{"id":1662,"date":"2014-04-16T22:58:38","date_gmt":"2014-04-17T02:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/?p=1662"},"modified":"2014-06-19T23:19:33","modified_gmt":"2014-06-20T03:19:33","slug":"double-digits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/double-digits\/","title":{"rendered":"Double Digits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>He is TEN.<\/p>\n<p>So grown up.<\/p>\n<p>Chopping down trees.<\/p>\n<p>Cooking food in a Dutch Oven over a fire.<\/p>\n<p>Dusting and Vacuuming almost as well as I do.<\/p>\n<p>Ready to shop in the men&#8217;s section the next time he buys tennis shoes.<\/p>\n<p>Baking chocolate chip cookies.<\/p>\n<p>Reading an occasional book from the grown up section like <em>Gifted Hands<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Building a 6&#215;8 log cabin in the woods behind our house.<\/p>\n<p>Independently fishing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Apr-14_0399.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1667\" alt=\"Apr 14_0399\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Apr-14_0399-1024x819.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Apr-14_0399-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Apr-14_0399-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Apr-14_0397.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1666\" alt=\"Apr 14_0397\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Apr-14_0397-818x1024.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Apr-14_0397-818x1024.jpg 818w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Apr-14_0397-239x300.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Apr-14_0401.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1668\" alt=\"Apr 14_0401\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Apr-14_0401-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Apr-14_0401-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Apr-14_0401-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But still, so little boy.<\/p>\n<p>Forgetting to close the door.<\/p>\n<p>Climbing trees.<\/p>\n<p>Devouring children&#8217;s books one after the other and reading the sames ones repeatedly because he doesn&#8217;t have enough new material.<\/p>\n<p>Tusseling everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>Enthralled with pocketknives, hatchets, or a toy boat in the pool.<\/p>\n<p>Ripping holes in the knees of his pants.<\/p>\n<p>Asking a million questions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Apr-14_0395.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1665\" alt=\"Apr 14_0395\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Apr-14_0395-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Apr-14_0395-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Apr-14_0395-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Apr-14_0395.jpg\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Apr-14_0410.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1669\" alt=\"Apr 14_0410\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Apr-14_0410-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Apr-14_0410-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Apr-14_0410-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Apr-14_0395.jpg\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Apr-14_0422.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1670\" alt=\"Apr 14_0422\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Apr-14_0422-682x1024.jpg\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Apr-14_0422-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Apr-14_0422-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Apr-14_0422.jpg 1867w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He is ten.<\/p>\n<p>Responsible and irresponsible.<\/p>\n<p>Silly and serious.<\/p>\n<p>Grown up and little boy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Apr-14_0156.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1663\" alt=\"Apr 14_0156\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Apr-14_0156-682x1024.jpg\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Apr-14_0156-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Apr-14_0156-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Apr-14_0156.jpg 1867w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Grow all you can, my little man. \u00a0But one thing&#8217;s for sure. \u00a0You will never ever outgrow our love.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He is TEN. 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