Make Way for the King

He was king for a day as he celebrated his 11th birthday yesterday, but it was last Friday when Caleb first donned his crown.

The kids spent a whole week at Grandma's house and Caleb participated in a drama camp. He got the lead role of the king in a play called "Who Stole the Tarts", which was performed at the end of the week.

Caleb did a fabulous job portraying the king who stole the tarts but blamed it on the knave of hearts. He learned a lot of lines in just a couple of days.

He had lots of fun and we loved watching him perform.

The birthday celebration started early with Donuts for breakfast. It took two maple bars to hold that many candles and several matches to get them all lit. While the rest of the house was quietly sleeping, Jon and I sang to our big boy and watched him make his first wish.

Later we met Caleb's favorite friends for some birthday bowling. They've reached the age where simply smiling for a picture is no longer cool. Instead, I got these studly poses out of them.

The girls had fun, too. It's great that a birthday for one means a party for all!

It's only fitting that the birthday king should earn a strike on his big day. Here's his celebratory pose.

After bowling, we enjoyed Caleb's requested BYU birthday cake. Look at all those candles!

He tried to burp the candles out (such a gross eleven-year-old boy thing to do) but it didn't work too well, not to mention he was quickly reprimanded for such behavior. So, he resorted to the traditional blowing method.

Caleb requested BJ's for dinner. He ordered pizza, cream soda and got a birthday pizookie for dessert.

Thankfully he chose to simply blow this candle out.

We ended the day with presents. He was spoiled rotten, as a king should be, with so many fun gifts from friends and family. It was so fun to have my whole family here to help us celebrate Caleb's special day.

A birthday fit for a king.

Happy Birthday, Caleb!