See. Amazingly adorable little man who has always made great funny faces. Nope. This was him this morning after building his birthday train:
Oh, my heart. So, let me take a few minutes to brag to the world in general about the sweet, awesomeness that is our Paul. Paul is our creative, brilliant, musical, tender-hearted youngest son. He loves to draw and create. He reads voraciously and loves to listen to audio books. He plays piano better than any second year piano student I know. And he can scat. I'm not kidding. It's not a public thing yet, but maybe later in life. He struggles with his temper because he is passionate and sensitive like his mama. And he can find clever solutions to problems by thinking outside the box like his daddy. He will sit and draw a picture of dragons during the sermon at church, appearing like he isn't really listening, but then join in the dinner table conversation with spiritual truths he gleaned. And he is quick to forgive. Me, mostly but also his brother and dad. Do you know how beautiful that is? My prayer for Paul is that he would be quicker to forgive himself. We all need that, right?
Here are a few other pics from our celebratory business.
One hundred and eight gel pens from Oma!
These two both helped prepare our house for Paul's party on Saturday. We hung this banner last and they celebrated. Perfect.
Party time! We watched Despicable Me 2 with a great group of people that included church friends, CC friends, and BSF friends.
It's an ice cream cake from Baskin Robbins. It was his one request and I was SO happy to grant it.
We got Paul this plush Stitch. (We only just recently watched Lilo and Stitch for the first time with the boys.) He rode with us to Denny's this morning for birthday breakfast. They buckled him in on their own. Adorableness.
Grandma and Grandpa gave Paul cool glasses for biking. Paul leaves on his overnight bike trip with Grandpa tomorrow! These have a mirror that clips onto them, allowing Paul to have a rear view mirror of sorts while he rides. So. Cool.
This picture really says it all. He's ten, people. And he's fun and awesome. Clearly.
