Caeleb turned 3 on September 14th. Chris shares that day with Caeleb for his birthday. As he likes to say, Caeleb was his "best birthday gift ever!" This birthday was a simple but awesome day. Camellia, Doug, Liam and Sterling came up for it. We spent the morning at a fun, new park in New Brighton. It was a hot day! Then we came home and I spent the afternoon making homemade pizza while Camellia entertained the kids. They spent some of it blowing bubbles out on the porch. We had pizza and pop and salad for supper and then a cake shaped as an Elephant (Caeleb's favorite animal) for dessert. Caeleb had fun blowing out the candles. Then it was time to Skype Nana and Papa in Korea and open gifts. Caeleb got some play animals (including several elephants), a pair of jeans, some play dough and some moon dough (from Aunty Camellia, Uncle Doug and Sterling and Liam). Chris got some clothes and a special date night that we did on Friday night (the day before). We went for a walk downtown and out to supper at a small Thai restaurant. Then we went to the hill on the North side of Memorial drive and looked at the lights of downtown while sitting on a bench and chatting. It was an enchanting evening.
I can not believe my little boy is 3 years old. He is growing into such a handsome, smart, kind little boy. He always wants to be a friend to everyone. His imagination is growing so fast and he loves to play with his toy animals in the living room while I am doing things in the kitchen. He lines them up, Mommies and Daddies with the babies and he makes sure they are well cared for. He is a wonderful older brother and he makes sure we treat Elva right. It brings him to tears and pleas when I am washing Elva's hair in the bathtub and she is not liking it. He takes small things away from Elva (and myself for that matter if Elva could potentially get ahold of it) and he says, "No, Elva choke on it). He is always watching out for her safety. He is a little trickster too and when I ask him to bring me something, he will go to an object near the one I asked for and pick it up smiling and say "this one." Then he will laugh when I say no and continue to pick other objects up close by and ask "this one" until finally he brings me the right thing. Silly little goo. He loves to crack the eggs when I am baking and stir the dough. He always drags a chair over to the counter and stands on it when he sees me get out the baking supplies. He loves story time. He is getting good at navigating around Chris' phone. These kids today. He loves drawing animals, especially elephants. He loves going to nursery! It is not "church," it is "Nursery," I have a calling in nursery now and I love to watch Caeleb play, sing and participate with the other kids. He loves to do do do. There is so much to do in life. Caeleb's hair is getting quite long and curly and we will not cut it until Mom and Dad come home in October. He looks adorable.
I have been so blessed to have my little boy. He brings me so many smiles and laughs and tons of joy (didn't mean for that to rhyme but oh well).
