2008 CDC Christmas Program

Caleb's class dressed up as elves this year for their annual Christmas program. They sang a song, and it was very cute! It was a great program!

All the grandparents came out to see the show! Here are Caleb and Grammie before the program.

More Pictures

Last Friday, Caleb wore his Thomas the Train outfit to school. And every time he wears the outfit, he wants me to take pictures!

He wanted to take a picture with me, so of course I obliged!

This kid LOVES flashlights. He plays with them all the time!

Christmas Photo Session

I am so bad about waiting till the last minute to do my Christmas cards every year. So last week, I finally got around to taking pictures of Caleb for our Christmas card. I had him do a "Christmas Photo Session" in our living room with all kinds of Christmasy things. Here are some of the pictures we took!

After taking pictures, Caleb put on a show for me on the fireplace. He held a flashlight and sang and danced for me. It was priceless!

Caleb LOVES his stocking! He knew exactly which one was his this year without me even having to tell him.
I love his smile in this picture. He is getting so big!

Goofy smile! This is the way most of his pictures turn out. He is such a silly kid!

What a sweet face!

Grammie gave Caleb this wreath last year with Little People on it so that we could take one off and put it in the nativity set each year and talk about Jesus' birth. It made a fun picture!

Merry Christmas!

Santa Pictures

Caleb and I have been talking about Santa for awhile now. The first time I talked to him about Santa, I asked him if he was going to cry when he sat in Santa's lap...to which he replied "Yes!" So then I kept talking over the next few weeks about how Santa was nice and that you didn't need to cry. So he kept saying he wasn't going to cry. And he even kept telling me what he was going to tell Santa that he wanted for Christmas.

On the morning that Santa was going to be at Caleb's school, Caleb was soooo excited! He was running around the house like crazy talking about seeing Santa. He did fine when Santa was far away and even said hi to him. BUT when it came time to get close to Santa and sit on his lap, that was a completely different story. He did not want anything to do with Santa. At least he would stay in his lap this year so that we could get a picture.

Enjoy our Santa pictures for this year! They crack me up!

Thanksgiving Pictures

Sadly, these are the only pictures that were taken over Thanksgiving (plus others of this same experience that I didn't include).

Any time we go to my Grandmother's house, Caleb LOVES to roll around and play with her little foot stool thing. And it has become a tradition to sit him on it, raise him in the air and then drop him (in a controlled fashion) as well as playing with it like it is a bull. Pretty fun stuff! And he LOVES it!

Caleb's School Pictures

I just got Caleb's school pictures today! I love getting each year's pictures! Here is "Professor Caleb".

And "Scholarly Caleb"
And "Just plain, ole cute Caleb"

Of course, he is not smiling in any of the pictures, but I knew that would be the case. But they are still really cute pictures of my sweet boy!

The Carroll's First Pumpkin

Last night was pumpkin carving and seed roasting night at the Carroll house. We had lots of fun! Caleb had fun playing like he was eating a littler pumpkin while Chris was carving the big one and kept telling us that we needed to eat the big one. He didn't want to touch the insides of the pumpkin at all, and at one point when some pieces that were on the table got on his hand, he immediately wanted us to wash them off. Maybe next year he'll be more into it.

Caleb LOVES looking at the pumpkin. When he woke up this morning, he wanted to go downstairs to look at it. Then he wanted me to take his picture with it before we left for school. Fun times!

Caleb and Daddy hanging out and eating roasted pumpkin seeds. Caleb went crazy over them!
Ooh! Spooky! I love lit up pumpkins!

Our happy pumpkin! Chris asked Caleb if he wanted to be scary or happy, and Caleb said "happy!" So Chris made it a happy pumpkin.

Trunk or Treat

On Sunday night, our church had it's annual Trunk or Treat. Our family all dressed up as Sesame Street characters. We had a great time!

Here's Poppy (Cookie Monster) giving Caleb (Elmo) candy. One of MANY pieces that night. The kid was on such a sugar high by the end of the night. He may not get anymore candy ever again! :)

The Carroll Family...Super Grover, Elmo and the #7!
The whole gang! Cookie Monster, Big Bird, Super Grover, Elmo & the #7!

A close up of my costume.

Mimi as Big Bird

Me want a cookie!

A cute little Elmo.

Getting ready to get some candy.

We will be making another Trunk or Treat appearance this Wednesday night at my parents' church. We thought since we worked so hard to make costumes, we might as well do it twice! I'm so glad my family is so willing to act stupid with me! I love Halloween and dressing up!

Pumpkin Patch Pictures

Caleb had his Pumpkin Patch Pictures at school yesterday. Then they got to watch Mrs. Tresia carve a pumpkin. I stuck Caleb's hand in the pumpkin to feel inside, but he didn't much like that. It was a fun day!

Pumpkin Patch Pictures

After Sachse Fall Fest, we met up with Grammie to go to Owen's Farm to take Pumpkin Pictures, pet animals, go on a hay ride, etc. It was lots of fun!

Caleb with his first set of pumpkins. This is actually a pretty good smile!

Yippee! I'm in the pumpkins!
He loved to climb on the pumpkins! He just wouldn't be real still for pictures. Oh well!
Enjoying sitting on a pumpkin.
In the pumpkin patch
Caleb & Mommy
Grammie & Caleb
The cutest pumpkin in the row!
What a cute little pumpkin!

Looking at kids playing in the distance.
Cheese!
The Carroll Family
A picture with Grammie
Hanging out in a pumpkin cut-out

Cute picture
Giving Mommy a kiss!
Going for a ride in the train!
Mommy decided to ride along too!
One of their longhorns. We went during the UT/OU game, so there weren't many people there at all!

Daddy feeding goats
Caleb feeding the animals too!

Grammie petting a goat.
Caleb excited about going on a hay ride!

Grammie & Daddy on the hay ride.
The whole gang!
Cute Caleb & Daddy pictures

One last posing session!

This was the cute set up at the front. I love fall decorations!
Walking back to the car. Caleb had a good ride!