Caleb's 5 year checkup

Ok classic Caleb Baierl moment. We go to Dr for his 5 year checkup. This is the first time he has to have his eyes checked because he is about to enter kindergarten. The nurse asks Caleb if he knows his letters. He says yes like DUH! of course I know my letters. I can read!

She asks him to stand by the tape on the floor. Then she points to the row of letters that is for 20 X 20 vision and asks:
"Can you read this line?"
Caleb: "Yes"
Nurse: "What is this letter?"
Caleb: "D"
Nurse: "Ok, this next one?"
Caleb: "C"
Nurse chuckles:"Ok this one, this one, this one" etc
He said only the minimums to her questions.

So this proceeds about like pulling teeth, slow and painful.

Then he asks to have him cover his right eye.
Nurse:" Can you read this line?'
Caleb:"Yes"
You would have thought she would have learned to rephrase the question like "read this line for me please."

So this goes on and then it is cover the other eye.
Nurse again:"Caleb,can you tell me this letter?"

Caleb:" Still D"
Like What? Is it supposed to change?

Well I think it is sufficient to say that he can see just fine.

As a side note Caleb is in the 38 percentile for height and 78 percentile for weight. David's about to get a rude awakening. He may be the oldest brother but he isn't going to be the biggest for much longer. Caleb is solid and it is only a matter of time before he is stronger than his big brother. Solid muscle and a man of few words - hmm wonder who he gets that from?

Cape Cod Trip

John won a trip for 2 to Cape Cod from his employer for inspiring excellence during 2009. Along with about 30 other couples we flew out to Boston and were driven to Chatham resort on the Cape.

For 5 days we had no children and virtually no expenses. John's employer treated us to the nine. Lobster, swordfish, mignon, open bar etc. All at a 5 star resort which included excursions (we went whale watching on the Atlantic). I was so elated that the Scopaline patch worked and I had no seasickness at all. Good thing too because we had a stellar day on the ocean.

We saw many whales, so close they touched the boat and people got wet from their spray. It was really breath taking. John took some incredible video I hope to post here soon.

We danced the night away to a terrific 8 man band

and even got to dust off our 2 step dancing. (Been awhile for us)

It wasn't tropical weather but the cape was beautiful.

Congratulations to John for inspiring excellence and

allowing me to tag along on a trip to remember.

Mother's Day

So I get my Mother's Day homemade cards from the kids. (and flowers)
Nathan runs up and says I made a picture for you!!!!!!!
Caleb wrote his own card for me and colored it my favorite colors.
David's card says Happy Mothers Day - What's for Dinner? (I kid you not)

Then at the breakfast table I took my seat and was served my cherrios. That was nice.

Nathan asked for cherrios too and chocolate milk. I said yes but stayed seated as John got it.
So Nathan looked at me and asked again for chocolate milk. I said yes ok, but stayed seated.
He asked again for chocolate milk. I said yes (John was getting it) but stayed seated.
Then Nathan confused said "get up and get it then!" I laughed and said no Dad is getting it for you this morning. LOL

Caleb's 5th Birthday

Caleb had a great 5th birthday. We celebrated Ben 10 style.

Several times during his birthday I flashed back to our crazy 100+ mile an hour drive to the hospital. Thank you John for getting me there on time. We could have literally had him in the van.

His birth is just like Caleb's personality too. When he decideds to do something, he does it with full force and right now. I rather like that about Caleb. He is a go getter.

Jelly fish video from Spring break

Video of 2 of the 10 jellyfish exhibits during our spring break trip to Newport Ky that aqaurium was amazing!

pictures from our spring break trip

This picture is taken at the Ohio River. The purple people bridge pictured behind them is the pedestrian bridge that crosses Kentucky with Ohio. We had a history lesson about how KY was slave and OH was free. Our Adventures in Odyssey helped make this area really come to life for us. It was terrific to see it first hand and walk over the bridge.

This second picture is of the Newport OH Aquarium. One of the MANY jellyfish exhibits. It reminded me of Romeo and Juliet (With Claire Danes and Leo Dicaprio) when they have an aquarium separating rooms. It was neat to see the jellies float thru and be able to see your kids watching on the other side. Very hard to get a good picture, the room was dark so the tanks could be illuminated.

videos as promised

Ok it took me long enough but here are the few videos I promised in previous posts.
These are of the Thumb Wrestling Craze we went thru - It was winter you know.First Clip is John and Caleb, Second clip is Nathan and John.
So cute how Nathan wants and can be just like the bigger boys.