In addition to the birthday party the kids went to earlier in the week, this weekend Franny had two more birthday parties with her friends from school.  We thought that this would be the perfect time for Cole to have another “Grandpa Camp”.  He had a great time, but his favorite thing he did was building this birdhouse with Grandpa.  He was extremely proud of it, which definitely came through when he showed it to us.   His eyes were big and sparkling and he had an excited glow about him that was incredible to see.  I love it when he has these special moments that are just about him.  These are not only the times that he will always remember, but also the times where he has the opportunity to define himself, by doing discovering things he likes to do, without any influence from Franny and the rest of us.  It may look like just a bird house, but it is really so much more.