Happy 8th Birthday Kayden!

Kayden was excited for his birthday this year.  In fact, the night before his birthday he wrote himself this note:

 

 It reads, "Happy birthday.  Get ready for school.  Kayden's special day is today (tomorrow is crossed out) the 12th.  Yay! Yee How!"  Pretty sure that last part was supposed to say, "Yee Haw!"  After he wrote this note he asked me to bring it to him when I woke him up for school the next morning--as if he was going to forget it was his birthday.

 8!

 

 Bonk on the head!

 Kayden had to wait all day to open his birthday presents.  (McKay had a late basketball practice.)

 

 Dad decided he wanted a turn to bonk Kayden on the head.

 Kayden has become a Jurassic Park fan.  So this birthday he got a Jurassic Lego set and a Lego Jurassic World Xbox game.

 He quickly set to work building his Lego set.

The Saturday following Kayden's birthday he invited his friends over to celebrate with him.  We did all of Kayden's favorite things at his party.

We played Kayden's favorite games like Connect 4 (top) and Mario Kart (below), Twister and we played baseball outside.

 We even ate Jello as a birthday cake at his party.  Kayden loves Jello!

 Opening presents from friends.  It was quite exciting!

Once everyone left, Kayden settled in and starting building some of the Lego sets that he received from his friends.

8 Things We Love About Kayden:

1. He loves to spray whipped cream from the bottle straight into his mouth.  Then as he is eating it, he giggles the whole time.
2. He loves to play sports, even though he sometimes forgets.  He plays soccer, basketball, flag football and baseball.  He NEVER forgets that he loves to play baseball.
3. He likes to give me kisses and hugs.  That never will get old.
4. He still writes me notes and leaves them around the house for me.  He also writes notes to Suki (the dog) and tapes them to the wall by her dog bed.
5. He loves school.  Homework, not so much--but he has learned to do it without complaint (most of the time).
6. He loves to read and I will often find him reading in his bed at night with his lights off using his Harry Potter light-up wand for light.
7. He still loves to play with his friends.  There are many days when his friends spend the day at our house.
8. He still likes to snuggle.  He will climb in bed with me on the weekends or while watching a movie on the couch.

We love you Kayden!  You made our family complete.  Happy eighth birthday!