Celebrating 11 Years!

 May 20, 2014

Kaden started off his birthday morning playing the new pocket edition Minecraft and then taking a tour of the new middle school, he'll be attending next year.  

 The school has 2 gyms:  The "Wood Gym" appropriately named because of the wood floor...

 ...and the "Rubber Gym" because of the rubber floor.

The Gym Locker Room:

 One thing that Kaden is not looking forward to is dressing down for P.E.  He'll have to wear a uniform shirt and shorts.  He'll go to P.E. every other day.  And he'll have a combination lock code that's special to his P.E. Locker.

 The Sixth Grade Hallway.  Most of his classes will be held down this hall.

 The Library.

 His facial expression pretty much sums up his excitement for middle school.  Besides the dressing down in P.E., he has expressed concern about an increased homework load and he's worried about managing work from multiple teachers.

 The Commons.

 Learning how to use a combination lock.  

Kaden will have to remember his main locker combo, as well as the gym lock.  

Just outside the school we saw a deer. 

Kaden was excited to take a picture of it.

 After school, he opened his package from Mama and Dane!

 Thanks Mama and Dane for the clothes, shoes, game and gum!

(He ate an entire pack of gum in one evening.)

Thanks Grandma and Grandpa Snover for the money and cow bank!

For his birthday dinner Kaden requested french toast and brownies as his birthday dessert!

Kaden with his brothers and his friend Nate.

After dinner, Kaden wanted to go to the school talent show.

 Thanks to Gammey and Papa for his new scout shirt and handbook.  He's excited to join the 11 year old scouts!

 Thanks to Uncle Rolley for his new shirt!

Kaden says, "It is so me!  Except for the dog and the sister, but other than that!"

---FYI: He's so in love with it, that he actually dug it out of the dirty clothes with a big dirt splotch on front, to wear it a second day in a row.

Thanks G.G. and Papa Western for the nice card!
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Keeping with tradition:  On his birthday Kaden officially measured in at 4' 10.5" inches tall and weighed 72 pounds.
He's grown 2 and a half inches this past year.
And he wears a size 6 boys shoe!  His feet are as big as mine!