Our lil' man

 

 

Cal loves riding his bike and wants to do it "all be self".  :)

 

Cal's good friend....."Worawei".

Cal made a good friend this summer named Loralei.  We met her and her mom at his My Gym class and then began making play dates.  They are two peas in a pod and act more like brother and sister than friends.  Megan, her mom, is a lot like me and we have a great time gabbing while the kids run each other ragged! 

Because his daycare was closed for inservice, Megan watched Cal for 2 days while I was at work.  He LOVED going to "Worawei's house."  Here are some pics of his adventures with his new buddy.

 

They wanted to hold hands while picking up Wyatt, Loralei's brother, from Kindergarten.

 Megan is really active and fit.  She pushed these two year olds while jogging one morning.  There's nothing like an extra 80 lbs. of children to help you work up a sweat!!!

 

Cal's new daycare is really nice, but he's having a difficult time adjusting to it.  For instance, this morning I knew it would be an interesting drop off because when he woke up he told me, "Not going school today.  No go.  Not nice."  UGH.  It tears me up when I have to leave him and he's crying for me.  I hate it.  HATE IT.  I know it'll get better, but it really starts the day off on a sad note.  The positive news is that I know he does have fun once he's there because he's always in a great mood when I go pick him up.  He told me after school today that "school was fun", so perhaps we're making progress!

 

Check out my two big boys!  I'm 6 and a half months along and am getting much bigger, much quicker with this pregnancy.  Although it's a struggle to keep up with Cal's energy level, I hate to turn down that little kid when he wants to play.  However, I will be honest in saying that I look forward to 6:30pm each night when I know Mitch will be home.  Mama is ready to drop by that point. 

 

 

new skills

He has independently dubbed this new addition, "Cal's door".

Cal has become quite the batter lately!  He swings the bat and golf club left handed, but throws with his right.  Ambidextrous?

A whole lotta Caligator

 

Summer vacation is screeching to a halt and we've been enjoying some sun, but also.....you might wanna brace yourself for this one.....over 15" of rain!!!  For years, Kansas has been aching for a break in the drought and aside for extreme western KS, we are seeing it!  However, there can be too much of a good thing and some parts are bracing for extreme flooding.

We've been spending a good portion of our days indoors or on play dates with some new friends.  Cal LOVES making friends and really enjoys playing with all of their toys.  :)  Here's a video that Katie sent me from when she watched him the other day.  He didn't want to leave their house, by the way. 

 

Cal likes to help me cook lately.  We've made muffins, fruit salad, quesadillas, etc.  However, his flour/dry pasta concoction was perhaps his favorite dish.

 

 

He's starting taking midday bubble baths.....

....with Mitch.....

 

.....and the dogs.

 

Don't get grossed out.  We rewashed Cal after he bathed the dogs.  :)

 

We've also been invertebrate activists and saved worms from drowning in the swollen streets and flooded gutters.  Being an avid hat wearer, Cal selected this gem to go worm hunting.

 

After worm hunting, Cal and Mitch practiced fishing in the garage.  I think they'll venture out to the nearby pond soon!

 

Cal is such a jabberbox.  He's started saying, "Hey....how you doin'?" to all things and people.  Here he is asking his ouchie how things are going.

 

 

 

 

Weekend and such

This pic was back from July 6th on Grandma's 88th birthday.  Maggie was helping her enjoy some strawberry shortcake!

We went back to Larned this weekend for the 3-man golf tourney.  Mitch, Dad, and Tony played really well and we all enjoyed the cooler temps and rain.

Somehow I managed to only get a few pics of Cal and his buddy during the weekend.  He doesn't call him "Uncle Tony".....just Tony.  They match each others energy level and love of candy.

On the way to Larned, Cal wanted his Big Bunny and Little Mickey to sit with him.

Cal, Maddox, and Luke spent two afternoons wearing each other out.  It was so fun watching them play, dog pile, and run circles around each other.

 

When we drove home on Sunday, Cal was cackling in the backseat so I had to video him.  He apparently likes the new app I downloaded for him!

 

Cal and I met one of my college friends, Zogs and her son Lucas, at the park.  They successfully wore each other out and had a great time playing!

 

Barton County Fair

Cal and I met my high school friends, Holly and Kayla, at the Barton County Fair last week and had a great time!  It was brutally hot, even at 7pm, but the kids didn't seem to notice.  Cal rode several rides and he loved looking at the animals!  He didn't understand why he had to get off the ride just to go back in line to get back on.  Luckily the fair wasn't too crowded and the guys usually let him stay put for the next time around. 

 

 

He loved choosing a different animal to ride on each time!

 

 He found this pretty, glittery bracelet in the dollar bin while in Larned and demanded to have it.  So be it. 

He foun

Potty training

Ahhh potty training.  We started on the Tuesday that our AC went out, but once I found out it would be a week until it was fixed, we put potty training on hold to prevent having several accidents at my parents' house.  I let him go naked for two hours and this is what he did:

I obviously didn't watch him close enough, though, because Cal waited two hours to pee and once I turned my head for a second he took that opportunity to break the dam on the ottoman.  

At one point, I asked him if he needed to go potty and he gave me a quizzical look and said, "No!  I'm playing choo choos!"  Oh....silly me.  Sorry to have bothered you, bud!  

Mitch came out to Larned last weekend and brought about 10 pairs of cute little boy undies.  Round 2 commenced and Cal had some successful potties!  We also had to take an intermission to wash all 10 pairs of underwear, which seemed to get doused in less than an hour.  ha 

Here is our little underwear model:

Yes, that's the bowl to the potty that he is pretending to drink out of.  Don't get grossed out....he doesn't use the little potty, only the big toilet, so I let him play with the clean, unused potty bowl. 

Round 3:  Cal and Mama started intense potty training and things are starting to look up!  On July 16th, Cal started screaming for his diaper and I could tell he had to go #2.  We went to three bathrooms until he finally told me that he'd use the one downstairs.  He sat down and viola! 

 

This deserved an ice cream celebration!