Happy Birthday, John

This morning, we took the kids to a birthday party for Caleb's buddy, John, who turned three on Sunday. This is the first birthday party that Caleb has been to that was not for him. Caleb helped me pick out and wrap the present, a Cars puzzle set, and then proceeded to ask me repeatedly if he could open John's Happy Birthday present. I kept explaining to him that it was John's present, and we would go to John's house and let him open it. He did understand enough about it being a birthday party that he also kept asking for cake, but I'm still not sure he understood completely. Anyway, John had a John Deere tractor birthday party complete with 2 ride on tractor toys, rides on his daddy's John Deere, pictures on the John Deere, a tractor pinata, a pine straw maze, and a tractor cake. Alexa busied herself with falling down and skinning her knees and stealing people's water bottles. Caleb had a great time but was bit dismayed when he had to leave the fun to go home for a nap. He was excited though by the tractor bandanna, dominoes game, and plate that he got to take home with him.