I see their shoes pile in the entryway. They are no longer kid-sized shoes.
His texts come in, "Ten minutes more, Mom? I'll be home before it's dark."
His hair was long for quite awhile because he wanted it that way. He cares more about how he looks with each day that passes.
He's punny, my Kael. And his jokes are good. Nothing makes him happier than a good punch line. So much, in fact, that often if he thinks of a pun about something someone said, he'll come back to me, hours later, telling me, "Mom, I should have said . That would have been hilarious!" The other day he told me, "If I cooked the best soup in the whole world, then you could call me Souperman".
He can dribble a basketball between his legs with ease.
He's gotten really good on his trombone.
He's gotten really good on his trombone.
He spends as much time on his cell phone with grandparents than with his friends.
As he approaches middle school, I see him really growing up. Both emotionally and physically. His spring pictures nearly took my breath away. He looks like a teenager. I'm so thankful God trusted me with Kael. Emotionally, he's really showed some responsibility lately. He's been great with his cell phone- always asking when it's ok to use it and he hasn't lost it or broken it. He's just a good kid with a big heart.
I've seen Kael mature a lot socially lately. He and some buddies play basketball nearly every day after school and a lot of them play club basketball together. The other day some boys came to see if Kael could play and he said, "Well, I'm not going to play if you make me only be a sub." I'm happy to see him standing up for himself and equally happy that the boys assured him they needed him to make a full team and really wanted him to play.
I say it every year, but it's hard to believe my firstborn is yet another year older. Eleven! He looks it, he acts it, and I love eleven year old Kael more than I could have ever imagined.
Happy birthday to our Kael. We are so excited to see what this next year has in store for you and we are so proud of the young man you are becoming!
As he approaches middle school, I see him really growing up. Both emotionally and physically. His spring pictures nearly took my breath away. He looks like a teenager. I'm so thankful God trusted me with Kael. Emotionally, he's really showed some responsibility lately. He's been great with his cell phone- always asking when it's ok to use it and he hasn't lost it or broken it. He's just a good kid with a big heart.
I've seen Kael mature a lot socially lately. He and some buddies play basketball nearly every day after school and a lot of them play club basketball together. The other day some boys came to see if Kael could play and he said, "Well, I'm not going to play if you make me only be a sub." I'm happy to see him standing up for himself and equally happy that the boys assured him they needed him to make a full team and really wanted him to play.
I say it every year, but it's hard to believe my firstborn is yet another year older. Eleven! He looks it, he acts it, and I love eleven year old Kael more than I could have ever imagined.
Happy birthday to our Kael. We are so excited to see what this next year has in store for you and we are so proud of the young man you are becoming!
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