Kayden is Double Digits!

Kayden celebrated his 10th birthday this year by doing all things Zelda. It is his current favorite video game at the moment.  It was a great birthday week!

Since it is Josh's birthday week as well, they both got to blow the candles out on their birthday cake at Grandma Haacke's house.

The weekend of Kayden's birthday he invited all of his friends over to the house and we had a big Zelda birthday party. 

We started the night off with pizza for dinner.  Not sure how to tie Zelda into pizza, but it was tasty and the boys all enjoyed it!

The boys did some target practice with the sling shot as well as some archery.  They also had a big sword fight and played some elimination basketball.  Thank goodness the weather was nice!

We capped the night off with a rambunctious singing of Happy Birthday where Kayden blew the candles out on Tri-Force Cookies.  The singing got so loud that Kayden plugged his ears!

His friends all spoiled him as they showered him with birthday gifts.  It was fun to see them all so excited about what they gave him!

Finally Kayden's actual birthday came.  We opened his present at home after church.

That is one big present!  He had been wanting a Zelda sword and shield and finally got them!  He was pretty happy!

He wrapped up his birthday week by having his shared birthday dinner with Josh at Grandma White's house.  It was a great birthday week!

10 Things We Love About Kayden

1. He loves to read.  In fact, after we tell him good night and get him into bed he sneaks on his bedside lava lamp and reads long into the night!  He thinks we don't know--but it's hard to miss that orange glow from under his door.
2. He works hard at school and is an excellent student.  His teachers all love him and say the nicest things about him.
3. I love watching him play sports.  His baseball team won the championship this year and he was super excited about that.  He also just wrapped up flag football season last month and is now into basketball season.
4. He has started karate this year and he is doing really well.  We have fun practicing his punches and kicks together.  Thank goodness for his punching bag!
5. He always flashes the "I love you" sign in sign language every time he gets out of the car.
6. He still likes to snuggle.
7. He still loves Legos and putting them together.
8. He loves his friends.
9. He always compliments me on my cooking.  Even if he adds "...but it wasn't my favorite" at the end of his compliment. He still LOVES tacos.
10. He loves his brothers and loves their attention.

Happy birthday Kayden!  We love you so much and are so thankful you are the caboose to our family!