Reagan hit double digits last month!  It’s hard to believe it.  Seems like just yesterday…. ok, I won’t make you read a sappy mother’s trip down memory lane. 

Reagan has grown up quite a bit this year.  He is thoughtful and very aware of other’s feelings.  If he sees someone suffering or hurt in any way his heart is touched and he wants to help and often does.  Most of the time he is acutely aware of how his actions or what he says could affect someone.  Watch out when he sees any injustice in the world-it’s not pretty.  He has recently made a new best friend in our neighborhood/ward.  He is very much into politics and has a keen sense of his liberty and even, to his mother’s horror, asked his new best friend if he was a republican.  The world is very black and white for Reagan.  It’s a good thing he has his father, because the world is very black and white for me too, I’m afraid. 

I dropped him off at Webelos the other night and the thought struck me that now, especially in light of the new age requirements for missionaries, we have had Reagan in our home longer than we have left with him in our home.  The thought was sobering and sad to me.  Made me cry a little.  I thought of all we have left to teach him and it was overwhelming.  Then when I shared this sad, sobering thought with Rock, he just cheered and said, “We’re more than half way done!”  Typical.

Here are the birthday highlights.

Nine 10 year olds.  Believe it or not, it was much calmer than his 8th birthday party.

He had a Ninjago lego party.  That is a Ninjago figure cake. 

Letting Liberty help open presents.

Harry Potter #4.  We’ve been holding him off for a while now.  Thus the reaction.

Dart guns from his siblings.  They now have a full set again and enough darts to have a good war.  They’ve had a dart gun fight every day this week.

Levi had a good time at the party.  A sucker from the piñata AND birthday cake.  Go sugar overdose.

Happy Birthday, Reagan!  We love you!