Carter loves his family

Carter loves his family. I have never doubted this. He is always wanting to do things, "with the whole family" whether it be playing a board game, going out to eat, watching a movie or hanging out at home. And he loves to get together with extended family. But I still wanted to document a few things he said lately, because as he grows older, they mean more to me.

The last day of Christmas break (Allen was already back to work), I was going to take the kids to the movies. That morning I offered for them to each invite a friend. But Carter said, "oh, I don't want to. I want this to be just our family". Now, I know Carter loves to do things with his family, but he is also the most social one of the three so this surprised me and touched me. Then yesterday he said that he had just read several chapters of #5 Harry Potter and had one chapter left, but he was saving it for "us", meaning he and I. The last several H.P. books I have ended up reading the last chapter to him, one because he likes me to and two because I like to do it. I like to relive the end of the book and then talk to him about it and the lessons we can learn from it. I was happy that he remembered this (it's been awhile since the last book-summer) and wanted to do it again. And then he said, " and then we can have our date and watch the movie together". As I said before, as Carter ages and gets ever so close to his teenage years, I can't get enough of him and his love. I hope with all my heart that this desire to be with his family, this love he has for us doesn't fade away.