I haven't put up a Caleb update in a while. I need to take some new pics too! Here are a few pics, most from December, some from March.
He's GROWING! :) YEAH! He has grown a Whole Inch since January! Still kinda funny that he has one pair of 18month shorts that he can STILL wear! He wears some 24 month shorts all the time. All the shirts, while would still fit him, are too short! So, he's basically in 4T everything. But still have to roll the cuff of the pants. 3T's still fit him fine, and he still wears these.
So hard to believe my 'Little Punkin' will be 6 in August. That's just crazy! He is doing so amazing in Kindergarten! He's READING now! So incredible! We just finished reading month, and he/we read 72 books. His teacher required that for every book WE read, HE had to read. So HE read 36! That's so great! Of course... his classmates read more than he did, but March was pretty crazy. Many nights we would get home around 9pm, with Caleb asleep in the car. We tried to 'catch up' on his reading on the weekends, but they are equally crazy. In fact, our lives are so 'on the go' that Caleb is constantly asking "where are we going next? Are we going to someones house? What do we get to do now?" ... He's BORED when we're home! :) We try to reserve out Family Time, and are successful at that most weeks. We LOVES hanging out with the SMASH kids and with our other families. He gets so excited to go play.
His 'Best Friend' is Nana.
A precious girl from Zambia. He loves her dearly, and so do we! He LOVES CHICKEN HEARTS! ICK!, I know! But... he loves to go to the Churrasquerria, which is Brazilian BBQ (as in Grilled meat). It's very inexpensive, especially for all you get. He'll tell you it's his favorite place. He gets TONS of Chicken Hearts! It's a big Brazilian favorite here. It's just what it says... Chicken hearts then grilled on a skewer. He calls the restaurant the "Pineapple Man" place... because another TREAT they bring around is Grilled Pineapple rolled in CINNAMON! It's incredible!
He's learning more and more Portuguese so he's getting better about answering to their questions instead of just standing silent. He loves to play with any and all kids. If we go to the Playground, he'll just play and play with whoever is there. He so amazingly adjustable!
Sorry this one is sideways.
His favorite thing to wear to church is his Sweater vests.
I here is a pic from Thanksgiving in one, I need to post another pic! They are so great. I bought 2 at a massive clearance last summer, and got them for $2.99 each! He loves them!! Everyone always tells him he looks so cute in them!
We are letting his hair grow. We did the Buzzed head thing for the past year and a half, but we're letting his hair grow again. I'm doing pretty good with cutting it myself. We tried to take him to a haircutting place, but they just ended up tapering with the Shears, I can do that! This time, I cut it a bit too short, but it's still cute! Chris is still wearing his hair BUZZED, and now has a sharp looking beard! (I cut his hair too!) :)
His teacher, Ms Amanda, is simply Amazing! She is helping him mature and doing a great job. AND... I especially love that I can also call her my friend! :) She sends him home with homework papers, and cute projects to do. He loves her dearly... although he does get a little distressed at all the "WORK" you have to do in Kindergarten! He told me one day, "I want to go back to preschool... we have too much work... and too many PAPERS in Kindergarten!" ...Welcome to LIFE, Son! :) :) ... you know Caleb... I want to go back to Preschool too!
I'll try to post more Caleb pics soon! I'll have to take a ton, so you can see his new haircut! There are some on Facebook, posted by others. Check it out! :)
them to run in also!) SO... they did!!! And it "Just so happened" to also be when Megan's Parents were in town for a visit!! Megan and Casey are NOW married (July 11th)!! But.... can you imagine... wearing your sunga in front of your Future In-Laws that you had only met twice before!!! That's courage!!! :) So... Chris and Casey got to the park on that Saturday...wearing... well.... VERY LITTLE!!!!! :) (...the pic was in the reception video also!!! LOL!!)
On Tuesday, April 21st... Chris, Casey, Megan, and Scott (Student who joined in!) ran 26.3 MILES! Chris finished in 4 HOURS and 45 MINUTES!! That... my friends... is a LONG TIME to be pounding the pavement!! The actual course had many hills! They had practiced on flat ground. They did so good... What an encouragement! Chris was able to incorporate much of wht he learned into SMASH messages! :) Talk about Perseverance! :)
Reflections: The Cross is so Powerful... Can save a dying man, make me new again, and wash us White as Snow! The Cross itself has no power... no honor, nothing to be worshiped.. it's just wood. BUT... it's a symbol of what Power, Honor, and MIGHT our God has! He sent His ONLY Son... Sent Him to Die... a Sinners Death, sot that he could TAKE ON SIN, and by doing this... Paid our DEBT! Our lives COST HIM DEATH. And through and by HIM ALONE can we Truly LIVE! ...Are you TRULY LIVING??
A precious girl from Zambia. He loves her dearly, and so do we! He LOVES CHICKEN HEARTS! ICK!, I know! But... he loves to go to the Churrasquerria, which is Brazilian BBQ (as in Grilled meat). It's very inexpensive, especially for all you get. He'll tell you it's his favorite place. He gets TONS of Chicken Hearts! It's a big Brazilian favorite here. It's just what it says... Chicken hearts then grilled on a skewer. He calls the restaurant the "Pineapple Man" place... because another TREAT they bring around is Grilled Pineapple rolled in CINNAMON! It's incredible! 
He's learning more and more Portuguese so he's getting better about answering to their questions instead of just standing silent. He loves to play with any and all kids. If we go to the Playground, he'll just play and play with whoever is there. He so amazingly adjustable!
I here is a pic from Thanksgiving in one, I need to post another pic! They are so great. I bought 2 at a massive clearance last summer, and got them for $2.99 each! He loves them!! Everyone always tells him he looks so cute in them!