bros, Ninjago

Color: Red and Black

Thing To Do: Listen to my audiobook, drive my battle bot, listen to my podcast (The Spawn Chunks)

Animal: hawk

Books: Harry Potter, Keeper of the Lost Cities, Gryphon Chronicles

Song: Wolves - Sam Tinnesz and Silverberg, Gladiator - Zade Wolf, Beatsaber Soundtrack

Treat: ice cream, jelly beans, Better Than Anything Cake, dirt

Holiday: Christmas

What do you like to do with Dad? golf, eat pizza, play games, watch football

What do you like to do with Mom? board games, hang out, eat, read alouds

What do you like to do with Lorelei? tease her

What makes you happy? books, games

What do you think about before you fall asleep? life...

What do you want to be when you grow up? Mechanical engineer