It seemed Caleb was lacking the excitement worthy of entering into the realm of official teenager-dom for a long time. Who am I kidding? I don’t know that it has hit him yet!
Every time we brought up his birthday, he didn’t even know what he wanted to do to celebrate. One thing he did know was what he wanted for his birthday meal – shish kabobs and spinach salad.
Birthday Meal
As Caleb is now the sole-homeschooler in our family, I gave him the day off of school and treated him to a day at the movies. He chose to see the movie “Jack Ryan” and then we did some shopping at the mall before heading home to get the girls off the school bus. That seemed to fill his birthday celebration expectations.
Not one to miss a night of gym training, if he can help it, Caleb chose to go to his private at the gym that night, leaving us with a late night of celebrating. After our 8:30 p.m. dinner, Caleb opened his gifts.
Nephi Statue from Israel
From books to gift cards to clothes, Caleb was thrilled with his gifts . . and was in quite a giggling mood all night.
Caleb’s Gifts
I tried my hand at making an Oreo cheesecake for dessert. It didn’t look very pretty, but it was delicious!
Oreo Cheesecake
We’ll give it a little bit more time, and I’m sure Caleb will be excited about this new era of life he is entering! As for us, we will continue to struggle with watching our kids grow up . . . missing their younger years, but looking forward to many grand adventures ahead. We are grateful for the choices they are making and for the great examples they each are!
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