Adventures with Caleb & Co.: Caleb's 3rd Birthday!!!

We can hardly believe it, but our baby boy turned 3 years old. #3 came without warning, a car with no brakes, slamming into us at unimaginable speeds. Even as I type this it doesn't seem possible. How can the same little boy who used to army crawl across the floor and slobber on books be 3 years old, a little man, going to school, and learning new things everyday? Caleb is growing into such a handsome and caring young man. He has such a big heart and an amazing spirit. We couldn't be two prouder parents.

As usual we went all out for Caleb's parties, yep, parties plural. Caleb has made so many good friends in school that we couldn't just have a party in Colorado Springs with the family. So, Lolli gracefully offered to throw a party for him in the Springs with his family, so we could have a party for him in Denver with all his friends. His first party was at Itz, a big game place with video games and rides. Of course he spent most of his time driving the race cars, but he did take some time to play a couple driving games with Daddy. The highlight of the night had to be the ticket booth though. Caleb and Daddy got into an extraordinarily small booth (Daddy could not bend over) with blowing tickets and tried to grab as many as possible. Being the super competitive person Daddy is, he really went for it in the booth, stuffing mountains of tickets down his shirt. Needless to say they got A LOT of tickets (the most the party host has ever seen we were later told).

As if a Cadillac wasn't nice enough, Auntie and Lolli decided to get Caleb a pedal plane for his 3rd birthday. I mean what else would you get a 3 year old that already has his own car? A plane, obviously. In keeping with the theme, we decided to have his Denver party at Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum. It was the perfect choice! The museum is in an old airplane hanger in Lowry so the party space was enormous. The kids got to run around and drive planes, while the parents toured the museum. Auntie made the invitations look like airline tickets and we got SO many compliments!* Everyone had a great time and the best part was that we didn't have to clean anything up afterwards!

We were all so excited that Caleb got to see his old friend Matthew! Matthew is getting so big! He is still just the sweetest little boy. Mommy and Daddy also got to catch up with Matthew's mom, Lilly. She is truly a lovely woman. We are so lucky to have met that family.