Traumatic Day

What a traumatic day. I went into the bathroom to wash Caleb's hands after his dinner and went to shut off the hot water and the whole stupid handle popped off and water was shooting out just like a fire hydrant. I quickly threw everything out from under the sink so that I could turn the water off and of course it wouldn't budge. I through a towel over the shooting water and directed it mostly into the sink but it still was going everywhere. I ran to the neighbors and he wasn't home to help me so I ran back home and the thought came to me to turn the valve off on the water tank. I did that and the water shut off. By that point the whole bathroom was soaked in water. I called Reuben's dad and he came by and it took pliers and bending the valve to shut it completely off. Man, what a day. At least I'm pretty sure that there won't be any permanent damage.

The Birthday Boy!

Caleb is growing up so fast, he turned 3 this year! He is a very smart kid and we are very proud of him. He can count to 20, he knows a lot of colors and his shapes and he recognizes all the letters in the alphabet. One puzzle that he got for his birthday is Noah's Ark and it has an animal for every letter in the alphabet and he knows which letter goes next. Anyway, it is hard to believe that it has been three years since he was born. We love him very much!

Cars Cake

For Caleb's birthday we decided to go with Cars as his theme. I was going to do a Lightning McQueen cake but then decided to do a race track instead. We tried to recreate the last race so I got lightning McQueen, Chick Hicks and the King and had them racing around the track. Reuben had the awesome idea of putting coconut in the frosting to make grass which was really neat. Anyway, Reuben ended up doing the cake and he did a very good job.

Presents and more Presents!

Caleb of course got spoiled for his birthday. The top picture is the track that we got him. The track comes apart so that you can set it up as you like and then the cars take one AA battery and you turn them on and let them go. Caleb absolutely loves it. He also got a bat and ball for outside and a Noah's ark puzzle that he really enjoys. Of course he got other presents but these are just a few.

Games

For Caleb's birthday party we played a couple of games. One game was a guessing game to see how many cars they knew from the Cars movie. Another game we did was a guessing game and they had to guess how many tires were in the jar. I got a glass jar and put as many hot wheels cars in it as a I could and then they had to guess. The party was a blast and we had good company.

Hair Cut

I was really excited because I got to get my hair done today! I am absolutely loving it! I've been going to my hair stylist for 4 or 5 years now and she always does an awesome job. Now it won't take me so long to get ready in the morning ;)

This year we got a little bit more back on taxes since Reuben is a full time student. Since he has been working really hard I told him that anything that we were getting back in taxes because of his schooling he could use for something fun. So, since our TV is starting to get yellow spots on the screen he decided to get a new TV and therefore a new stand. We got a Vizio 47in LDC TV and I got to pick out the stand. Anyway, we are really excited to try it out tonight!