Caleb is 3

I'm going to skip around just a little bit!  :-)  One month ago, Caleb turned THREE!  I cannot believe that my little baby boy is three.  He is growing up so much.  He loves school, his friends, and talks so much.  His favorite is reading (like 6 books in a row!). 

He loves to go to church and can sing lots of songs (some he knows better than Kate does!).  We had his birthday one Friday night because there are SO many friend in his class with birthdays around the same time - his best friend's birthday is two days later. 

Caleb wanted a Curious George party so that's what we did.  He and his friends immediately began playing just like they were at school when they got here.  Then they played outside some. 

We had pizza monkey bread, fruit, cheese puffs, pesto chicken pasta salad to eat. 

Then we had a Curious George birthday cake.  I was super excited with how it turned out.  I know some people don't like doing cakes but this is one of the best parts for me. 

I love seeing what different things I can do.  This one turned out great! 

We got Caleb a Ninja Turtle scooter with a Leonardo helmet.  So far, he's enjoyed the helmet more...but that's just due to lack of opportunity. 

I love this little boy so much.  He has a tender heart that loves people so much.  He wants to do what is right (though he still has the typical three year old moments!) and gives the most pitiful face when you have to fuss. 

He adores both of his sisters (yep, two sisters now!) and goes back and forth between being a mama's boy and daddy's boy.  He gets excited to go to church and already wants to learn about Jesus - we read a Jesus story every night and he told David that the Bible says "In the beginning God made the world."  We pray that he will see his need for salvation through Jesus and grow to love and serve Him.

Christmas 2016

So, because it's almost Christmas again and have lots to update on here - an all encompassing December post! 

The Christmas parade was actually postponed by one week due to rain but that was fine with us - because it meant that we could all go! 

Caleb loved the band the most at the parade and was excited about meeting Santa...until it came time to meet Santa.  Still crying!!!  He says he's going to smile this year...we'll see! 

Christmas Eve, Doc and Allie came and played in the leaves until it was time to make Christmas cookies.

 Caleb and Kate both enjoyed decorating but Caleb was a little more distracted by eating and was able to sneak more cookies than he was supposed to eat.

Oh, well! 

The next morning, we did Santa presents with the basketball

and American girl doll

being the presents that the kids had specifically asked for. However, I think that this animal puzzle David got for caleb was the winner.

After church and David working, we all came back for lunch and family presents.

Then that evening, Philip and Kenna came and we had brunch. 

Then we opened more presents.

I love that my family has been able to come each year for Christmas. 

Hope that this continues now that we have Eleanor and Abigail!  After David finished working, we went to Decatur. 

The kids LOVE playing with Nana and I think she was pleased with her gift!

Then we were able to go to Spring City this year to see GG.  So glad we got to go.  It even snowed some while we were there. 

A great Christmas season!

Halloween

Kate and Caleb had a fun time this year at Halloween.  They both had parties at school. 

For that, Kate went as Jasmine and Caleb was Obi Wan Kenobi (again). 

Our church had a Harvest Carnival, so we didn't go trick or treating but still had fun.  For this, Kate was Merida and Caleb was one of her bear brothers. 

Kate had been talking a lot about her friend from school and she actually found her at the carnival.  We were so excited to meet her and Kate had a GREAT time running around with her. 

Caleb Turns TWO!

I can't believe my baby is two! 

He has been such a joy in our lives and is so fun to watch as he grows and learns.  He has such a kind and friendly spirit and loves his sissie.  He loves to go to school and to church and is already showing signs of loving to read and sing. 

We got to have my parents, Grammy, and some of his friends over to celebrate with a Dinosaur party!

 The kids had a blast playing outside.  Then they came back in for lunch consisting of dinosaur chicken nuggets, dino dung (broccoli bites),

 dino claws (Bugles), dino eggs (M&M's), dino sandwiches and strawberries.

 Then we had cake.  I always enjoy making the kids' cakes.  This year I was really excited about how Caleb's dino cake turned out!

 Even added some dino babies on the side.  Caleb did a great job blowing out his candle

 and then thoroughly enjoyed his cake!

 After cake, he opened presents.

 He did good for a little while and then was pretty much over it. 

He even said "I done" and walked off.  He just wanted to walk around and play with his friends! 

The big sisters had fun playing, too.  We love our Caleb and are so thankful for him!

First Hair Cut

Well, I got SO CLOSE to catching up and then stopped blogging for a month.  On Labor Day weekend, we decided that it was finally time for Caleb to get his hair cut. He was actually REALLY excited about it before we began the process.

 First place we tried didn't have anyone who could do it, and he was sad about it.  So, we tried another place.  As soon as he sat down the screaming started. 

I tried to hold him but just couldn't, so David took over.

 He basically had to hold Caleb down until he realized he wasn't going anywhere

 and just gave in - unhappy about it.

In the end, we had a handsome looking boy.