My last year with pre-teen Cade arrived today. Twelve years have passed and today we celebrate it! He woke to some Sister Schubert's cinnamon rolls and we sang a little morning Happy Birthday song.
He chose his annual all day Partypalooza ( I mean, why would you NOT?) and we invited pretty much the same crew that's been coming for years. We had a couple absentees this year....one that has been at his birthday parties every single year of his life. That was a bummer:( His friends were primed and ready for an all day swimathon and I was prepared with sunscreen since I sent home a bunch of lobsters last year.
Cade requested Grandma's chocolate cake and as usual it was divine!
Happy birthdaaaay dear Caaaadee....Happy birthday to you!
The gang.
Swimming, swimming and more swimming....
And the annual birthday jump. I always love this photo:)
We ended the night with some dinner at Drake's where there was a trivia contest going on. The boys participated but didn't win (although they thought they had it in the bag!). The biggest spurt of laughter came when someone else in the restaurant named their trivia team "Saving Ryan's Privates" instead of the popular movie "Saving Private Ryan". Oh boys. If it has to do with anatomy or bodily sounds there is always laughter.
I'm so thankful to have had the privilege of watching Cade grow over these twelve years. I pray for many, many more partypaloozas to come!~
