Kaise Turns Eight

It is hard to believe that Kaise is already 8! We were a little shocked to find out how much she has grown this year when we measured her on her birthday. She has grown over 4 inches this year and is almost 4' 7" ! I took a picture of her growth chart so you can see how much she's grown. I guess that is why she is the tallest kid in her class, but I'm not sure where she is getting that from. She had a small party with some friends and they had lots of fun doing crafts and playing. I also found out why I am not a professional cake maker. I had some instructions for making this cute purse cake and thought I would give it a shot. The cake in the picture is actually cake #2. Cake #1 ended up getting dumped because it was originally supposed to be made standing up which I tried, but it fell over and broke and was a huge gooey mess which is why cake #2 is not standing up. Oh well. I guess I learned my lesson and our poor kids will go back to getting plain boxed cake mixes with nothing but candles.
We are anxiously looking forward to Thanksgiving with Grandma and Grandpa McLane and cousins in Omaha and having so much family there for Kaise's baptism.