Kaiden's Birthday

So Kaiden's birthday was back in November but, hey, at least I'm getting it posted....right?

 Kaiden turned 11 this year.   AHHHH!!  How did that happen?  Seriously!  He can not be 11 yet.  He isn't old enough.

Either way we had a birthday party for him.

I took him out of school and we went to his favorite place for lunch.  Subway (not my favorite but it's was his day) Luckily my mom had some time that day so she was able to come with us and that just made his whole day. I wish that I would have thought about it and taken a picture.
 Later that day I took balloons and treats (Hersey's kisses & Tootsie rolls) into his class.  Can I just say that I really wish we could bring homemade treats.  I found so many fun ideas.  Oh well.

For his birthday dinner he chose tacos.  Yumm!!  He eats them with just tortilla, cheese and olives.  The rest of us ate them the normal way and they were delicious.

Later it was time to open some presents.  

He got his favorite....Legos.  Before I knew it the entire living room was covered in a million tiny little Lego pieces.  I wish I would have taken a picture of that too because it was really impressive.

 

Being that Kaiden is now 11 he has moved on from Cub Scouts to Boy Scouts.  He also received his arrow of light. Which is a really great achievement.  (the pictures are really blurry because forgot my good camera so we were using my phone with the lights out)

Arrow of Light ceremony

Kaiden with his Cubmaster and Webelo leaders

Crossing over from Cub Scouts to Boy Scouts

With his new Scout leader and another 11 year old scout

 Kaiden's Webelo leader made this cool vinyl display and Kaiden and I put all of his Cub Scout awards on it.  I think it turned out really cool.

Kaiden also recieved the Over Achiever Award.  See that 20 badge and all 20 of those pins.
Most Cub Scouts don't get that.   

We do "Friend" birthday parties on their odd year.  So this year was Kaiden's friend party and he was so exited.  And so were his friends. 

My awesome sister even came along with me to help with the party.  Her and I ended up playing our own game.  

As you can tell, she is quite a bit better than I am at bowling.

Finally, last but not least we had a party at my parents house, where he requested mashed potatoes and fried chicken for dinner.   Kaiden got more Lego's...

A dart board (that became Eric and his nightly competition game).  And a few more cool items.

He had an awesome birthday.  We are so proud of that kid and the really great kid that he is becoming.  He is growing up right before eyes.  And we are loving every minute of it.  I just wish he would slow down just a little bit.  It's going by way to fast.