Caden is the big 5! It is so hard to believe, I feel like he should still be a baby in my arms. He was very excited to turn 5 and feels like a big boy now. In fact, after we sang Happy Birthday to him, he insisted on cutting the cake himself!
We were extremely blessed this year to have all of my brothers come stay to celebrate with him! Morgan flew in from Virginia and CJ drove up from Samson on Thursday, then Mimi, Chad, Ashley, & Collier were able to come in early on Friday. Ethan and Caden definitely made the most of having Morgan and CJ around and wore them out getting tossed around the pool :-)
Collier preferred to stay a little more active climbing up and down the slide :-)
On Saturday, we had his official birthday party. He requested a pool party and wanted to invite his entire Pre-K class. So, that's what we did. This kiddo was so overstimulated by all of the people and anxious about being the center of attention that this is where he stayed the entire party. Thankfully, Mimi didn't mind getting her snuggles in with him and Morgan and CJ kept him company.
Everyone else, on the other hand, seemed to have a good time!
He did want a cupcake bad enough to come stand next to me while we sang Happy Birthday to him :-) Then he was shy again until the party started dying down.
As soon as most of our visitors left, this is the first thing he did! After that, he couldn't stop grinning and began swimming like a fish :-)
Caden's birthday present to himself was the confidence to remember all that he had learned in swim lessons throughout the winter and spring months to swim without his puddle jumper. This was the first time since we opened the pool for the season that he was ready to swim like a big boy.
What a fantastic long weekend!
Happy birthday big boy!
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