Kainen's 9th

I read a post on playdatesonfridays.com this morning. It was titled To My Daughter, at Halfime. I didn't realize this until I read it but Kainen is at his halfway mark! He turned 9 and in nine more he'll be 18! Where has the time gone?! So much has happened in his nine years but has enough happened? I hope that in the next nine I can fit in more time with him, more conversation, more love and more fun. It's easy to let him do things on his own without much assistance from me while I go take care of his younger siblings. The first half is critical but the second, I think, is even more. They're slowly growing into an adult and becoming more independent. I know I'll be his parent for a lifetime and beyond but I also know that he we'll become a man and have a job and build a relationship and have a family of his own where he'll start worrying about these things too. It's scary AND exciting. Time for those one-on-one dates I've been wanting to do with the kids. 

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Kainen's birthday was on January 28th. We had gotten together with the family earlier in the month so we could celebrate my birthday as well as my dad's and Kainen's. I decided to treat him and a few of his cousins to a movie and a sleep over last weekend. They saw Paddington (don't mind my horrible cell phone pictures) Left to right: Cole, Kainen, Bella and Ella

Getting ready for the photobooth. Annabella treated them to the arcade after the movie!