Caleb turned 16 at 1:10 this morning! We did not wake him up to celebrate, lol. I did make cinnamon rolls with breakfast--but in full disclosure, they were the Pillsbury ones. Then it was off to church, where Caleb was slotted to work the infant nursery!
After a busy afternoon where another friend hung out at our house for several hours, Jonathan competed in the Cyber Patriot competition, and Bob worked children's ministry the evening service at church, we finally were able to have Caleb's birthday dinner. He picked "chicken packets", pierogies, and cabbage. That's his Polish/Slovak blood speaking!
We have this ongoing "tradition" (joke?) where we reuse the same birthday gift bags for each birthday. Hey, why buy new gift bags all the time??
We had already gotten Caleb what he really wanted, a nice knife, so he got a giant box of Frosted Flakes (because he loves that cereal, and I never buy it), some candy (Tootsie Rolls, Skittles, and Swedish Fish are his favorites!), a new wallet (one without velcro, like his old one), and a nice dressier silver watch to wear with his blues.
He and the girls made the cake last night, while I was out celebrating a friend getting her doctorate. We had so much fun that I stayed out way later than I was expecting, so I was glad they could mix everything up themselves!
Caleb decorated the cake this afternoon with the symbol from "Overwatch", a computer game he likes to play. He's getting quite good at decorating his own cakes!
Here is Caleb, helping Micah light all 16 of his candles. Caleb loves his younger siblings, especially Verity! Good thing for her he still has 2 1/2 more years until he heads off to college! He has really stepped up to the challenge of being the oldest one at home this year. He is looking forward to getting his driver's license in February, the soonest he can get it. He's already done the computer part, and we're working on finishing up the 45 hours of driving with a parent. Then he will just lack the 14 hours of "behind the wheel" training, and he'll be done!
I will say, it has been hard going from 3 drivers back down to just 2! Once he gets his license, I don't think we will have another time where we will only have 2 drivers again . . . as long as the kids are diligent about getting their licenses as soon as they can! I am really looking forward to having 3 drivers again, even though it will be at the end of basketball season, as opposed to the beginning.
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