Kennedy's 9th Birthday

Kennedy was out of school for her 9th birthday because of Student Led Conferences. We spent part of the day at the school and part of the day scrambling to get her birthday ready. Nathan made a special trip to the store to get cabbage for her favorite salad. I cut it open to discover some sort of slug/worm thing had contaminated all of the innards leaving a slimy residue all over. Then Nathan went to BBQ the chicken and the propane was out. Add to that all the crazy we normally have and we were scrambling to get things under control.

Kennedy's closest friend and her little sister live just a few minutes up the mountain so they came down for a couple of hours to help celebrate.
Kennedy has been voicing how she wished she had bad eye sight so that she could wear glasses. She was ecstatic to discover the "fashion" glasses and panda scarf I set out for her to find when she woke up. Pandas are her favorite animal so the party was loosely Panda themed.

Scarlett giving her best "holy cow that flash is bright" face...

Kohen was in rare form since he was showing off a little for our guests. When he saw Kennedy's hat he sprinted from the kitchen and reappeared wearing his very favorite Robot Hat, doing his best Mr. Robot dance moves. If that doesn't impress a girl, what will?

We finished off the night watching Kung Fu Panda II after cake and ice cream. Like all Birthday Days, it was long but fun.
I am so grateful for a day each year where we get to focus on just one child and how grateful we are for them. As the oldest Kennedy walks that difficult and thin line between helping mom and trying to be the mom. Most of the time she is the best helper a mom could hope for. I couldn't ask for a better girl to be the example for her brothers and sisters. Love this happy, sweet girl. My one running complaint is that she is growing up entirely too fast.