Caleb is 10!!

August 23, 1999 was such a special day for our family. Caleb James entered our lives at 4:30 PM weighing 9 lbs and 21" long. So much for the small baby they told me I was having! Now, he is 10 and only about an inch shorter than me (no short jokes, please!).

For his birthday this year, he asked if we could have a party at the Lego Store at Downtown Disney. Since we haven't really done any big parties for him and it was his 10th, we conceded. I am so glad we did. It was so simple, fun and inexpensive.



We all met at the Lego store in the afternoon and waited for our "tour guide." Once we were all there, Tim the tour guide began showing the children all the different lego creations around the store - telling them the history of it, where and how it was made and how many legos were used to create it, as well as any other interesting tidbits.

Tim shows them the undersea creations, pointing out the details:


I guess the boys would remember the name of this guy, but not me! He is very big, though!


Looking and learning and asking questions:


We learned that now, the creations can withstand Category 4 Hurricane force winds - this guy has changed because he didn't use to be so strong and now his head faces forward instead of sideways!


One of my favorites - the family on vacation:


After the tour, the kids got to go inside and chose one, small lego set each. Talk about a hard decision! Here, Andrew, Caleb and Zach check out one of the options:


"Oh, if only we could get this one!"


After choosing their sets, they were brought outside to a special area where they could work on them together.

Caleb is hard at work:


Max and Madilyn working hard:


Donald and Zach discuss the hard questions of life - which Star Wars set is the best??!!


The whole crew from left to right - Max, Delaney, Zach, Donald, Charlotte, Caleb, Jack, Madilyn, Andrew and Tyler.


Once the sets were built, Tim got the whole areas attention:


And had everyone sing "Happy Birthday" to Caleb:


That pretty much ended the party. We brought a cake from home and went to some picnic tables and let his friends sing and eat cake. This was my first ever attempt at fondant and it had been in the cooler for a while, so it was melting, but the cake is supposed to look like a lego! It tasted good, though!



Caleb had a great day celebrating with some of his friends (missing others) and being at the lego store. He has already asked if we can do it again next year!