He’s 7!!!

Where has my baby gone?!?  I say this every year, but I seriously can’t believe how the time has flown by.  It seems so recent that we just had this little one.  And now I’m pregnant with our last.  Where did the time go?  Carter has become such a little man. He keeps us on our toes and challenges me every day to be a better mom.  Without him, I might have been ok settling for mediocrity.  He definitely pushes me to be the best that I can be and to figure out how I can be better.  Here are some of my favorite things about him right now:

He goes to a German immersion school and he has picked up the language so well.  He doesn’t speak it much at home, but when I see him talking to his teacher at school, it kind of blows me away.  That little brain really is a sponge. 

He is very observant – sometimes too observant for his own good.  He often comes home telling us about things he saw or overheard that day.  I think he “overhears” a lot when he is pretending to be ignoring everyone. 

He thinks he is hilarious.  He is always making up jokes and laughing hysterically at them. 

He wants to grow up way too fast.  He feels that he should be treated as an adult and loves it when he is. 

He is pretty nerdy – still loves his Star Wars and Harry Potter.  He knows all the characters from both and all the spells from HP.  When he gets mad at Ben and Samantha he’ll bust out a spell on him.  We’ve had to make the  unforgivable ones off limits. 

These days, this is how he spends most of his time. I love that he loves to read, but getting him to do anything else is a challenge sometimes.  Who knew I would have to ground him from books?  He is almost done with the 7th Harry Potter book, hence the spells.  Mike is a little jealous of Carter’s speed reading skills .  Who knew the Harry Potter glasses would be so prophetic?  For his birthday I let Carter and Samantha skip school and we went out to the Original Pancake House for breakfast.  Denny’s had been his favorite up until this moment.  The blueberry pancakes knocked his socks off.  Blueberry and regular syrups?  Heaven.  The rest of us were pretty pleased with our French Toast.  Ben was just happy to have food in front of him.  Afterwards, Carter had the choice to go wherever he wanted.  Of course we ended up at Chuck E. Cheese’s.  In his defense, we went bowling the past 2 birthdays, so he has mixed it up a little.  I still feel like we spend way too much time and money there.  But… is was his day and his choice.  So Chuck E. Cheese’s it was.  And we all had a great time.  Present time!  More Star Wars, because that’s what we need in this house. What the heck?  Why would I need an iTunes gift card?  Weird.  Unless…It is!  Carter got his own iPod this year.   A very generous friend gave us her old one at a fabulous price.  Now Carter can leave ours alone!  And it didn’t take long… Like father, like son I guess. 

We’re so glad you picked our family Carter!  We love you and can’t imagine life without you!