A Decade of Merritt

Merritt is 10.  W-O-W!!  What the heck happened?  Where did the time go?  Can it really be true that my first born child will never be a single digit age again?  How quickly we burst out of a childhood and stand on the threshold of teenage life.  Is he considered a tween now?  Heaven forfend!  Thankfully, he may be 10 but he is still a child, my child, for a while longer yet.  He'll still wear a crown at Burger King...

He still likes dinosaurs (and will wear aforementioned crown to the museum)...

He still does a great cheeser...

He still likes to play in the mud (and keep his kids meal toy on hand for adventures)...

He still likes to ham it up (especially if there are giant megalodon teeth around)...

He still likes to dig in the sand for buried treasure or dinosaur bones...

He still wishes on his birthday candles...

Happy birthday my son!  You mean the world to me.  Stay a child for a bit longer, okay, and always be a child at heart.