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.

There Will Be Caleb

Message received. I've gotten the hint. I hear ya. You've asked for more updates on the blog so I'm on it now. Here's the latest and greatest from our favorite 4 year old, Caleb. (Everybody knows they can click on the pics for larger versions, right? Okay, good. Just checking.)



Where's Caleb? Oh, geez. Well, at least he's looking at the camera.



A Midsummer's Night Dream - starring Caleb Watson.



Caleb tells me that tigers don't like bubbles and I have to believe him.



Ava: Bubble Assassin



...L.A.'s finest bubble detectives on backyard patrol.

Miscellaneous Caleb

Caleb's class performed a special song and poem for Mother's Day. On the back row from L-R we've got Ariel, Dominic, Zeke, Kevin, Our man Caleb. On the front row L-R is Natalie, Evie and Mia.



Ava couldn't be happier with her party hat and nose but Caleb's not very pleased with his hat choice.



But this boy loves his SpiderMan tattoo!

Caleb's friend Ava turns 6, has Birthday Blowout at Griffith Park

Caleb's best bud, Ava, had a big, bad, birthday blowout at Griffith Park this past Sunday. It was an absolutely gorgeous day with lots of kids playing, kites flying and Merry Go Round riding going on. Here are some pics from the festivities. Enjoy!


Don't bother me, I'm eating.






Doing his best Statue of Liberty.



Doing his best Beastie Boys video.





Taking a break and soaking it all in.

Easter in Eaton Canyon

This past Easter we went hiking out to Eaton Canyon which ends with a beautiful, freezing cold waterfall. Our man Caleb hiked the whole way in all by himself (a little over a mile with lots of boulder hopping) but we had to help him back out.





Batman takes a break from driving the Batmobile.




Cooling off in the ice cold water from the falls.




Rock hopping Caleb.








Somebody looks tired.