11

My Samwise turned 11 today.

Sam continues to be my sweet and sour child. Most of the time he is
sweet. He's helpful and kind and loves to please. But boy howdy,
watch out for the sour side. The pouting face is my favorite. He
also likes to engage you in debate with question after question after
question.

He loves playing outside, jumping on the trampoline, riding his bike,
tossing the football, hanging out with his friends (Dallin, Jared, and
Caleb), creating imagination games, and drawing. He LOVES movies and
XBOX (mindcraft) and is put out that we heavily limit the amount of
time he gets to do either.

Sam has a brilliant ear and can play almost anything on the piano
after hearing it a couple of times. He enjoys math and art.

Sam loves to cut corners. He does most jobs 7/8 of the way. I think
he's the most aware that I can't check everything and uses that to his
advantage.

Holland adores Sam. The little girls in the circle follow him around
and he's got quite the fan club at church too. He's still anxious to
wear deoderant but doesn't need it yet. He's just a size smaller than
C&T in clothing and I would suspect will be one of the tallest of the
Bacon Boys.

Sam is happy in almost any situation. Whenever I ask him, "How was
this or that?" It was great mom. He rarely has a bad thing to say.

He actually listens and participates in family scripture reading. He
really intuits spiritual things and shares mature insigths.

I sure love my Sam!