For his birthday meal he wanted Tiny Spicy Chicken and Homemade Panda Express Chow Mein (I'm working on the latter recipe; it still needs lots of tweaks, so I haven't posted it yet.) He wanted a German Chocolate cake with vanilla ice cream. I also offered to make something to take to his Cross Country team after practice that day--he chose cinnamon rolls. So I was in the kitchen all day! By the time dinner rolled around, I had ran the dishwasher 3 times! But I was a very popular mom (read: it made Caleb extremely happy) for the delivery of hot cinnamon rolls to AFHS on a cold day. So it was all worth it.
Caleb is a great kid! Of course we don't get out of experiencing normal teenage mood swings, but for the most part Caleb is a happy kid. He often concerns himself with the needs of his siblings (especially the girls) above his own. He works hard to keep his grades up even though he is so busy with Cross Country. Just an example of his good nature: He has been in need of new underwear and so I got some and wrapped some up with his birthday gifts. Instead of a selfish, ungrateful, grumpy reaction that he could have given, he said "Yeeessss!" and was genuinely grateful for the gift. He also got money to go toward a XC trip, a white shirt and some running gear. We're so glad to have him part of our family!
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