Michael turns ten

Michael turned 10 on the 19th of July. Since it was not a "big" birthday (ages 4,8,12,and 16 are celebrated with parties) he choose to eat at the Rain Forest Cafe. It has been decided that it is not really any cheaper to eat here than it is to throw a party, so for future birthday dinners if the recepient decides to eat here we will be going just for dessert. The food has been declared not worth it. However watching Sariah snuggle up to daddy because she is terrified of the animals did somewhat make up for the lack in the taste of the food.
Somehow I feel that I have missed him getting more mature. Maybe I was too focused on Seri maturing and entering teenage doom, or maybe I was paying too much attention to the babies, not sure what it was but one day I turned around and saw a mature little man who was closing in on my height.
Michael has turned in to such a great guy. He has learned to deal well with some of his anger issues and has turned into a fantastic helper. He no longer balks at doing chores or things that I ask him to do. He adores the babies and I love watching him get down on the floor and play with them.
He comes up with the greatest one-liners and responses. The other day Matt was slightly miffed with him about something and Michael very casually walked up and said "Hey Dad, it's me, your greatest accomplishment in life". Now how can you stay angry after that?
He is the comedian, making the best funny faces, the funniest sound effects and the snippy little comments that you just have to pause with your mouth open after hearing as you think "wow, that was really good".
(I think I may have read somewhere about the middle child being the comedian in a birth order book or something).
As he matures he is also becoming incredibly handsome. No, I am not biased, not even a bit. He reminds me so much of his father in his looks and I often think of him as a little Miny-me for Matt.
His trademark long hair is gone. It has been quit long for awhile now and mom went to cut it a little for pictures and accidentally used a very close blade. We then had no choice but to buzz it. No, I did not do it on purpose.
I love this boy so very much and am excited to see the man he is becoming.
Happy Birthday Mike!!!!!