New school and Fall fun!

Sunday we attended the fall carnival at Caleb's new school, Hillwood Play Care. It was such a beautiful day to spend outside enjoying the fall weather. They had the big inflatable slides, train rides, games, face painting and lots more. The kids had so much fun and so did we.

We decided early in the summer that it was time to move Caleb to a place where they would really work with him and get him prepared for kindergarten. My niece Chandler went to Hillwood Play Care and I know how much she loved it and so did Jeff and Courtney. It was such a hard decision to make because Caleb does not handle change very well, or I thought he didn't. We talked about his "new school" for weeks before he started. We would drive by and look at the play ground hoping he would get excited about it. All he really got excited about was the football field across the street and even more excited when I told him that is where Uncle Jeff played football in high school. Anyway, on his first day he walked right into his class like the big boy that he is, gave me a kiss and waved bye. I was the one walking out the door crying like a baby.

Ace is starting next week and we are really happy about that! It was the best decision that we could have made! Caleb has only been there for a couple of months and we can not believe what he comes home telling us that he learned that day. He is so smart! :)

Caleb

Ace

Chandler

The Blue Dragons

Way to go Caleb #5! You did so good today in your soccer game! I am not sure how many you scored...we lost count! I think it was 4 maybe 5 goals!! It has been a tough season with soccer, you want to play so bad but your shyness sometimes gets in the way. You do so good at practice but when you get to the game I think all the people make you nervous.

I am not sure what was different today but you ran out there without a care in the world and you did GREAT!!! We are so proud of you! We keep telling you that it is all about having fun not winning and I think you had lots of fun out there today. ( of course, it did not hurt that you were scoring goals. ) After the game you told me that you were not ready for it to be over and you asked me if you could please play another game "in the morrow" (meaning tomorrow) You are finally starting to enjoy it now that you only have two games left. I was afraid that was going to happen.

And what a perfect day for your fan club to show...Daddy Bill, Nana & Nat, Uncle Jeff & Chandler. You are so loved baby boy! Always know win or lose how proud we all are of you!

Your Fan Club!

Carving Pumpkins

We got our pumpkins a couple of weeks ago and Caleb has asked me every single morning if he can PLEASE "put a face on them."I have tried to explain that we can not carve them too early or they will not be good for Halloween but how do you make an excited 3 year old understand that? I finally gave in this morning and we carved the pumpkins. I figured that Halloween only comes once a year so who cares if they go bad...we will carve another one if we have to.

He had already decided that he wanted one to have a silly face and one a scary face. Ace was not real sure what we were doing. He kept coming into the kitchen and growling at the pumpkin. For some reason he thinks a pumpkin roars like a lion???

Thanks sweet boys for such a fun morning! I love doing fun things with you!

Does anyone know how to keep a pumpkin fresh?????

No Training Wheels!

Well, Caleb had a very exciting Saturday and Mommy missed it! Jamie and Caleb were helping some good friends of ours move this weekend and they had an old bike from when their boys were little. Caleb wanted to ride it but it did not have training wheels. Jamie was holding it for him while he got on and was getting ready to teach him how to ride it and all of the sudden Caleb just took off! Jamie said he was riding it like he has been doing it forever up and down their long driveway. He was so proud of himself and I can't believe that I missed that! I had just been there an hour before.

Caleb was anxious to get home and take the training wheels off of his bike but it is too big. We sold his smaller bike in a garage sale this spring and bought him a bigger one and now I wish we had not done that. His feet can't touch the ground on his bike now so he has to keep the training wheels just a little while longer. He was a little disappointed but he loves his "big" bike so he is okay with waiting. We keep telling him that if he eats all of his veggies then it will make his legs grow longer faster. It is working so far...we will see how much longer it last!

Way to go Caleb!!! We are so proud of you!

BaBa's, Paci's and THE Blankie

Oh Ace... sweet pea how are we ever going to break you from these things? You are so attached to your BaBa's (bottles) your paci and your blankie. Most of the time you are walking around holding all three of them. It just breaks my heart to think about taking them away from you because I know you do not understand but it is time! It is way past time! You are starting a new daycare in a couple of weeks and guess what?? BaBa's and Paci's are not allowed. We have put it off long enough and now we have no choice.

Your brother made it easy for us because he did away with his paci and bottles on his own, but they are your best friends. I am not sure who this is going to be harder on? You, me and Daddy or your teachers??? I love you sweet baby! We will get through this together!

A day at the Zoo

Caleb and I went to the Nashville Zoo yesterday with my best friend Melody and her son Aiden. It was such a beautiful day to be outside and the boys loved just being able to run around. It was lots of fun to see them get so excited over the animals. They could only stay at one place for a very short time because they were too excited to see what was next.

It is hard to say what their favorite animal was because they got so excited over them all. Out of all the animals there I think they both enjoyed the snakes, lizards and frogs the most. Can you believe that? My personal favorite were the monkey's. They are amazing to watch! They also enjoyed the petting zoo. They were able to get up close with the goats and that was really fun for them.

It was a great day and I hope we can visit again soon and take Ace. He would love it!

Sweet Caleb

Caleb,

Listening to your sweet little voice just makes my heart smile. You came in today and asked if you could sing me my favorite song (you are my sunshine). This was a real treat because I always ask you to sing for me and you are usually not in the mood. You even let me record you and that never happens. You always get really shy when I get the video camera out.

I love your voice! The way you put pronounce your words, especially your j's! You tell Daddy and I "good gwob" all the time meaning "good job". Sometimes it is hard to keep a straight face because you think that you are so big and trying really hard to have big boy conversations while using what we call "Caleb-isms". I have been trying to keep track of them all but there are so many!

Here are just a few:

"in the morrow" for tomorrow

"alligator" for elevator

"say mia prayers" for say my prayers

and one of my favorites is "soaking hot" or "soaking hungry". You have heard us say "soaking wet" many times and now you put the word soaking before EVERYTHING! I just pray that you do not do this at school because a lot of times it does not come out that clear and they could easily misunderstand what you are saying for a not so nice word. :)

Thank you for making my day today by singing me my favorite song. I will cherish these videos forever!

I love you sweet boy!