Life on Planet Caddick

As much as I want to get all mushy about my son. How he turned into a teenager in, what seems like, the blink of an eye. How he's now taller than me (ok, not that hard to do!). I won't. Not this year anyway. We couldn't really go anywhere for his birthday this year. If we'd planned a party it would have been iced out. So, we did the best we could with what we had to celebrate this milestone. We counted down to the big day. We did a treasure hunt for his presents. In the end, this kid who doesn't eat cake or ice cream, asked for homemade pizza for dinner and we had a great day. As an added bonus his birthday this year actually fell on President's Day so I didn't make him do school on his birthday either! OK, I never make him do school on his birthday (I'm a sucker like that).

Oh my goodness - what an exciting weekend we had! In celebration of my little man turning 11, we took a trip to DisneyWorld. We are DisneyWorld freaks - I'm not ashamed to admit it! So, we headed south and commenced to wear ourselves out until we left on Monday morning. What did we do while we were there? We waited in line (a lot!) We rode some rides Got a peek over the wall at the new castle going up in Fantasy Land (which was closed - boo!) We stayed in this cool room We went to the Rainforest Cafe And of course - we celebrated a birthday with some surprises from the whole Disney Gang! Donald left his feathers Special wishes from Mickey & Minnie Minnie made a cake (which wasn't a cake - just chocolate!) Autograph book!  We had a lot of fun - and I took a ton more pictures - but I figure I've bored you enough for now! But I can't leave you without this last parting shot of the birthday boy... Until next time ~ Kris

It's been 11 years since I first held you in my arms  So very tiny my miracle the baby I was never supposed to be able to have I don't know where the time went it's gone so quickly now as you enter that world of 'tween'  that weird place where I now have the power to embarrass you and it matters how my hair looks and if I'm dropping you off in my PJ's (which I always am) and I think "What happened to that little boy the one who just wanted me there?" and I also think "What can I do to embarrass you more ?" but mostly I think "I really love you" and I'm amazed at the person you're becoming almost (but not quite) my little man Happy Birthday Zach!