One Decade of Caleb

By Caleb's calculations of time zones and things he wasn't turning 10 until the early hours of Tuesday, but we agreed that he could change ages when he woke up this morning! In the usual tradition we had hidden his presents but there were just two to start with - a DVD from Aaron and the closest we could get to an x-box. Aaron said that was the worst present anyone had ever bought for anyone, but Caleb appreciated the humour in it. For his main pressie we told him to look inside his violin case (he's been hiring one from the school of music)...he realized when he was unzipping the case that it didn't look like his, and soon twigged that the violin inside was his own! Very pleased with it. The last one was hidden in our room as it needed to be done in the correct order - a shoulder rest for the violin. Watch Aaron's expression as Caleb unwraps it! At 10 am it was party time. We did the easiest thing possible by having it at the pool, and they were running a super holiday combo special with unlimited access to the hydra slide as well as pool time for two hours. Bonus! All we had to do was show up with food - the boys did the rest and loved it. Matt came and kept Nick company and Rachel stayed a while too. I'd say a good time was had by all but I'm not sure about the vomiters - the slide was grandly pumping out chlorine fumes and most of the boys found themselves at least coughing if not worse. On the whole though it was a most excellent morning. Jayden went home with Nick and the boys; I went to work thus safely escaping the additional nerf-gun testosterone :) The Camerons joined us to watch Caleb's new DVD, the third in the Narnia series; we arranged ourselves comfortably in the lounge although had to sacrifice an interval for popcorn as Matt had to get to an 8 pm meeting. After they left Caleb and Aaron settled themselves in the tent in the garage and thus ended Caleb's 10th birthday. He now enters what people have described as the golden age - old enough to be independent but with no adolescent issues! Happy Golden Age Caleb, we love you heaps and enjoy you so much!