10

DS2 is 10 today. My youngest is in double digits. Sigh.

Had his annual treasure hunt for presents when he woke up this morning. He just loves that. I spread the gifts our around the house with little notes. Today when he was done he even remembered to say “Thank you mommy” before he run upstairs to start playing one of his new PS2 games. He was up early in anticipation of course.

What is 10? Well, 10 is still snuggly and giggly and utterly silly. But it can also get serious such as earlier this week when we received a letter about our dentist selling his practice due to an ongoing battle with cancer. 10 can be sensitive as he was when some other boys teased him about running while I was on a training walk. Odd that given his seemingly healthy self confidence level! 10 is definately full of testosterone as his love for playing football indicates. 10 is still innocent, but with more curiosity. 10 is happy being 10 though – no signs of a rush to be older at all – and that is just the way I like it.

** Apologies to regular readers, but thanks to training walks and football practice I am home much too late to post regularly in August **