Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday, Granddad Pace!

The Answer is...

The Biggest Catterpillar we have ever seen was hanging out on one of our front bushes this morning. I guess he was eating his way up the bush, which isn't great news. But, he was very interesting to look at. That is a comparison between Jon's big hand and the catterpillar. Wow!

Here's a Hint for the seek and find

My Little Brother's Wedding

Here are some of the pictures from Michael and Tiffany's wedding. We had a great time celebrating with them a week ago today in Albuquerque. The wedding was beautiful, and Tiffany looked gorgeous. Caleb had a grand time dancing on the dance floor like a crazy man! My brother Mike and sister's husband, Jason, also danced like crazy men too! We all enjoyed ourselves and wish Mike and Tiffany a happy marriage!

Where's Waldo?

Notice anything interesting here? Well Waldo isn't in this picture, but there is something enormous and interesting. Click on the picture to make it larger and look for it. Post a comment if you think you can see it. We will post the answer and a close up picture later on today.

Until we get an official post up . . . .

Come On in the water's perfect!

A Little Too Quiet

A Quick Picture Grid

Wow, I can't believe I haven't posted since June 6th! This boy is keeping me busy. Also I taught VBS at my church last week, so those are my excuses. Here are a few shots I took of Caleb playing on our office chair tonight. He felt very important sitting there!

Maybe it is time to invest in some real blocks. Then again, these are in the perfect location to entertain Caleb while I am cooking.

Happy Birthday, Mara!

Happy birthday to Jon's sister, Mara, who lives in Greece! We so wish we could be there to celebrate with you! We hope that you are having (or with the time change I guess it would be had) a great birthday! We love you!

Here's another snapshot at what Daddy and Caleb Playtime is like.

Playtime with Daddy

Caleb has enjoyed 4 nights straight of Daddy playtime because I have had lot of nightly meetings and get togethers. One of the nights they made a tent. I think Daddy enjoyed this the most, but Caleb liked it too!

Stuck!

Ooh, a fun new place to explore.
Don't leave me here!
How do I get out of here?

Language Development

"Rabble Rabble?"

"Rabble, Rabble."

Caleb has become very proficient in a large number of things. I of course believe him to be motorically gifted as he moves pretty quickly has a strong interest in things that roll or bounce, and can really wing toys across a room. He seems to enjoy reading books, acknowledges commands (even if he doesn't obey), dances better than most adults, and can communicate fairly well with a very small vocabulary. I say he has a small vocabulary because I can't understand most of what he says. He is at the point that he makes "words and sentences" complete with intonation and inflection; however he says very little that I can understand. Kelly vouches for the fact that she understands some of his babblings but I cannot verify that he is truely saying much more than the standard DADADADA and MAMAMAMA.

I cannot say for sure which advertising exec came up with the gimmick behind the McDonalds characters back in the day, but I am pretty sure that the Hamburglar and Caleb speak the same language. Full of phrases, sentences (both interrogative and declarative), many exclamations, and other gems. In the end; however, all I hear is Rabble Rabble!

Schools Out For Summer

Forgive the link but I just thought my Uncle Jason should get some more airtime with this one. Please follow the link, trust me its worth it. Everyone has a kind of "Crazy Uncle" I think Uncle Jason will retain his title for the time being.


This one goes out to all you educators out there, enjoy.

Incidentally, if you would like to book Jason for your next conference, wedding, or bar mitzvah please contact me directly. I will be sure to check his schedule. I think the only gig he has upcoming is wedding the middle of June, but I am not sure.

~Caleb