Caleb Samuel: 5.5-6 Years Old

Six year old Caleb is cheesy and affectionate and goofy and fun. He's so smart and has had a great Kindergarten year (even though he tells everyone that he's in first grade and rolls his eyes when I correct them and tell them he's in K). We loved flying to Kentucky with him for his 6 year old trip! It's been such a great year for his boy and we are grateful he is in our family. 


Caleb Stats: 46", 41 lbs, biggest smile, biggest heart. 

(starting school pictures, I can't believe how much he's already changed since September)


Some things about Caleb from the past 6 months: 

-He doesn't like us to be silly, and will respond "I don' t like you doing that." But he loves jumping out and shouting "boo!" and then giggling like mad when you pretend to be startled. 

-He is getting really into the Dragon Masters and Jack and Annie (Magic Tree House) books. 

-He is a math whiz, and is cruising right along in reading and it's so fun to watch him learn. 

-He is a great brother to all of his siblings, but he especially dotes on Lucy (who he shares a room with). I love watching their relationship develop. 

-He is super hard to impress. If you ask him "Did you have fun?" after any activity - he will probably respond "Not really" or "It wasn't very good." Even things like birthday presents, desserts, fun adventures, will be met with lackluster enthusiam. It's to the point that we just laugh about it because it's such a funny quirk for our typically cheerful little guy. (Meaning, he's cheerful unless you ask him a direct question about something and then he turns morose. It's ridiculous.) 

-He gets focused on something and will just work and work and work at it. Sometimes this looks like drawing line after line after line of characters on a piece of paper - sometimes it looks like deciding to shovel a pathway through the snow in the front yard. 

-He gets an idea into his head and then goes for it, full force. This year he decided he wanted to be a volcano for Halloween, and even though that was a fairly random costume, we made it happen and he was so incredibly happy about it. 

-Sometimes he gets grumpy and will refuse to be in pictures with us. There is a picture at the Christkindlmarkt where he is standing off to the side and it makes me roll my eyes because he's so stubbon sometimes (bless his heart). 

Here are some pictures from the past six months: 

We also had the awesome chance to go on a six-year-old trip with Caleb right before his birthday. We went to Louisville, KY, and Fishers, IN, and had such a great time with him. We loved being one-on-one with him: playing games, eating candy, visiting family, exploring a new place. 

Here are some highlights: 

Happy Six Years Caleb, We love you!