Happy 7th Birthday to Caleb!

Happy 7th Birthday to our Baby Caleb.

He hates when we call him that.

"Im NOT a baby mommy! I am 7, a big boy,

I use the potty, can ride my bike and

read, so stop calling me baby!"

Caleb, son, you will always be our Baby

because we are not having anymore!

Anyway, Caleb had a fun weekend prior to his

birthday. He and Vincent played in

the sprinklers out front after Mikey put in new sod.

On Sunday he went to a birthday party 

for one of the boys in his cub scout troop.

It was held at the L'il 500.

After Daytona both boys were so

excited to drive their own Go-Karts.

Zachary in the 'Kasey Kahne' car.

Zachary wasn't invited, but when we dropped Caleb

off, Sam's parents said Zachary could also race 

because they had a ton of tickets.

We only let Zachary use one of their tickets since

I didn't want him to 'crash' the party.

But we paid for Zachary to drive the bigger cars.

You have to be 8+ to drive these cars.

This is where Caleb wants his party next year.

The cars Caleb was in didn't drive too fast

but Zacharys did and he even spun around on

turns twice.

Go Caleb!

Caleb in the 'Kasey Kahne' car.

The 'Kasey Kahne' car #9 was the fastest.

There is also a bigger track for 10+. 

Those cars go much faster.

Zachary wants to come here for his 10th.

While Caleb had fun racing the cars with his friends

Mike and I took Zachary out to lunch.

When we got back Sam's parents invited him to 

have a cupcake.

Think Caleb enjoyed his?

Monday was a typical day of 8 boys

at our home playing.

Every day after school the same 6 boys
(sometimes 7, 8, 9) 

come over and play on the trampoline, ride bikes 

in our cul-de-sac, play the Wii, or computer games.
The age range is 5-10.

We always have a houseful or yard full of boys.

At 6 we send them all home so we can eat dinner,

then its homework time. 

Caleb had to make a robot for school.

Unfortunately, because we didn't look in his backpack
 Friday after school,  we didn't see that it was due on Tues.

So he only had 1 hour Monday night to work on it.

It turned out cute anyway.

CALEBS BIRTHDAY!

We got up very early and went to IHOP

at 7am for free pancakes. 

March 1st is free pancake day, they only 

ask for donation to the Childrens Hospital.
He wore the pin Gramma & Grumpa
gave him all day. It says Cool Kid.

The boys got pancakes. Mike got an omelet

and I got Steak and eggs. 

We took homemade cookie and cream brownies

to school for his classmates to celebrate his birthday.

For dinner I always make the birthday persons

favorite foods.

Calebs favorite food is crab.

We got him 2 clusters of crab legs.

For the rest of us I made shrimp cocktail, 

 shrimp in a garlic lemon caper sauce,

and Salmon/Crab cakes.

Christina, Ben and Zachary ate their salmon cakes

on buns as a burger.  Mike and I had ours on
a salad topped with the shrimp and sauce.

Watch out Caleb its 'The Claw'!

Zachary does not like seafood. Of any kind whatsoever.

This was our conversation at dinner,

"Mommy I am so glad you made me this yummy

hamburger because I HATE seafood."

"So you like the burger then? Should I make it 

again sometime?"
"Yes, its a tad spicy, but really good."

As soon as he swallowed the last bite...

"So, Zachary, I should make these salmon and crab

burgers again sometime?"

"Yes, it was good......Wait........What?????"

Bwwwaahhaaahaaa!!

Christina had to leave for school, so we hurried up 

and opened his presents so she could see what he got.

Caleb loves to read cards.  Where with most kids your 

lucky if they even look at a card besides looking for money

Caleb reads each and every word.

Opening Aunt Suzy, Uncle Barney, Alaina & Makaylas card.

He got lots of goodies from Uncle Kevie,

Aunt Kim and Rivers.

Although at first he couldn't figure out why they'd 

send him Eggo's.

He got phone calls from Gramma and Grumpa,

and Aunt Suzy.

Then he continued opening gifts.

He wanted this for Christmas, but we waited

till his Birthday instead.

A lego kit to build a Jet Plane.

Look at all those cool gifts!

While Mike cleaned up the kitchen

and I made dessert, Caleb and Zachary

played outside with his new flying disks.

Until they landed in the treetop.

Caleb couldn't wait to build his jet,

so he and Mikey got started on it,

while Zachary and I played the new Uno game Caleb got.

I had Uno 3 times, and Zachary still beat me!

It took us 30 minutes to play one game!

I think we have started something here with these

Legos.  Caleb LOVED putting together the jet

and now is talking about getting more lego kits.

Dessert was finished in the middle of the building.

Chocolate Molten Lava Cake.

As soon as he was done eating he started building again.

Zachary helped put some stickers on.

All done! Play time!

Caleb had a great birthday!

Happy 7th birthday to our BIG Boy (not baby) Caleb!!

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Now, for a HUGE shout out to Christina!

She is in college full-time,
works at Universal Studios part-time,

helps a wedding coordinator during weddings,

and she just got another part-time job 

as a Promotions Assistant for our local

 103.1 radio station. She will be working events
 such as concerts, fairs, festivals, etc.
And she will help plan some of them.

(They recently planned the
Orlando Food and Wine Festival.)

She will be driving their Escalade to and from the sites,

setting up, and working the booths.

They give her the schedule a month ahead of time,

so Universal will work around those days.
I hope she enjoys her vacation in AZ because
she is going to be one busy girl!!
Oh, and she got called for Jury Duty next month.
Welcome to Adulthood Christina!