Back in March when it was Liam's birthday, Caleb started telling us that he wanted a "nightmare birthday". We were a little confused at first until I realized that Caleb was talking about one of his favorite books, There's a Nightmare in my Closet by Mercer Meyer. Caleb loves the book and he can basically 'read' it to us. Caleb wanted a 'Nightmare' birthday cake. (The Nightmare is very cute in the book.) I told some of my friends about it and planned on making it for him, but when we found out that we'd be moving, the plans were put on hold.
I am still amazed as I write this...My friends decided that it just would not due for us to put off Caleb's birthday, so they decided to throw him a party! They knew about the nightmare request and decided to make sure he got what he wanted. What a lucky 3-year-old. We read the kids the Nightmare book and then Clara had the kids decorate punch balloons to make their own nightmares. They were really cute. They had lots of fun playing in bubbles and running around the park.
Clara took charge of food for the whole group. A yummy feast. 
Beth took on the whole "Nightmare cake". She had a friend who had planned to teach her how to work with fondant, but at the last minute had to cancel. Any sane person would have just bagged it and done the normal cake thing...but I did say any SANE person and it is Beth we are talking about. She decided she could figure it all out by herself and did a really cute job. Caleb was thrilled. (When he first got to the party, we showed him the cake and he wanted to skip everything else.)
Caleb had hugs for all of his sweet friends. He totally loves this air plane that Jennifer gave him. 
His brothers picked out a present for him too. Hugs, hugs, hugs. 
OK, not one of our more polite moments...Caleb opened a gift of clothes and instead saying thank you--first he stuck out his tongue. I guess we'll forgive the birthday boy. 
I'm so glad we got to celebrate with our close friends. It meant a lot to the birthday boy, but maybe even more to the mom of the sweet 3-year-old. What an amazing group of friends we have. We love you guys.
Grandma was here to help with the move--but she also spoiled the birthday boy. 
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