Eden's 10th Birthday Bash

Birthday Girl!

Lola and Eden's friend Jessica

Uncle Usiel and Eden (her hair has jewels in it!)

Me and my Boo

Nana and Edie Pie

Lola skating with her dad

Eden and best friend Catherine

Joey just before a skate

Eden with best buds Mimi, Iris and Molly winning tickets

Iris and Eden (BFF's)

Eden in the ticket booth. Because the girls screamed so loudly they added more seconds to her time! What great friends!

Monster high theme...the skull!

Roman and Adrian with Enrique

So sweet the babies are!

Auntie Alice, babies and Enrique

Eden makes an announcement. "Thank you to you all for coming. You all are awesome!" Her friends thought that was so very sweet of her to say. All you hear is "Awe how sweet!"

Eden's 10th Birthday was January 15. She had a birthday party on her actual birthday with a Monster High pink skull theme at Golden Skate skating rink in San Ramon. She had such an incredibly fun time with her friends. Though she didn't do much skating, rather mostly played arcade games with her friends, she said it was the best party yet. She had about 12 of her closest friends there. Nana, Abuelita, Uncle Usi, Auntie Alice, Joey, Pumpkin and baby Adrian were among the guests.
Eden is changing every day and turning into a little lady. Her interests include clothes shopping (this is very very new!), playing games on her DS 3d, and now her Kindle Fire which is one of the gifts Nana gave her for her big birthday. She also loves her brand new bike. She doesn't play with toys anymore (gone are the barbies. Gone are the teddy bears...)
The day after her party she asked if just the two of us could go shopping. Are you kidding me say no to shopping?! We had such a good time just the two of us. These are rare occasions! It's really hard finding one on one time with either of the girls but when I do get a chance, I so treasure these moments. We shopped til we dropped, well, I have more experience with shopping so I could have gone for at least 4 more hours, but she was quite done and terribly tired after 4 hours of shopping. Justice is one of her favorite clothing stores so we went there, Claire's, Old Navy, etc. In between all that we had smoothies, pretzels, and yogurt. I can't wait to do that again with her! It was really very special and so much fun. Felt like bursting.
Well, it's a joy watching Eden grow up into such a sweet, kind, smart young lady. But it is really hard for me, too. She's growing up and becoming independent. That's hard. I just keep thinking that in no time, she'll be looking into colleges to attend. These 10 years have gone by in a flash. How about the next 8 to 10 years? I'm so proud of her and who she is and has become. She's got really wonderful friends, she's going incredibly well at school. Her teacher said that because her reading level is at an advanced level, she is working with her and a very small group of kids on a more advanced level of reading. They critique books and work on writing advanced pieces. Also, her math is at a 98% average. I'm so so proud!
I think it's so hard watching her grow older each year because she is such a joy to be around! Each year brings us closer to her growing up and becoming independent of us. I'll stop now before I start with the tears.
Happy Birthday Eden!!!!