CALEB AND CHARLES

Caleb took his task to heart this week being "blog worthy" as we called it. He carried the camera around with him and made an effort to spend some very good quality time with Charles. He's such a good big brother. Caleb is quite compassionate, as a child I always kidded that he would cry at the drop of a hat if someone hurt his feelings or was mean to him but fall and get up bleeding or broken boned without a tear.
Monday night the boys go bowling. Charles usually goes to Karissa's house and plays with her...I never noticed how much she has momma's smile until I saw these pictures. Karissa will be 4 right around my birthday this Oct.No, bowling with the baby did not mean literally bowling WITH the baby. Caleb knows better than that. However, the diaper bag DID get used as a soccer ball that night and glass food jars shattered leaving food all over everything in the bag...er'h'mmm. Yet more fodder for my "Three steps forward two steps back" column that I'll never write. Otherwise known as "A peek into the life of a mom completely outnumbered by THREE teenage boys!"

Charles's first driving lesson, and I missed it! Boo hoo....Buddy time...one-on-oneBeating up big brother is right up there with groin injuries on those TV blooper shows!Caleb is also into sports-playing, watching, you name it. Caleb is the one child that is usually first to turn OFF the video games and TV to go to the park an shoot hoops or do something athletic-even if his brothers wont go with him. So here's some sports talk. "This is a bat, used in baseball."

"This is a basketball and this is how you dribble...a basketball, as opposed to the constant "dribble" you have running down your chin..."

Sorry about these sideways videos. I forgot I can't flip them like I can a photo and it's quite challenging taking photos of a 2 ft tall baby and 6 ft. tall dad without flipping the camera! So, hold off on your V8 before watching these-maybe that'll help!