Kaden is 5!

Sunday, March 20th my Kaden David turned 5 years old! It is unbelievable how big he is getting. I truly can not believe that my precious baby is 5! We had his birthday party on the day of his birthday this year also. I usually do not like to do this b/c I am a little sentimental with birthdays and like to just take it easy and enjoy being with the kiddos on their actual birthday. However, our snake entertainer could only come on the 2oth. :) So we made it work! Kaden is old enough now to remember the birthday traditions we started when he was 2 years old and looks forward to them so much now! We started these when he was 2 b/c when he turned 1 he was too young and I thought it would be so much fun for them and make for special birthday memories. I was right! The two big things we do on their birthdays are blow up an insane ammount of balloons the night before and fill their floor/room with balloons so when they wake up on their birthday it is filled with balloons. This also makes for hours of fun entertainment for both kids the first day or two. :) We also go on a birthday "scavenger hunt". Nick draws about 5 or 6 pictures of items/places in our house and they run around the house looking for clues to lead them to their presents. This is so much fun for everyone and lucky for Kaden and Presleigh their daddy is a great artist or they would never know where to go. :) I plan on doing these things as long as they live at home. I know it may not always be as "exciting" but my hope is that they will secretly like it. Hey, if they want their presents every year they will have to hunt for them! :)

This first picture we made Kaden stop real quick and hold up two of his first clues on his scavenger hunt.

This is after Kaden opened his presents from us. His favorite gift was 2 new pet hermit crabs. This is Kaden holding the green shell, "Hermie", and the other one is blue and named "Squirmie". He also got a paint/decorate stuffed robot from us and a lava lamp. A beautiful day for a birthday and party! This is the kids enjoying Kaden's birthday breakfast in the backyard.

This is Kaden and Presleigh having what they called a "dance, dance party" and they would run around like crazy and they had so much fun!

Me and my 5 year old!

The amazing snake cake my mom made Kaden and some snake cupcakes also.

This is the kids watching as the snake man just arrived. He was a big hit with everyone! Some of the kids watched from afar though and did not sit down in the front. :)

The birthday boy with two ball pythons, one around his neck and the other on his head!

He loved it!

I can not remember the name of this huge snake but if Kaden was sitting with me right now he would. I think it was a boa but not sure.

Sweet Presleigh Joy with the giant lizard. The snake man called this lizard his "baby" during the show and ever since then Presleigh loved it b/c she thought it was a "baby".

Having an older brother who loves snakes means they don't bother you at all! :)

Kaden did not want to stick candles in his snake cake so Nonnie made him a special blue snake cupcake to blow out.

What a fun day we had! The weather was beautiful, quite windy, but beautiful! Kaden loves snakes and has for years so this was a lot fun for him. The snake guy brought 11 snakes and his giant lizard and Kaden told me this morning he wants to have another snake party next year. :)