We celebrated our sweet, compassionate, fun-loving, competitive, athletic, intelligent, math-loving, soccer playing, big thinking, joke telling, baseball playing, guitar playing, basketball shooting, TEN year old Carter this month! Carter’s turned 10 on April 13th. He was thrilled that it wasn’t a school day for him on his actual birthday. We had lots of his favorite things for him to eat on his birthday, and he got to open his gifts from us. To celebrate his birthday we will be having a party later this month (we are actually doing a joint party for him and Dawson), so on his actual birthday we celebrated just Carter! We also celebrated by taking him to the Trash Panda’s game! So fun.
At age 10 Carter is sweet and compassionate. I’m proud to say that he frequently thinks of how his actions or words make others feel, and he cares for others. Carter loves anything fun or funny. He has always loved telling jokes, and he loves to laugh and enjoy every minute of anything fun! Carter loves sports and wants to understand the rules and how all kinds of sports work-even ones he doesn’t play. This year he played Fall soccer (his favorite sport), then made the All Stars team (so he got to represent Athens in a big tournament down in Dothan), then he played basketball in winter, and this spring he has started a new sport. Last year when Clayton played baseball Carter expressed interest in wanting to try it. So this spring he is playing baseball. He’s been great about practicing and now that games are starting, I think he’s really enjoying it! He is also competitive so not only does he like to win, he likes to work hard to win and do everything possible to make it happen. Love to see his focus. Carter’s coach this Spring knew that this was Carter’s first season playing baseball, but after a couple of practices he gave a big compliment and said, “Carter listens and really wants to be the best. I only have to tell him how to change something one time and then he does it and gets even better.” I feel like this is so Carter-he wants to learn how to do something, then perfect it or at least continue attempting to perfect it. We love watching him play sports.
Another new thing Carter tried this year was learning to play the guitar. He started lessons back in October and he is still loving learning to play! He is really good, and I like listening to him practice. Carter is great about practicing, and he quickly realized that the more he practices the more songs he can learn. So he’s really enjoying adding songs to his notebook that he can play!
Carter continues to excel in school. Math is the way his brain works. It comes easily to him and he actually enjoys working through problems. He also really likes science. ELA is probably his least favorite he says when asked because he doesn’t like having to write a lot. He works hard on his schoolwork and does very well. I love to see his focus and how he really enjoys learning new things. I tell Carter his mind is like a steel trap….he remembers everything!
At age TEN Carter loves his siblings. I love how sweet, kind, patient, and fun he is with each of them. I love the relationships they all have and we enjoy watching the kids all interact.
I want to remember all the things Carter enjoys at this age, so in no particular order—soccer, baseball, basketball, running, golf, Pokémon, jumping on the trampoline, swimming, playing with Duke, playing with friends at the soccer fields, playing with his friend that lives down the street, riding bikes, riding his electric scooter, math, science, and LEGO.
We love who this sweet boy is, and we enjoy watching him grow, play, learn, and entertain us every day!
Here are a few pictures from Carter’s 10th year!
