Beckett turned 10 on Tuesday. Mind blown!
I know it's so so so cliché, but I can't believe my baby is 10. Related... how in the world are we old enough to have a 19 year old. Sometimes these things just wash over me (and of course I celebrate them) without really knocking me on my butt. Sometimes I have to sit, truly in wonder, at the reality of this big, crazy life Bob and I have built. It's equal parts incomprehensible and also so so so, just, well real. It's is us. And I love all of it.
Beckett at 10 is a pretty cool dude. He's personable and bright. He can play sports with kids or spout off random facts he's learned from Youtube. His 4th grade teacher told us in a conference recently that he had nothing at all to worry about in his classwork, but should focus on his classroom behavior. He likes to be liked - a LOT. It's really important for him to be surrounded by friends and 90% of the time he is. He wrote on his student-led conference prep sheet that he thought he'd talk less if he didn't sit near his friends. In the conference she asked him who he should be moved away from. He, no joke, rattled off like 8-9 kids... that's almost half the class. So yeah... moving seats isn't going to work. :)
Beck is a big dude. He's actually as big as Spencer was at 10 years old, which is the first time on his growth chart that he's matched the oldest Bovy's chart. Not sure if that means he will end up being as big as Spence in the end, but I don't think it will matter. He's a really strong, solid kid. He knows his way around a football line - both offense and defense - and will wrestle this winter at 110 lbs... I think. He's in the middle of a growth spurt right now, so who knows where he'll be by our first tournament in a month.
At home Beck is still willing to do/help with just about anything we ask him to do. He likes to be useful and (back to wanting to be liked) the feedback he gets when he does stuff feeds an important part of his psyche. It's sometimes weird to me that he's become SO independent and self-sufficient. We moved him to his own room in August and he's done a really great job keeping it pretty clean, putting away his own clothes, and getting himself dressed for school every day. Last school year, those were all things we did for or with him. So much can change in 12 months.
Tonight, after football practice, Bob and his assistant coaches are taking the whole team for pizza to celebrate birthdays. Can you believe that 3 of the coaches all have kids with birthdays THIS week? So much fun! After pizza, Beck is headed home with one of the families for a sleepover, totally taking advantage of their day off school tomorrow.
This weekend we have the last of our regular season football games and then onto the playoffs - and whenever that ends it's right into wrestling season. Quinn starts "real" season practice on Monday. Spencer has his first intra-squad match on Wednesday. The merry-go-round just keeps on going round... and the next thing you know it's been 10 years.
Speaking of big milestones - we get to celebrate my parent's 50th (!!!) wedding anniversary on Sunday! What a great accomplishment and what wonderful role models. I hope in 2047 my boys throw a wild party to celebrate our 50th too! It's crazy to think about that, but also... how the heck did I get a 10 year old?!?!?!? Happy GOLDEN Anniversary Berber and Pappy! We love you!
