Happy 1st Birthday Cade! October 13, 2008
Wow how time flies! I can’t believe our Cade is a year old (on the 19th)! We celebrated his birthday yesterday with the traditional 1st birthday luau with friends. The weather was perfect and we all had a wonderful time. In keeping with the luau theme I made him a cake shaped like a surfboard and Cades personal cake was a sea turtle. They turned out really cute considering it was the first time I’ve done this. All the kids wore their hawaiian outfits and accessorized with fresh orchid leis from Hawaii (thank you auntie Deb and uncle Ray)! Cade was having a great time trying to pull his apart.
We feasted on kalua pork with rice, fumi (chinese cabbage salad), and fresh fruit. There were no leftovers this time everyone really ate well! :) Cade especially loved the fruit -bananas are his favorite. He really enjoyed the company during dinner he clapped and gave us his cute little squenched up grin several times.
After supper Cade opened his gifts with the help of his big brother and sis! They were more excited than he was over this as he is still unaware of what all the ruckus is about! All he knew was everyone was really excited and happy and so he was too! He received great gifts of which he is thankful to all of our friends for thinking of him so dearly.
Then came CAKE! Mari’s favorite part of the whole party! I had to hold her off the WHOLE DAY! And trust me this in not an easy feat. She did get a few pokes here and there but I did succeed for the most part. I now think that Cade will equally love this part the most. He LOVED his cake and would have eaten the whole thing had we of not taken it from him. He was smiling from ear to ear with every bite, showing us his cake between chews. He was by far the cleanest of all the kids eating his cake - no frosting in the hair or ears. Almost disappointing. Mari wears her dessert. It is more fun that way!
The kids all played hard and had a wonderful time. I can’t believe they are all so big now! Our latest count of kids of our group of friends is now 21 (Reed being the oldest at 5 1/2) and 2 more on the way in December and January! It is wild! We are so blessed.
Remeber if you haven’t contributed to the kids’ time capsules please do! We want you to be a part of this wonderful tradition.
See Cades birthday pics here. http://flickr.com/photos/12363472@N00/sets/72157607980594319/
Facts about Cade during his first year:
1. He is very laid back and easy going - ALWAYS happy. 2. Loves to play “smack down” with daddy. 3. First word “Mama” 4. Favorite toys- cars, balls, and music. 5. Loves to climb. 6. Currently has 6 teeth. 7. Loves Bananas, Cheese, Meatloaf and anything sweet - Hates most everything else. 8. Still “cruising” the furniture - not walking; he can stand unsupported as long as he doesn’t realize that is what he is doing! :) 9. Is most happy when we all play on the floor together especially with Reed and Mari. 10. Likes to “dance” with mommy.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CADE!
