My Favorite Planet

Caleb's Kindergarten class had a special presentation yesterday on 'My Favorite Planet.' Just in case you can't hear exactly what he's saying in the video, Caleb's favorite planet is Earth. It's the 3rd planet from the Sun. Earth has air and water. I like Earth because it has Chuck E. Cheese. Couldn't have said it better myself.



The Three Musketeers: Roger, Caleb and Matthew.



Caleb, Roger, Annabelle, Ms. Megan, Willow, Hunter and Madison.
Up front with the 1000 watt smile is Matthew and Janice.

Halloween '08

This year was pretty mellow by most standards. We trekked back over to our old stomping grounds in North Hollywood and joined Ava at the North Weddington Recreation Center where they had an indoor Halloween Carnival with games, costume contests and prizes. Afterwards we hit the adjacent neighborhood up for tricks and treats.



Ava with the cutest Peanut ever.

Caleb as Bumblebee/Transformer having fun with a pumpkin ball.

Caleb grew tired of his costume once we were back at the house and he and Ava burst into an interpretive dance party.

Adam's Birthday

My bestest bud and longtime friend Adam Chase had a birthday this week and we had a small gathering to celebrate the occassion. Here are some highlights:



Adam does his best 'Eraserhead'.



Let the Chihuahua madness officially begin.



Hey, it's Zachary Kuhn with his proud papa, John.



Caleb is either eagerly awaiting a piece of cake or wondering what's wrong with Adam. Or both.



Ava and Caleb staking their claim around the cake.

Kindergarten: Family Tea Party

This past Friday Caleb's school held a Family Tea Party where we were served refreshments and Caleb and his classmates performed some songs. The crowd wanted "Freebird" and "Stairway to Heaven" but we got some Kindergarten classics instead. Below are some pics and even some video from the shindig.










Caleb does his best DiNiro with Zeke by his side.







Caleb shows me his drawing. Pictured (L-R) Black Cat, Caleb and Daddy.



Zeke hamming it up at the Tea Party.

Caleb & Ava take on Olvera Street

Last weekend our hero and his best bud Ava went downtown and explored the shops and restaurants on Olvera Street. It's definitely worth a stop next time you're in L.A.





Power Ranger Headhunters! Looks like today's bounty is a bunny from the LPS and Yoda.



Posing in Union Station.

Kindergarten: The Caleb Watson Chronicles

Episode 1 finds our hero armed with a sack lunch and ready to take on reading, writing and maybe some arithmetic. Hang loose!

Project Caleb

...worth a thousand words.

Caleb turns 5!

Our man Caleb turned the big 0-5 on July 29th and we had a birthday bash at The Little Gym with some of his friends. Check out the pics below for a peek into how it all went down.



The birthday party line-up (L-to-R): Caleb, Rosie, Jeremy, Ava, Kaleb (aka 'Little Kaleb'), Kaylie, Zeke.




Caleb and Kaleb "Slam The Cheese".




Jeremy and Zeke "Slam The Cheese".




Jeremy and his Dad, Adam, strategize before "slamming the cheese".




Preparing for 'lift off' on the Tumble Track.



Take off!






Zeke, Jeremy, Rosie and Ava have a go at the Tumble Track.



Caleb in 'The Mystery of the Secret Daddy' (which is exactly what he said when he put my hat on).





Dani, MawMaw Teddi, Caleb and I get ready to enjoy some Spider-Man birthday cake.





Caleb, Ava and Violet enjoying the Simpsons toys in the backyard. (Violet is trying to decide if Patty belongs in the Kwik-E-Mart or Springfield Elementary.)



And so the backseat driving begins...



Our man pedaling around the backyard.



Tough guy.

Dynamic Duo

We hung out with Ava this past weekend and, as usual, Caleb and his friend had a great time. Here they are before they set off on their big 'Backyard Adventure'. Ava has a backpack full of provisions....yogurt, raisins, ice packs, etc.

Skye turns 8

A couple of pics of Caleb's cousin, Skye, with her best friend Macy on her birthday. They got to go to 'Build-A-Bear' and make their own stuffed animals. Plus, they looked pretty fabulous while they did it. Check out the pink boa on Macy.

Caleb goes to Tally

We've been in Tallahassee this week visiting the fam and Caleb's been loving every minute of it. Since we don't get to come back this way too often we went ahead and celebrated everybody's summer birthdays at once. Skye turns 8 on June 14th, Bailey turns 11 on July 15th and Caleb turns 5 on July 29th. Here's some pics from the party and some swimming fun, too.



Aerial shots of rainbow cupcake birthday provided by Uncle J.J.



Skye flutters by for a pic.

Caleb doing his best impression of Neil Young from 'The Last Waltz' .

Bailey enjoying the icing she helped make from scratch. Sweet!

Caleb discovers a treasure chest of birthday booty.

Captain Caleb's mind-control experiment.

Caleb is absolutely miserable when he's swimming.