He'll tell you straight to your nose...er, I mean, face.

[referring to a Breathe Right strip] "Take off the nose thing for sleeping. You don't look like a real dad. You look like a guy who had surgery on his nose."

Locks of...Decor?

During some Saturday morning snuggles, we were noticing how desperately Caleb is in need of a visit to his barber.

Joseph: "Look at this beautiful mane. We're gonna get it all trimmed off."

Caleb: "Then we'll put it in a bag and we can decorate with it."

Perspective

Sitting in church a week ago, a mom with a very wee baby pulled her out of her sling and the baby gave a cry of protest. Hearing the sound at the same time as he saw her face, Caleb had this response:

"Aw, PRECIOUS!"

His Mama's heart just melted right then and there and prayed for God to give him his very own baby brother or sister in some miraculous way.

Vocabulary Learned from Audiobooks

Snuggling with Dad, who was slow in waking up, Caleb queried, "are you getting your bearings? I know what that means." He informed him he learned it from the Redwall series.

Assessing Floatation Devices

Caleb and I were at the swimming pool and he was about to grab a "noodle" to float around with. But taking one look at it, he tossed is aside, "this is NOT seaworthy."

Well, That Explains a LOT!

At dinner when Dad dropped a bite of food in his lap, Caleb burst out, "Haha, Dad spilled on himself! Haha!"

I said, "Caleb, you know this is a great context for you to learn about social skills."

"Social skills?! What are social skills, Mom?"

Right. Those.

Time for a New Ruler?

First thing this morning, Caleb suited up in his army gear for the second day in a row and headed outside to fight some backyard battles. After about half an hour or so, he came in and declared emphatically, "My reign over the land is done!"

Considering the Options

We were sitting at a traffic light, waiting for a left turn arrow light, less than five minutes from home, after an afternoon of running errands. I myself felt like we had been there longer than I would have expected, when Caleb voiced these thoughts:

"Can we go HOME, please? This is taking TOO long. I'm just gonna have to walk home. That's just what I'll have to do. Open this car door and start walking. I can't bear how long this is taking."

How Rude

Walking through Costco, Caleb made a comment which I thought was directed at me. A response seemed fitting, so I made one.

"Don't interrupt me, please...when I'm talking to myself."

Alrighty then.

Observations While Eating a Roaster Chicken

"I'm not going to eat the thigh. I don't like the thigh. It looks like a real thigh."

"Here, Dad, you can eat the veins."

"What kind of chickens do we eat? I mean do we eat the hens, or..."

"I like light meat just as well as dark meat. They're both the same, you know."