Cavin's 10th Birthday!

Cavin Ragnar Hartzheim turned 10 years old on April 12, 2018!! He was pretty somber about his birthday. He was nervous it wouldn't be a good one as what he asked for, he knew was pretty expensive. We had been discussing that just because you don't get exactly what you want, that doesn't mean we don't love you! It's hard for a kid to understand sometimes. I was worried that I had passed some of my lack of love for birthday's on to him. I used to love birthday's when I was a child, so I really hoped that he could still enjoy them while he was young. All in all, I think the day ended up great, and he said he was really happy.

We began our day like any other Hartzheim birthday, with donuts! 

We had donuts and enjoyed some birthday facts about April 12th and then sent everyone off to school. Unfortunately I couldn't go have lunch with him, because they are doing state testing at school and he wasn't allowed to have any visitors at school. After school we hung out at the park until his dad and Grandparents came over.  

He was really anxious about his presents. All he wanted this year was James Harden shoes, and a Nintendo Switch. 

We were able to deliver on both, and he was so excited! Cavin is a quiet child, so if he shows any emotion, I am grateful to see it. I just wanted him to be excited and feel loved on his birthday. When he opened his present, the joy on his face was worth it. He was thrilled. 

We had a delicious bundt cake and we played on the switch and played MadGab and he got to stay up late playing games with Ragnar.

The next day was his birthday party. We were really stressing about the weather all week as it was supposed to have heavy rains. In Texas, heavy rains is not what you want to be out in! Thankfully Heavenly Father was kind to us, and the rain mostly held off besides and occasional sprinkle or two! 

The boys had fun playing flag football as that is all Cavin wanted to do for his party. They played hard and enjoyed the evening.  

Cavin loved us singing to him ;) haha 

He said he had a fun day, and he got this new game from his friend called Dunk Head and he had a blast when we played it together! 

We sure love Cavin. He is a gentle giant as we have always called him. He is very tough, but does not like to wrestle or rough house. He is very sweet with his brother and loves to hang out with him. He is very intelligent with math, and is on the Math Olympiad team at school. He get amazing grades and scored a 100 on his star state test. He just loves to learn. He is SUPER competitive and will sometimes resort to cheating to make sure he can win when he plays games. He loves to be outside right now playing football or basketball or baseball or kickball or whatever he can! He finally learned to ride his bike last month and I am proud of him for being tenacious and figuring it out. He is 106 pounds and 4'10 and 1/2 and he wears a size 8 shoe! The kid will be bigger than me by next year! He is always including others at school and I am grateful for his kindness and for cheering others on. He has done all three sports this year, soccer, basketball, and is now finishing flag football season. He still loves the color green and watching American Ninja Warrior. He is a great kid, and I am so grateful we get to call him our son! Happy 10th Birthday Chief!