Happy Birthday Caleb!

Caleb turned 4 on Feb. 22nd, 2010. I had a small get together for him at his nana's house that consisted of a Finding Nemo bouncy house and Enchiladas Suizas. Yum. At first it was raining and Caleb was soooo upset. He thought he wouldn't be able to have his bouncy house. So I told him to pray to Jesus and ask for the sun. Well.....maybe an hour or so before his party Caleb says..."Momma! Jesus heard my prayer!" and the sun did shine and shined the entire day leaving no rain whatsoever for Caleb's special day. And the forecast even said it was supposed to rain all weekend. Such a blessing! So the party went on and the bouncy house came.




Caleb had soooo much fun playing with his very best friend Mymy as well as hanging out with the Howard girls (his favorite is Mariah) and jumping around with his uncle and the rest of the boys. Even Eeeh-Heeh (Lisa) and his favorite guy Mike jumped around with him which made it even more fun.





We played games like Spongebob Squarepants (which frustrated everyone and made Caleb cry) and Spongebob Memory, as well as Hungry Hippo and bowling!


The menu consisted of hot dogs and chips for the kids and Enchiladas Suizas, spanish rice, turkey, and potatoe salad for the adults. I even had cheese enchiladas for those not interested in eating meat....I guess my friend Jesse was the only one. Lol.





Caleb's favorite part was opening up the presents in which he tore threw every single one without letting me see what he got!




Then we had a yummy chocolate chip cake and spent the rest of the evening just hanging out playing basketball, talking, and jumping until 6pm.



It was a wonderful day and probably the best party Caleb has had so far. Thank you everyone for coming out and celebrating Caleb's special day!

Short but Sweet

Our good friend Karin came to the US from Sweden to visit for just a week and we got to spend a little bit of time with her. Caleb remembered her from the past when we had her son Kalle living with us for a school year and so it was so nice to see her again and see Caleb with her again. She brought him a present for his birthday which was a lego set with penguins and polar bears that Caleb absolutely loved! We love you and miss you Karin! Hurry back!

Brown Bear!

Caleb was chosen to have his classroom's mascot Brown Bear be a guest in our home for one week. For that week, Caleb was to ensure that Brown Bear was fed on a regular basis, was dressed, and was played with. Caleb did pretty good on taking care of Brown Bear. He was very excited to have him in our home. The first thing we did was make Brown Bear dinner. Caleb picked out what he should eat:



(I know he is wearing a pink dress but that's what he came dressed as...later on we found boy clothes for him. Lol. )

While Brown Bear ate, Caleb wanted to read him a story for entertainment:



After dinner, we went for a walk to check the mail. Caleb made sure Brown Bear stayed close:




Later that week we took Brown Bear grocery shopping with us. Caleb LOVES shopping at Fresh N Easy with me.



Caleb even showed Brown Bear his Ipod Touch and played games with him:



At the end of each day Caleb and Brown Bear would snuggle close and drink their milk while I read them both a bedtime story. Caleb really enjoyed being a big brother and having him hang out for that week. We miss you Brown Bear! :)