Party Time

Continuing with Caleb's party for Kyle the birthday boy! Caleb wanted to play a game with Kyle so they chose the game Caleb received for Christmas. I could hear them in the room laughing and having a great time together. When I went back to see what was going on I could see the joy on their faces and they were in their room just enjoying the "party" and being brothers.

This is a great game for any family! Its like a giant "Wheres Waldo Game." They love it!
Remember, this? After the game, Caleb came running in the kitchen to get his ribbon! He said it was the prize for Kyle winning the game! Kyle later said, I wondered why he was letting me win! Kyle had to ware it all day and did so with honor!

Up next...the birthday menu.....

Making Plans

Caleb had plans in his mind that he wanted to do for Kyles party and nothing was going to stand in his way of making this the best birthday party ever! The first plan he had was to get poster board and make a "huge" birthday card! Off to Big Lots we went. I thought there were not many people in Big Lots to make him sick so off we went.
He had so much fun making this card. He knew just what he wanted and worked hard drawing first with pencil then coloring it in.

Of course it had to have a skateboarder and a ramp! I mean what is a birthday with out a skateboard!!!

Since this was the day before his birthday that we went shopping Caleb decided it would be fantastic if they had a pre-birthday party party! He found this Garfield movie for $3 and a package of cookies that "they never had before" for a whole $1.80 so for under $5 they had supplies for a pre-party party!

Because Big Lots does not sell poster board we had to run into Dollar General just to get poster board and ended up finding a few more treasures! Caleb came to me and had all this in his hand and was so excited to find "birthday stuff!" He was almost jumping up and down when he found these items and could not believe he they had a 14 for the cake!!!

This was the best gift he found and could not wait to give it to him! I thought he was just going to give it to him in the morning but nope, he had a special plan for this little $1 treasure!

Before we left on this little shopping trip he asked his brother what his favorite candy was. While at the store he found all Kyles favorites so of course we had to get all three because, "Mom, its Kyle's birthday!" Up next, the party....

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Its A Party!!!

Mark (my honey) and I have talked alot about the training of our children. One area that we have worked on is training them to love one another. When we had a second child we worked hard to create unity between the boys not allow the green eyed monster of jealousy to come between them. From day one Caleb has looked up to Kyle and does just what Kyle says to do. They have their moments of boys being boys but for the most part we are truly blessed with their relationship. They are best buddies. In fact our youngest who is 7 years younger asked if he could start doing more school work so he could go to college with his older brother. We are not looking forward to that day because we know the ache of separation will be great. They love doing special thing for each other and when one is hurting the other is right there to cheer them up. Because the boys are still not feeling well we had to forgo plans for a birthday sleepover and camping trip. Our youngest, age 8, took it upon himself to plan a party for his brother! He had in his mind what he wanted to do to celebrate and he put the plans in motion. First up the cake!


Becaue of coupons we had several cake mixes in the house so Caleb took the different flavors to Kyle and let him pick out which one he wanted. Caleb thought it was so funny that a cake was called carrot! He thought is was even stranger that Kyle would choose "carrot" cake for his birthday cake and not chocolate! Caleb said, "Well, its his birthday but I don't know why he wants this kind, who wants carrots in cake!"
Thanks to the cooking classes this summer he knew how to make a cake and I had to do very little work to help him. I did have to intervean a little when he wanted to leave half the batter in the pan for Kyle to eat! He said, "But Mom, its his birthday and he likes to lick the bowl!" I had to explain, licking the bowl was fun but eatting half the batter would not be so much fun!!!

He was so excited when the cake cooled and he could add the frosting! We baked the cake in the morning and these cute candles, well, they were adjusted ALL day, making sure they were just right for his big brother!

Up next......birthday party plans...

A Favorite Meal

We had a birthday this week and on your birthday in our house you get to choose the menu. We started this about 10 years ago and the boys love it! They change the menu several times until they get it just right! This time our birthday boy Kyle asked if I would make a meal our youngest Caleb loved the day before his birthday so they could both have their favorite meal. That is our Kyle, always thinking of his brother. He is the best big brother and it comes natural to him to be so kind and considerate.
I happily agreed to this because knowing Caleb's favorite meal is spaghetti I was happy to fix an easy meal. Let me stop here and say, I don't create my own sauce. Several years ago my sister discovered if you let Prego Spaghetti Sauce cook 6+ hours on low in the crock pot it makes the best tasting sauce ever! I think its the extra cooking time and all the seasonings blend. It makes for a wonderful pot of spaghetti that taste homemade. If you remove the lid when you get home and let it continue to cook until ready to serve it thickens up and it soooo good!!!

Of course I used the slow cooker liners that I just LOVE! It makes cleaning the crock pot as easy as pulling out the bag, throw it in the trash and damp cloth out the crock pot! How easy it that! When Caleb found our what we were having he said, "All Right!!! I love spaghetti!!!" It made it even better when he found out why we were having it!

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Michaels

September 19, 2009

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