CalBoy turned three on Sunday the 16th. My sister-in-law, Carrie, and my mother-in-law were all planning on coming to town for the big day. We had lots of fun things planned for the weekend, including a party!
Since there was sure to be lots of chaos and lots of present opening, we kicked off Cal's birthday with a little family celebration at my mom and dad's house on Thursday evening. We walked in and Cal was SO SO SO excited! He stood in excitement for a minute and then started tearing open the goods.
After opening the presents, we cooked out for dinner. It was such a nice night, so we played on the back deck. Both boys were so happy and having a great time.
After dinner, we had a cake and Cal got to do his favorite thing: blow out the candles!!!
We headed home and Cal was grinning ear to ear. He was a happy boy!
Friday, Andy had school and after naps, I took the boys to a high school field hockey game to watch our babysitter play. It was hilarious to watch the boys wave frantically at Kate while she was running around. After the game, in which they lost in a hard-fought nail biter ending, Kate came over to the fence which was below where we along with all the parents were sitting. Cal SCREAMED: "Hey Kate! Next time you gonna have to run fasssster!" Everyone, and I mean everyone, turned to look at Cal. The entire team, the entire other team, both sets of coaches, all of the parents....everyone. It was funny, but I was so embarrassed! My pediatrician (Kate's mom) came over and was laughing so hard she couldn't catch her breath. Good stuff. Glad my kid can set people straight!
Saturday morning, we were up and at 'um early for Cal's first soccer game!!! Woohoo! Cal had a great time playing-- not sure he is totally grasping the idea yet, but he has a ball running from one end to the other. We did learn that he does NOT like to ride the bench and does not take well to "go take a break and grab some water." He would yell back "I no want water and I do NOT want a break!" Eddie and I were trying hard not to laugh, but come on.... that's pretty funny.
Our little Heffalump:
TCU was kicking off at 12:30, so we had to don our apparel (minus Eddie):
It just so happened we were playing Brad's team-- how fun is that for the first game??!!
Getting ready for the game to begin. Not sure why, but those two little boys on the other team held hands every time we started-- hilarious.
And he's off!
Me and Nugget watching from the sides
And then...he was told to take a break....(they can only play so many kids at once....)
At the end of the game, they slap hands in a line. Cal put out both arms like an airplane...just, you know, in case someone wanted to sneak up on the other side...??
Heffalump cheer:
And here are the Heffalumps!
It was the most gorgeous day ever and we had fun playing soccer, but we had to get home for some TCU football!
I made a few dips and made the boys lunch, then made cupcakes for the party the next day. The boys napped, we watched TCU win (woohoo!) and when they went to bed for the night, I got to work.
My mom used to (and often still does!) decorate the dining room table for us for our birthdays. I wanted to do something like that for my kids too. It was such a good memory growing up and I am hoping to create that for the boys too. On our birthdays, my mom makes us feel like the most special person in the world (actually, she does that pretty much daily, but still...). You catch my drift.
I started decorating when Cal went to bed...
Lightning even left him a birthday card...
The next morning, his actual birthday, Eddie and I both went in to his room. He couldn't believe a T-REX had walked into his room while he was asleep! He was waiting for him next to his bed. (This is a tradition I am hoping to start-- putting a present by their bed/outside their door so when they wake up, they have something right away).
I ran ahead of the boys to get pictures as they came down the stairs. He was beside himself happy at this point...
Cal opened presents immediately and was just happy as could be.
One of my mom's friends saw a picture I posted on facebook with both boys in dino jammies so she told me her sons used to be obsessed with dinosaurs and she told me about this costume she bought for them many years ago. She wanted to pass it along to more boys who would enjoy it. Cal put it on immediately:
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| giving his best ROAR! |
It was raining pretty much the entire day, so we were THRILLED we weren't having the party outside! Eddie's mom arrived around noon and they ran to party city to pick up balloons. I put the boys down for naps early since Cal's party was starting at 4:15. Andy went down great, Cal opted out of a nap... oh well!
I will write about the party in the next post.... gotta spread these puppies out!
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