Lions are lazy

This weekend both of my kids will officially be teenagers. That makes me...

• old
• frustrated
• a sympathy magnet

This isn't multiple choice folks, but if it was, the answer would be (4) all of the above. 

So Justin is going to be 13 on Sunday. What happened to my baby boy? That cute little guy that used to recite the Hail Mary? The toddler with the mysterious Boston accent that replaced his baby-babbles that sounded like French? The kid that would rather suck his toes than his thumb?

Well he's growing up. Yes, that's right folks, he's become the textbook lazy teenager. So what better astrological sign for him than Leo, as symblolized by the lion. Here are some facts about lions that also translate to Justin (stolen from wikipedia.org):

Lions spend much of their time resting and are inactive for about 20 hours per day. Although lions can be active at any time, their activity generally peaks after dusk with a period of socializing, grooming, and defecating. Intermittent bursts of activity follow through the night hours until dawn, when hunting (or in Justin's case, foraging in the pantry and fridge) most often takes place.  Lions have an array of facial expressions and body postures that serve as visual gestures. Their repertoire of vocalizations is also large; variations in intensity and pitch, rather than discrete signals, appear central to communication.

Just for fun, here are some famous people who were also born on July 25th:

• 1929 - Eddie Mazur
• 1941 - Emmett Till
• 1954 - Walter Peyton
• 1967 - Matt LeBlanc
• 1976 - Javier Vazquez
• 1978 - Louise Brown
• 1979 - Amy Adams
• 1985 - James Lafferty

Hopefully you know who at least some of these people are - if not, surf on over to Wikipedia.