Freckles

One of the things people notice and love about Carter are his freckles. They are sprinkled across his perfectly sloped and pointed nose and cheeks. In a "love letter" (requested by the Primary for a special Sharing Time) Marc and I wrote to him recently we mentioned that his freckles make him special. Since then, he's talked about them a little and this evening while drawing pictures of our family, he dotted his face with freckles. I just love that! I can't remember when Carter started getting freckles but he certainly wasn't born with them so I just searched through a few photos to figure out exactly when they started to appear. Sometime around his second birthday. And just a few days ago, I noticed the beginnings of freckles on Anderson's creamy, smooth skin. There's no other way to explain his skin--except for his ugly baby acne phase which lasted about 2 or 3 months, he's always had a milky soft face. But, apparently my children's faces don't survive two summers without becoming freckled by the sun! Which is okay with me--I love them either way.