Caleb's Birthday

Caleb turned 8 yesterday. I can't believe my baby is 8! Yesterday I picked Caleb up from school and took him to lunch at Iceberg. While we were there, Caleb asked me how much lunch cost, I told him it was $6.43 and didn't think anything of it. Later in the day, I found $6 folded up in my purse. Caleb saw my puzzled expression and said that he wanted to pay for lunch. Oh my heart! That was from his birthday money. He is such a sweet boy!! After lunch, I got to go to his class and talk a little about Caleb. We sat at the head of the class in chairs and all of the kids sat on the floor at our feet. The kids in his class were so cute asking him questions about his likes and dislikes. Then the teacher does "appreciations". For example, his teacher said that she appreciates it when Caleb cleans up the floor around his desk before he goes home and how he usually gets his work done first and then helps other children. Almost all of the kids in his class said things that they appreciate about Caleb like how he always includes someone if they are left out, how he helps them with their work, and he is a really great friend. It was so emotionally gratifying, as his mother, to hear from his peers that he is kind and thoughtful. I was so proud! Afterward, he passed out Fat Boy ice cream sandwiches to his classmates which was a huge hit!
Today after school he had his birthday party. He invited 5 of his best friends.

It was so fun to watch them interact. We had marshmallow wars using 8 inch pieces of pex hose and mini marshmallows. We just let them go to town blowing the marshmallows at each other like blow darts. Hilarious!

Then we had a "dino" egg hunt. Caleb wanted a dinosaur themed party, so we had an Easter egg hunt minus all of the girly colored eggs, and called it a dino egg hunt. I even hid a golden egg with a dollar in it. Caleb was the lucky finder of the golden egg. The boys came in all hot and red faced, so we had cake and ice cream and then sent them downstairs to watch Dino Squad. After the movie, we opened presents and the boys jumped on the tramp until their parents came to get them. Check out Caleb in the orange shirt getting some serious air!

Caleb is also officially a Cub Scout. Look at my two adorable scouts!!