Calebisms

Caleb has been saying and doing a lot of funny things today, so I want to document them here so I don't forget how fun he is at this age!

• Caleb cannot stand for a door to be open - a bedroom door, the microwave door, the back door or the "tee tee door" as he called the toilet lid today!
• Tonight when the microwave was running Caleb stood in front of it and counted "3, 2, 1, beep! beep! beep!".  I was surprised to hear him count backwards!
• This afternoon Caleb and I played in the backyard.  As we sat and bounced a ball he looked at me and out of nowhere said "Coopa mine fund" which translates in Caleb-speak to "Parker is my friend".  Caleb hasn't played with or seen Parker in almost two weeks, yet he is still talking about him!  I'm pretty sure I need to call Parker's Mommy to set up another play date.  
• I've been trying to teach Caleb that the word truck starts with T.  He currently says "cuck" for truck, so I've been very exaggerated in sounding it out for him --- "T-t-t-t-t-truck".  He will repeat after me "T-t-t-t-t-cuck".  
• Caleb has developed a recent interest in the TV show Handy Manny.  He likes to try to sing part of the theme song which says "Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, Handy Manny" but he says "Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, Meeen-gah!" and he is so proud of himself.  I guess "Meen-gah" is his way of saying Manny.
• I have been pumping Caleb up for his birthday celebration on April 10, his actual birthday.  He is eager to tell you that he will be two, that he is having a car party and to show you how he will blow out the candles - which right now is to blow gently through his teeth.  I'm pretty sure that will not be strong enough to blow out the candles but we'll just have to wait and see at his party!
• And lastly, tonight when I was putting Caleb to bed we did our usual routine of reading a few books, turning off the lights, saying prayers and singing a song to Jesus before he was rocked a bit and put in his crib.  Tonight as I turned off the lights he said "ooooooh, dart!" which was "ooooh, dark!" and sang his own song to Jesus when it was his turn.  The song went a little something like this (oh, how I wish I had it on tape!):  "Jeeeeeesus, Jeeeesus, Jesuuuuuus, Momma, Dada.... (insert other people's names)..... Jeeeeesus, Jeeeesus (slight pause)..... E-I-E-I-O Jeeeeesus, E-I-E-I-O Santaaaaaaa, E-I-E-I-O Santa shoes, E-I-E-I-O!".  It took everything in me to not laugh at his sweet little song to Jesus!

Caleb cracks me up all the time and is amazing me with how much clearer his speaking is, how many new words he says each day, how well he follows directions (most of the time!) and how much he is listening to what we say.  I can tell that the coming year will be a fun one with him!