In the Words of Cal

I haven't posted any Calisms in a while so I thought now would be a good time.

First, a great conversation between Cal and I:

Mommy:  I am awesomesauce!
Calvin:  I am applesauce, too!

Now, for other cute things he is saying lately:

When singing the ABC song, he now finishes it with "Now I lay me down to sleep.  I pray the Lord my soul to keep. Amen!"

He is singing a lot lately.  Jingle Bells continues to be a favorite even though it is now February.  He doesn't quite have all the words so instead of "Oh what fun it is to ride", he sings "Wa na na na na to ride."  He is an enthusiastic, if not accurate, singer.  Just like Mommy!

Every once in a while, we will address him by a teasing name by saying something like, "Good luck, Chuck!"  He will respond with, "I am not Chuck.  I am Calvin."

Along those same lines, I was singing to him the other day and replaced the name in the song with Calvin. So, I sang, "Calvin over the ocean, Calvin over the sea, Calvin caught a big fish, can't catch me!"  He made sure to inform me that it was, in fact, Charlie in the song, not Calvin.

I've got more but these are the ones that come to mind right now.

Christmas

Well, as you can see, we have been busy, busy bees since my last post.  We managed to take in Christmas at the zoo again this year.  It was cold and quite packed but the lights were pretty as usual.

Christmas break this year was my favorite timeline.  We worked until just a few days before Christmas (the 21st) then after the holiday we had a nice, long stretch of time to just relax and have fun.  We played in the snow that fell post-Christmas - making snowmen, sledding, throwing snowballs, and making snow ice cream were all on the agenda.

We hit the museum during break, though we were there at the beginning of the month, too.  The big slide was still up so Cal got to ride it again, so he was pretty happy with that.

Of course, we also just did a lot of playing - making things with playdough, putting together all kinds of puzzles, and playing the many new games Cal got for Christmas.

Christmas itself was a lot of fun, of course.  Cal got a ride-on police car.  He seemed a bit intimidated by it at first but he warmed up eventually.  We got it out briefly on Christmas despite the cold.  Recently, we had an unusually warm day and were able to get it out for a longer time period.  Cal is getting the hang of it but we're looking forward to more time with it, warm weather or not.  The present he showed the most excitement about that morning, oddly enough, was a lunch box.  It was a Cars lunch box that I got free when I bought his Umizoomi backpack.  I just threw it in the closet, thinking I could bring it out for Christmas.  Glad it was a big hit.  He also really liked his easel from Grams and Papaw and continues to play with that a lot.  Of course, the new train pieces from Grandma and Grandpa Fox were also well-loved and immediately incorporated in to his train fun.  All in all, it was a wonderful holiday!

December 2012

First Glimpse of the Tree 2012

Playing Trains

Chef Calardee

First, we roll out the dough.  OK, OK, biscuits! 

Spooning on the sauce

He was really pretty careful with this.

And now for some cheese!

He was having such a great time.

Last but not least, the pepperoni to finish.

He did use a couple of the pepperoni as frisbees.  Oh, well.
Nobody's perfect.  And it did look like a lot of fun.

Enjoying the final product.  He picked off the pepperoni.
He doesn't know what he's missing.

In the words of Cal, "Happy Halloween-y!"

The trick or treat experience was a lot of fun with Little Man this year.  He was definitely more into the whole thing and had been looking forward to it for days.  He said "trick or treat" a bunch before we actually left but seemed confused about that at the actual houses.  He did say "thank you" though and on his own started wishing people a "Happy Halloween-y!"  All in all a good (if a bit frigid) experience.  Several people thanked him for delivering their packages.  And one guy said, "I thought they always wore shorts."  Not in this weather, buddy.  Happy Halloween!

He decided he should pose by Pumpkin Man
before we moved him out to the porch.
But, then he kept covering his face. 

Read to head out!

I can do this all by myself.

Watching him try to ring the bells was pretty
funny.  He is a little unclear on how many times
you are supposed to press the button so we had
to issue a coupe of apologies.  Oops!

Had to try out some Skittles when we got
home.  It was pretty frigid out there so I
think he was doing this pose to warm up a bit.