Caleb's Birthday

Caleb had a fun filled 5th birthday!  Last year we didn't really do a big birthday celebration because we were in Disney World.  So this year he finally got his big birthday.

For his birthday lunch he chose Olive Garden.  That was a given.  Mommy was excited, Daddy wasn't. ;-)

After that we did some shopping then headed to Starbucks.  He got an "apple slider" (cider) which was actually just hot apple juice.  He loved it!  (This is what his hair looks like after he works all the gel out of it.)

He had been asking all year to have a birthday party at Chuck E Cheese.  I still cringe thinking about Ethan's birthday party there and how crazy it was.  So I chose to do Caleb's on a Monday morning.  It was fabulous!  We were the only people there.  I invited all of the kids from his preschool and was suprised when most of them showed up!

This is his best pal from school, Noah.

We let Ethan skip school so he could go to the party.

Dancing with Chuck E.

After the dance he threw tickets all over the floor.  Gross.  Lots of hand sanitizer that day.

He was so excited about the ticket blaster...until he got in it.  I think it freaked him out.  It was loud and super windy!  He didn't grab one ticket.  He just stood there staring at me.

Where's Caleb?

I was also suprised that most of the kids who came were girls.  I guess he's popular with the ladies.  ;-)

Father and son gamers.

They were so cute dancing around waiting for Chuck E to come back out.

I made him a Super Mario Bros cake per his request.



Getting crowned by Chuck E.

What?  Can't you tell he was excited?  He doesn't really like the spot light.

Getting his birthday medal.

...and a good time was had by all.