Caleb Stories: The Tour de France

Chris is a HUGE Tour de France/cycling fan. I've always thought it was funny because we have never owned a bike. But that was remedied a few weeks ago when we all got bikes.

So, Chris kept Caleb home the last few weeks to potty train. Over this time, they watched quite a bit of the Tour de France. So, now when Caleb sees bikes on the road (or even just one biker), he says "Look, it's the Tour de France!" And he even pronounces it correctly!

We were in a running shop this last weekend that had a tv on, and Caleb immediately declares that it was the Tour de France on tv. And he was right!

We figure he's one of very few three year olds that are so tuned into the Tour de France!

Caleb Stories: Huh & Shrugging Shoulders

My next observation is that Caleb now sometimes says "huh" or shrugs his shoulders after we say something to him.

Examples of his usage of "huh":
Mommy, Daddy likes to ride his bike, huh?
After being told something, he also says "huh" to show he was listening.

He also now likes to shrug his shoulders either when answering a question with a verbal response or without.

Example:
Mommy: "Caleb, where have you seen a Vege Tales movie before?
Caleb: shrugs shoulders "I don't know. Church?"

Too funny!

Caleb Stories: Helping Out

My third observation about Caleb was that he is now finally getting ready to really help out around the house. He is always perfectly willing to help any way he can. So, one night as I was getting ready for dinner, I decided that Caleb could set the table. And he did! He did a wonderful job at it and it made me start thinking of new ways he can help out.

Caleb Stories: Imagination

My second observation about Caleb over the course of last week was that he has a very active imagination. He can play very well on his own these days and make up games or fun things to do.

His favorite thing to do was to play with his golf clubs in the trailer. He would hit the ball and then run around to hit it again.

The interesting part about this little game was that his golf ball's name was "Wolfie". And man did Wolfie have a personality!! Wolfie would be funny sometimes and get in trouble the next. A few times, Wolfie hit me while I was either washing dishes or moving around the trailer. Caleb made the situation right, though, by telling Wolfie, "Wolfie, we don't hit Mommy! That's not nice!"

It was so great to see Caleb's mind at work!!

Caleb Stories: Look At Me

Over our vacation last week, there were many things that struck me about Caleb that I needed to blog about.

The first observation is that he is in a stage right now where he loves to say "Look at me!" It doesn't matter what he is doing, he wants us to look at him.

Sometimes, he'll even change it up and say "Mommy, look at me! This is a funny one!" or if he thinks it is extra funny he'll say "Mommy, look at me! This is a REALLY funny one!"