Kadence's 5th Birthday Party

We celebrated Kadence's 5th Birthday Party on Saturday, September 6th at Pump It Up. We had a blast! Pump it Up is a huge wharehouse full of inflateable slides and bouncers. I think the parents had as much fun as the kids did. After almost an hour and a half of jumping we celebrated with pizza and birthday cake! All in all it was a great time and I think Kadee really enjoyed spending the day with her friends! Thanks to all that came and to those who couldn't we missed you!

The Big Day

Just wanted to share some tidbits of Kadee's Big Day...aka the first day of school. On Friday, August 22 we got to go meet her teacher and visit her classroom. Her teacher is Mrs. Thorton and knew the second we walked into the classroom that she was a perfect fit for Kadence. Her class was decorated to the hilt in cowboy decor. There were cowboys and cowgirls, horses and haystacks, I was almost ready to re-enroll in Kindegarten (oh if only life could be that simple again). Mrs. Thorton was great and it really meant a lot to see all of her old students, some now in middle school coming by to visit with her.

Well the weekend went by very quickly, we did some school clothes shopping and got all of her supplies labeled and ready to go. As I figured I would, I stood in her doorway staring at her the night before. I just couldn't believe that she was really starting school the very next day!

Naturally, mommy took the day off of work so I could send her on her way and I knew I wouldn't be able to go to work after because I would be a blubbering mess! Charlie came home at lunch so we could both take her to school for the first time. I remember walking behind them in the parking lot thinking, wow this is really it! Things went well as I knew they would, my daughter is a rock and keeps her chin up no matter how nervous she might be on the inside. We all anxiously waited in the kindegarden play ground for Mrs. Thorton to fling open the door. All of the kids lined up and off they went, one by one. Some cried, some ran to their parents and Kadee Bug just turned quietly to us, waved a little wave and went inside. And that was it, her school days had begun!

That afternoon I was literally counting the minutes till I needed to leave the house. My mom and Cole went with me to pick her up. We were there prompltly at 1:50, needless to say school didn't get out until 2:11. When the bell rang Mrs. Thorton opened the door and one by one she dismissed the children to their parents...naturally Kadence was one of the last ones out. She came out with a huge smile and ran to me and gave me a huge hug, at that point I was okay, I knew from here on out she would be just fine as she began to experience all that school has to offer.