Cayden Kelly Adams is 11

Cayden had a birthday on February 6. He is now 11 years old!  I can hardly believe it!  He took treats into tutoring that morning for his class and then I made cupcakes for his school class.  He wanted dad's special grilled chicken and rice for his birthday dinner and then mom attempted to make a Lego cake.  It didn't work very well.  She got a silicone mold of a Legos and poured the cake mix into it but after it was cooked it wouldn't come out.  So mom totally improvised and we used a Lego creation that Cayden got from his friend just that morning as a present that he had already put together.  We just covered the small square cake, that sort of worked that was going to be the base of the cake anyway, with frosting and then put colored saran wrap over it so we could place the new Lego creation on top of it.  TahDah!  Cayden loves loves loves balloons so he got 11 balloons that were home for him when he got back from school.  He got a visit from Grandma and Grandpa so they could bring him his new bubble machine, Legos and some summer clothes.  He got Kyle's help opening the presents from mom and dad. Then we quickly had cake and ice cream because Cayden got to go to his first merit badge pow wow that night for Boy Scouts.  Thank you to everyone who sent him cards and money/giftcards.  He bought more Legos-surprise surprise.  He actually had to work for some extra money because he bought a set of Legos and then wanted another one and did not have quite enough money left over to buy the other one.  We got some weed pulling and gutter sweeping out of him-but not on his birthday of course.  Our family rule is no chores on your birthday!  On the weekend, mom and dad took him to St. George for his birthday date.  He wanted to go to Texas Roadhouse for dinner and then we went to Sweet Tooth Fairy for a treat afterwards.

Here are 11 things we love love love about Cayden Kelly.
1.  He wakes up happy and smiling most days.  He actually is happier and more smiley on the days he has tutoring and has to get up at 5:45am.
2.  The kid is a Lego fanatic!  He seriously asked for a display case for his room so that he could put all his Legos in there for safe keeping.
3.  He is always singing and loves to have music playing.
4.  He wants to be a teacher and if we can't find him he is usually upstairs playing school.
5.  He wants a pet bunny really badly but his mom really badly does not want one.  He may have to settle for a fish.
6.  He likes to make Lego movies and videos of himself doing "shows".
7.  The kid loves chocolate milk.  He would get two at lunch time from the cafeteria until I found out about it.  Now he only allowed one chocolate milk a day.
8.  He likes it when dad picks him and his friend Dallin up from tutoring because dad takes them to Maverick sometimes and they get donuts and TruMoo.
9.  He is completely content to hang out at home and actually prefers to do that.  If we are going somewhere he will say, "Can I go?" and then when we say yes he says, "Nah, I think I will stay home."
10.  He is a very tenderhearted and sensitive boy.  He does not like yelling or screaming and he gets really upset when Connor is in a tizzy.
11.  He is a super great big brother to Kyle and wants to babysit him while mom is gone.  Mom has not quite gotten to that point where she will let him watch Kyle by himself but he is good to help out when mom asks him to play with Kyle so she can get something done.
We love you Cayden Kelly Adams!