Happy 11th Birthday Dearest Christian!!!

In honor of Christian, a very small fraction of the things we love about you:

• how you remind us to do things, as if you are the parent!
• that you will set out notes for yourself so that you don't forget anything
• your love of science
• your love of figuring out how anything and everything works
• your curiosity
• your big smile
• you are not a picky eater and will dutifully eat the things put out before you
• your absolute love of school and your love of getting tasks completed
• your love of building things and putting things together
• your ingenuity and clever designs
• how your favorite shows are "MythBusters", "Outrageous Acts of Science"
• your thick head of hair
• how you love to be read to every single night
• how you love sharing a room with Olin
• how your favorite thing is family time together
• that you wake up each morning at 6am, rain or shine, come in to see if anyone is awake, and then go downstairs quietly to either 1) read or 2) pour yourself a bowl of cereal
• how you wear PJ's from when you were 5 years old, without complaint
• that you are extremely compliant about brushing your teeth and I never have to worry if you've done it or done it well
• that you likes things to be done just right
• your attention to detail
• that you can explain things to mama that I don't understand!
• how you can be so kind to Olin
• your love of being cozy
• your love of good ambient lighting

There are SO MANY MORE!

Little brother flapping his hands in excitement as big brother opens up his card for him with his "free hug" coupon, no expiration date

The excitement about the Lego Technic Bugatti!

Birthdays in the time of Covid-19. Many, many online chats today. Here he is doing his first 6 friend group Zoom. 

Friend Gabe did a drive-by with his mom to wish him a happy birthday.

Remote cake and ice cream with cousins! I tried to have Mal & Didi look toward 'my camera' and it was hilarious.

Playing Blokus with Mal & Didi was so funny.