10- The Final Celebration

We had so much fun celebrating Caleb turning the big 10! For the actual day he wanted to do 3 things:
1. Take treats to his class
2. Go shopping for his gifts from Mom and Dad
3. Go to dinner at Applebees
Seemed like a pretty reasonable list to me so that's exactly what we did. He chose to take candy bars to everyone in his class and after picking him up from school we headed to Toys R Us for his first gift request: A new bike. This was also one of his "needs" as his current one was getting far to small and hard for him to ride, so as an added bonus Mom also let him pick out a new helmet. Time to shed that little boy Hot Wheels one he's been sporting, I mean he is 10 now!  Here's a pic with him and his new bike after we got home and Dad put it together for him. 

Then it was off for gift request #2. A trip to the new Lego store at the mall. He loved it and chose to fill a cup with random pieces he might need, a Lego Star Wars magnet and a new Lego Star Wars advent calendar to last him all the way up until Christmas.  And as an added bonus, when the Lego workers heard it was his Birthday, they all each wished him a happy birthday and one of them went in the back and let him choose a free character from his grab bag. He got Marty McFly from Back to the Future and was one happy kid. Here's some pics of him and his helpers filling his cup.

Then it was time for dinner. He chose the nearby Applebee's because he loves it when they sing to people on their birthday. So we made sure to let the waitress know and at the end of our yummy meal, they brought him out a strawberry sundae and the whole crew did their birthday song. He was so excited and a little embarrassed at the same time. It was too funny.
Then it was back home to put together the bike and do our nightly routines. What a great day and on the way home I got a big hug and a  "Thanks Mom, this has been the best Birthday ever!"  Made it all worth it.