Boy's Best Friend

Caleb is growing up (*tear*), so it was about darn time we got him a decent white button-up shirt to wear to church.  It was Saturday night, and we were excited for him to wear it for the first time the next day...when we realized that he didn't have pants that matched his one and only tie.  So, I sewed him a new tie that would match his pants.  Now I need to sew him some pants to match his old tie!  And a few more ties, since they were oh so easy and insanely cute!

He was excited to wear it when we woke him up on Sunday morning.  I told him, "It's a bow tie, like Donald Duck's tie!"  He said, "No, Donald Duck's tie is red, Mommy!"  And so it is.  I should have known.

He left it on all day, and when we got home from church I was going to take pictures right away.  Then I noticed that he fell in the mud on his way to the door.  Oops.  Oh, well.

We went out to the front porch anyway, and El Capitan joined us.  Caleb is in love with this cat.  And the cat is the best cat I've ever known.  He puts up with so much from that toddler!  He's the perfect balance of affectionate and aloof.  And he's so pretty!  He's not a boring, plain ol' short hair, but his hair isn't so long that we find it everywhere.  You would never know that he naps on my bed now and then.  No pile of hair.  It's great.

So what was going to be a photo shoot to capture the adorableness of Caleb's Sunday best turned out to be a photo shoot to capture the bond between a boy and his cat.  And he happens to be wearing an adorable (yet dirty) outfit.

 I told Caleb to give Captain Hook a kiss.  So sweet!

 Then Caleb told Captain Hook to give him a kiss...and he DID!  Notice the tongue on Caleb's cheek?  How perfect!

 So much joy on that sweet little face.

Goin' Shoppin'!

Caleb loves cars.  He loves them more than anything else these days.  He plays with them all of the time.  He uses the space on the entertainment center in front of the TV as a sort of road.  He uses his imagination (which is so fun for me to see!).  This is the conversation that we have many times a day:

Caleb: The red car doing to da store!
Me: Which store?
Caleb: Walmart store.
Me:  What are you going to get at the store?
Caleb:  Kitty cat food!
Me:  Who is going to eat the kitty cat food?
Caleb:...Doggy food!

Well, now when I ask Caleb who will eat the kitty cat food, Caleb can answer, "Captain Hook!"

Meet Captain Hook:

He is a very dark tabby who we "rescued" from the shelter.  He and Caleb have become great friends (Caleb is better with him than I expected!) but he and Meggie are not good friends.  Meggie doesn't mind him, but Captain Hook sure doesn't like Meggie!  He was very easy to litter box train (don't you love that about cats?) and he has taken to sleeping in a box that is tipped over on its side on the stairs at night.  He loves Nate and wants to take his daily nap wherever Nate is.  He's very pretty and rather stinky, even after a thorough bath.  Despite his stinkiness, we think he'll make a nice addition to our family.  :)

This is the conversation that Caleb and I had today while playing with his cars:

Caleb: The big gray truck goin' to da store!
Me: What is the big gray truck going to get at the store?
Caleb: Tummy food!  [That's what he calls the formula that goes through his feeding tube.]

I was so excited to ask Caleb, "who is going to eat the kitty cat food?" and hear him say, "Captain Hook!"  I suppose now that we have a cat we can't depend on Caleb to get the kitty cat food when he goes to the Walmart store.  ;)