Seth and his Knees

No, nothing's wrong now with Seth's knees! I just thought I'd tell you about Seth's complete inability to keep fabric covering his knees for very long.

I thought I had gotten Seth taken care of when it came to long pants for the year--he had two or three pairs of jeans and several sets of track pants when school started. Before long, he had ripped, torn or otherwise put holes in nearly all of them, mostly around his knees. Just about every wash day I am Shouting out grass stains in the knees that are left. Holes in the knees can sometimes be a fashion statement, I realize, but not when the wind chill is 5 degrees F.

Until it got cold this last week, he's spent almost every afternoon playing football with Zac in the backyard. That doesn't help. I have gotten him to only wear bad pants out there, but most of the damage was done before we made that change. Now that he's inside the house, he loves to throw a ball in the air and dive for it by sliding on his knees. Well, I don't want to discourage classic boy behavior, but I have asked him not to slide around in his good pants.

Yesterday at church was a classic anecdote for Seth and his holey knees. I ironed his khakis Sunday morning (perfectly fine) and he put them on. We went to Bible class, then church. Right after the service started, Scott pointed to a huge gaping hole in his left knee. I asked Seth about it and he was completely unaware of it until that point in time. What are they doing in Bible class? I thought.

I don't know how he manages to rip holes in his pants during church, but if it was going to happen to anyone, it would be Seth.