Julie's Life With Boys

Caleb informed us while admiring his body that he has skills in every part of his body. A few days ago Caleb wanted me to go upstairs with him. I told him I was too tired to make it. He grabbed my hand and said, "k' put Taylor in this hand and hold my hand and let's go." When we got to the top he said, "Now did that hurt your skills?"

Caleb was Tigger for Halloween last year and so I think he believes he will always be Tigger for Halloween. He didn't want to wear the dinosaur costume we borrowed. He did not want to tell his friend Dallin he was going to be Tigger though. He told him he was going to be a Power Ranger. When I said "no you aren't" he said, "then I am going to be a dinosaur." He has to maintain his manly image in front of his friends at the rightful age of three. But he was always going to be Tigger. (I hoped to get pictures of his costume before I blogged, but it just isn't going to happen. We are without a digital camera and have to do the old school film thing.) Conversation on 11-9-07: Caleb: Mom Tigger is real. Julie: Why do you think he is real? Caleb: Because he is in my dreams and in my heart. Julie: In your dreams and in your heart? Caleb: And in my ear, in the back of my ear, playing a game, called "down ups." I think part of that came ...

The new name for tags on clothes is tiggy, as in "Get this TIGGY OFF!"

We have a children's CD for Caleb that has a song about lying. One of the phrases says, "you'll be in trouble up to your ears." So today I lost Caleb at Wal-mart. I looked on my own for a while and after several minutes I realized I needed help. I went to the Customer Service dept. and they announced a "Code Adam" with a description for a lost 3 year old boy. I was forced to wait up at the front and watch the doors to make sure nobody left with Caleb while the Wal-mart crew looked for him. I didn't feel as stupid when a mother, having misheard the PDA announcement, came running up to the front thinking they had found her 3 year old son. We stood there together shaking our heads about 3 year olds, trying to laugh about it, but feeling extremely worried for them. It turns out Caleb was in the book section about 6 feet in front of me, but over a high wall. After the incident Caleb wanted me to buy him some candy and I said "no, you are...

I finally put up all of our pictures today. Caleb came into the living room and said, "hhuuh, mom, this is fantastic."