You Should Have Seen the Other Guy

"Look Mom. My face is a BLACK HOLE."

"A black hole? What does that mean?" (He wasn't wearing his glasses and his face was a bit flushed, with a big smile, but beyond that, I wasn't observing anything too unusual.)

"A black hole of PUNCHES!" This was said with PRIDE. I guess he wanted me to know he can take a hit and walk away smiling. That's my boy! :)

Can you say, stating the obvious?

"Did you know I'm talker? Talkers talk a lot. I'm a GOOD talker."

Channeling the Spirit of Carl Fredricksen*

We were out for a walk (Mom and Abe, the dog) and bike ride (Caleb and his buddy Toby). We had decided to leave the paved path by the river and see where the gravel trails would lead us. We encountered several forks in the trail and the question was always asked, "which way?" The boys would always decide on one and off we would go.

At one of these forks, Caleb decided for us, "this way looks like ADVENTURE and I'm always up for adventure!"

*Will he find his "Ellie"?

On Memory Loss

Elizabeth: "I don't remember you falling out of THAT inner tube."
Caleb: "Well, then it dropped out of your memory. To make room for other things because your memory doesn't have room for all the things you need to remember. MY memory has PLENTY of room for all the things I need to remember."

I think that's another way of saying, "Mom, you're getting old."

On the Usefulness of Women

Caleb asked me to save the swim shorts he was wearing so that he could pass them on some day to his son. A conversation followed in which he and Joseph were thinking ahead to the future and the make up of Caleb's family.
Caleb: "I hope I have BOYS."
Joseph: "You know you'll have to have a GIRL for that."
Caleb: "Yeah, I know. Why else would people get married?"
DUH.

A "Naughty" Little Monkey, and Always Very Curious*

Sitting down to dinner, a neighbor's car horn sounded. "Why are they honking at us?" wondered Caleb in annoyance?

Always trying to help him realize that not EVERYTHING revolves around him, we pointed out that just because someone honked, doesn't mean they are honking at us. In fact, they probably don't even realize we're here. "They might be curious about what we're doing, though." There always must be a contradiction. "Yeah, but not likely." "They would be if they were GEORGE!"

*Ever since Caleb first developed a deep affection for that little monkey, we have read that line of those stories, "This is George. George was a NAUGHTY little monkey and always very curious."

As Seen on TV

Awhile back Joseph and Caleb were talking about the return of Christ. Caleb commented that he was not ready for Christ to return because he still has things he wants to do. Joseph agreed, mentioning among other things that he wanted to have grandchildren and see what will become of Caleb's warrior spirit. To which Caleb replied, "Pfft! See it? You won't see it, you'll HEAR about it...on the NEWS! On TV." It seems he is willing to lay down his life for his country at a tender six years of age (yes, there was further explanation indicating this).