It is Declan's seventh birthday! Seven seems like a big deal. Declan is an undercover genius; he's not how I picture smart kids – sitting around and reading and meditating. He runs around like a maniac and then says he wants to be a lion "because [he] likes how their eyesight works and how ferocious they are." He can spend hours organizing and reorganizing his Pokemon cards and knows an insane number of facts about Pokemon. He reads way passed bedtime and we catch him in his closet with the light on and a stack of books well beyond bedtime. But that doesn't stop him from being the first one up in the morning, always in a good mood. He is friendly and fun. I love his squinty eyes and dimples and all of the rest of him too.
