Birthday Time!

March 1st is a special day in our house. Not only is it the day before Dr. Seuss' birthday, it is both Caleb and Joseph's shared birthday! It has been a lot of fun to have them share the day.

Here is Caleb opening one of his most highly-anticipated gifts...

... a bow and arrow! This has been super fun and only confiscated 6 or 7 times in the past 3 days.

And I haven't been sewing much lately, but I did put in some time to make a scripture case for Caleb since he received his first set of real scriptures this year. I made a similar really cute floral case for Emily when she turned 8, so it was fun to work with Caleb to choose fabrics this year.

That night we did a trifle because trifles are delicious. I also knew that Joseph loves them and Caleb would be getting a cake at his party on Saturday.

This year, since Caleb turned 8, we invited a few friends over and had a little party. Anyone that knows me knows that organizing things like this stresses me out so we kept it small and I relied a lot on Joseph to keep things running smoothly.

Joseph made this perfect cake the night before.

He also made this simple but so awesome pinata.

Caleb blowing out his candles.

And a terrible picture of present time.

It's been so fun to celebrate Caleb and Joseph. Lots of other stuff going on, but for now I am breathing a sigh of relief that the birthday party is over and beginning prep in earnest for the baptism next Saturday.