Caleb Isaiah Secrest

Today I decided to let the boys play with toilet paper. I accidently bought a package of single ply stuff and since it is awful I thought I would let the boys use up some. It was so cute that I had to share the pictures. Caleb thought it was one of the best ways to spend an hour on a rainy day. I gave both the boys their own roll of TP and let them go for it. Caleb quickly had it rolling. He was making 'tracks' all over the room, and I mean all over! It was quite amazing how much fun TP can be in the hands of little boys. By the time they were done there was TP covering most of the floor and on a lot of the furniture. You can click on the link to see more pics on Ezra's site.

Last week Dustin took a trip to Montana by himself to pick up his drums. He had a full drum set which he sold a year ago or so. However he kept his snare drum and symbols. Shortly after he got home he pulled out the drum for the kids to see. Both the boys loved it! Caleb remembered drumming when he was younger. The next day Dustin was scheduled to play in worship at a friends church. He has not played in the 3 years that we have lived in WA. So I took the boys to watch him practice. They loved it!! Caleb remembered again that he used to see his daddy drum all the time. At first he sat and watched them (the worship team) play. After a few minutes he decided to get some energy out. So every time Dustin would drum loud Caleb would run around the room stopping as soon as Dustin stopped drumming. When I told him that we had to leave he was very sad. It was so fun to watch the boys be so captivated by their dad. I added in a pictures of Caleb when he was a year and half old. It was his first time drumming and was so precious!

Caleb has always had a number of faces that he has done but I realized the other day that he has slowed down a bit. Then he pulled this one out and I thought I would share it with you. It is not a new one really but it is so cute.

Over the last few weeks we have been making forts in the house with what ever we have. It has been really fun and I thought I would share a few pics of the different forts that we have made. Caleb likes to take his flashlight in the fort get it totally dark and just use the flashlight. He does get a little annoyed with his brother who likes to just go in and out of them but he still has a good time. There are more pictures on Ezra's site.

Tonight when I was tucking Caleb into bed we had the following conversation. I thought it was so cute I wanted to share it with you.
"Mom when I move out are you going to stay in this house, or what ever house." "When are you going to move out?" I ask "When I am bigger, like 21." He replies matter a factly "I will be so sad when you leave me!" I said sadly "Mom! I will send you something so that you know I love you." "Oh well if you are goin to do that then I guess it's ok." I said with relief "You know what I am going to send you?" "No." "I am going to get a chainsaw and cut out a cross and send it to you. That way you will know that I love you!"

A couple weeks ago we had spaghetti noodles for lunch. They boys were having so much fun while eating I had to capture some of the fun.

Caleb wanted to paint the other day, for the first time in a while. So we pulled out the paints. It was really fun to watch him at work. As he finished he sat back and declared, "My Masterpiece!". I had to share it with you all cause why not!

Caleb of course loves christmas. What's not to love when you are 5? He was of course counting down the days from about 20 days out. His daily saying was "Mom, can we please have christmas today!? I just can't wait!!" He had a great time. He loved his gifts and of course loved opening them. Christmas Eve they opened a joint gift which Caleb has enjoyed more than Ezra. It was a soccer set. Caleb has loved kicking it into the net. He has such determination. It is so precious.