Caleb is Now Six!

Friday was Caleb's 6th birthday. We are waiting to have his party until the 24th, because his Grandma will be here then (yay!), but we did let him have a sleep-over to celebrate the actual day of his birth.

He invited his buddy JJ to come spend the night, and they had such a blast! First, Eric got them some happy meals, which is always a major treat! Then he took Caleb, Nate and JJ to see the new "How to Train a Dragon" movie. The movie was a hit! All three boys and Eric enjoyed it very much!

When they came home, we let them play a little wii, and they chose boxing, golf and bowling. Then it was time for bed, and they had very good attitudes about it, and were promised that they could play again in the morning. This was exciting for Caleb, since he rarely gets to play two days in a row.

They wanted to share a bed, and Caleb's was too small, so we set up the full-sized air mattress we have in the spare bedroom for them, and put their sleeping bags on it. They went to sleep after a few minutes of talking quietly.

We all got up bright and early in the morning for pancakes and scrambled eggs, and of course, a little bit more wii! After that, Eric took the boys to the playground for about an hour. They got to take turns on what they called the "spinner-thing", and Eric spun them on it until they got "spinning sick". They totally enjoyed it, though. And it was nice that the snow had melted enough that they could go to the playground again!

Then they came back for lunch, and after that, Eric and I had separate plans for the afternoon. The boys went with Eric, except for Sam, so this is the end of my recounting of Caleb's birthday.

It was a fun day, and I am so thankful to have had 6 years with such a sweet kid!

Well...

I have been wanting to start a blog for quite some time now. It seems like a good way to keep our far-away friends and family up-to-date with what's going on in our lives. I think of things I could write about, and pictures I could put on here all the time. Like our trip tp Anchorage, or the process of making the boys their Easter baskets, or the Easter egg hunt we were invited to by some great friends.

But then I sit down to write it, and I just don't like it. So I haven't put anything on here, in spite of the fact that I've had the blog for, like.........well, a long time.

Today is Caleb's sixth birthday. He's not having his party until the 24th, but he is having one of his best buddies spend the night tonight, and Eric took them (and Nate) to the movies. What this means is that I am sitting in the house with Sam, and nothing to do, really.

So I have to decided to blog. And I will not delete this one. You know I'm not lying, because you have seen the proof.

On the off-chance that anyone who doesn't know me would be interested in reading this, I will quickly introduce myself, and my family. My name is Stephanie. My husband is Eric. Caleb is our 6-year-old son, Nate is our 2-year-old-son, and Sam is our 4-month old son.

A few things about us:

* We are a Christian family

* We are an Army family

* We live in Fairbanks, Alaska

* We are in the process of buying our first home (!!!)

* We moved here last summer from the Washington D.C. area, where we spent about 7 years of our lives rotting in traffic jams and trying to find parking spaces.

* Eric and I met in high school, and we got married at age 18. It has been 8 1/2 years, and yes, I am pretty much tired of hearing about how young we were. In fact, I've been tired of it for about 8 1/2 years. I hope that doesn't seem harsh to anyone...

* Our house is full of boys. This means that there is always somebody throwing something, breaking something, pushing someone, yelling about something, making car noises/rocket ship noises/alien battle noises/, making a mess, laughing, dropping food on the floor, peeing in the wrong places, and just causing general chaos. And I hope it stays this way as long as possible. :) With the possible exception of the pee.

* I like to make little smiley faces when I type. :)

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* I also like to emphasize a point with a "lone" punctuation mark. For instance, if I am really shocked by something, I might write, "I cannot believe that just happened!!!

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I know this is not proper grammar. I don't care. It's fun.

* I have now run out of statements to follow asterisks.

And I believe that *this* shall be my first blog entry.........EVER.

(applause)

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