Caleb is my 9-year-old nephew. He just turned 9. These conversations have happened over the course of a few years. Caleb is smart, funny, very witty, great with comebacks, and one of my biggest fans! I love our conversations. 

Just the way he says things can crack me up!

For instance, one day, we were on our way to school (I usually take him, I love my time with him), and he says out of the blue, “Wendy, I want to talk about God.” Ok! He said, “No, like real spiritual things, and I want to ask a few questions.” 

One day I said something I thought was funny. I cannot even remember what it was. He was in kindergarten. 

Caleb:  That’s not funny. 

Me: Caleb, do you know what sarcasm is?

Caleb:  Yes, I do, Wendy, and that wasn’t it! lol 

I have the best time with him.  

HERE ARE SOME OF MY FAVORITE STORIES I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU!

Story #1

Conversations with Caleb: August 17, 2017

One morning we were in the car going to school. I explained to the boys (Caleb and his 2 cousins, Titus and Jackson) that I broke the screen on one of my IPads, so they couldn’t use it until I got it fixed; they would have to share.

Caleb: Why

Me: It may cut you because I was careful and still got cut on my thumb (mind you, I am driving)

Caleb: Can I see, Wendy? I want to see your cut!

Me: I just put my hand back where he could see it from the back seat and raised my thumb (my injured finger), lol

Caleb: OH MY GOSH (very concerned), WENDY (I am thinking that it wasn’t that bad!) YOUR FINGER IS REALLY OLD!

I know Caleb, I know! Smh…

Story #2

Conversations with Caleb: September 14, 2017

Caleb came into the office one day after school. I was at my desk and noticed a “white scuff” on my black boot. So I instinctively got a black sharpie and was “filling it in.”

Caleb: Oh no, Wendy, you can’t write on your shoes

Me: Well, Caleb, I am writing on my shoe, but I am making my shoe look better

Caleb: Well, I am going to have to tell my mom

Me: Really? What will she do to me?

Caleb (thinking really hard): Well, you are too big to have to go to your room, so she will probably put you in a really, long time out.

Personally, I would love a long time out lol Thank you, Caleb, lol

Story #3

Conversations with Caleb: February 5, 2019

Caleb and Maria were staying the night with me. George was at work: 

Caleb (looking up from coloring): What time is it?

Me: 1:15 pm, why, you got a hot date?

Caleb: No, I am sad!

Me: Really, why, Buddy?

Caleb: Well, Uncle George doesn’t get home from work until 7 tonight. That is a long time to wait.

Me: Oh, today is Saturday, he will get home about 3 pm.

Caleb (looking at Maria, which she wasn’t paying attention LOL): Oh, boy Maria, Uncle George is coming home by 3 today. Oh, man, this is our lucky day, Maria!

Thanks a lot, Caleb, what am I? Potted meat? LOL

#UnclesMakeTheBestFriends

Story #4

Conversations with Caleb: September 12, 2017

Caleb: Hey Wendy, I have a question for you (pointing to the bag that we put our trash in that hangs on the back of the seat.)

Me: Ok, shoot, what is it?

Caleb: How come you all call this a “trash can” when it is a bag?

Me: Oh, I guess you are right. It is a “trash bag.”

Caleb: Well, that makes more sense

A couple of days later, I was driving him to school in George’s truck which is unusual. We had already had a conversation about me not liking to drive the truck.

Caleb: Hey Wendy, I thought you didn’t like to drive Uncle George’s truck

Me: I don’t like to, but Uncle George needed my car today

Caleb: Oh, and Wendy, Uncle George really does have a trash can (it is a Rubbermaid trash can that hangs on the back of the seat)

Me: Well, you are right. He does!

Caleb: Yeah, Wendy, Uncle George knows how to do things, but you don’t (but wait, I bought that for him! lol

Me: I know, Caleb, I know…

Story #5

Conversations with Caleb: April 3, 2021

Caleb was at my house the one morning, and Gracie came in soaked! I handed Caleb a towel and said:

Me: Caleb, dry her off for me and be gentle (a few minutes passed in silence)

Caleb: Wendy, Wendy, come here and look! Gracie is a disciple! ( Can you tell he listens at church! Ms. Suzy would be proud!)

Story #6

I had been on an Advocare Cleanse regime which is 10 days. When everyone would be eating dinner (or whatever meal) and they would ask if I was eating what they had, I would say, “I can’t have that right now, I am on a cleanse.” And I would get what I was eating for the meal.

One day after school, I was trying to get Caleb to eat his dinner with the rest of us and he was wanting to do something else that had his attention.

Our conversation went something like this:

Caleb: I’m not hungry yet

Me: Caleb, honey, you have to eat with us, now eat your dinner

Caleb: Ummm, I can’t have this right now.

Me: Why?

Caleb: Because, Wendy, I am on a cleanse right now.

Me: Really Caleb (laughing)

Caleb: Yes, Wendy, I am serious!

Story #7

Conversations with Caleb: January 26, 2019

Caleb was spending the night with me. He had gotten a shower on Sunday, so the plan was after school on Monday, he would shower.

He had hair gel in his hair when he get up to get ready for school on Monday morning.

Me: Caleb, I need to fix your hair.

Caleb: Ok, here is my hair gel mommy said you had to use it. She said for you not to forget to put it in my hair

Me (putting gel in my hands). Ok, Bud, let’s get it fixed

Caleb: NO, NO, No!!! It will hurt because you will pull my hair, if you put more gel in it (Backing away from me)

Me: It already has gel in it. No, Buddy, I used to be a hairdresser (I thought I would earn some points and trust from him but NOOO), I can do this

Caleb: No, you will hurt my head!

Me: I promise, I won’t hurt you. I will be easy. ( I took the gel and rubbed it in my hands, and chased him in the bathroom. Finally, I put a little on it )

Caleb: Ow Ow Ow, you are pulling my hair (Almost crying at this point)

Me (thinking it wasn’t worth him upset): Ok, Buddy, we won’t put gel in your hair. It’s ok. You look cute as you are

Caleb (stops and looks at me with an impatient look): Really, Wendy, really? That is ALL you are going to do to my hair, and I have to go to school like this!

Me: Mouth open and had nothing to say lol

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this kid!!!!

Story # 8

Conversations with Caleb: March 11, 2019

Caleb was at my house one Sunday and wanted me to make him a snow cone with my new snow cone machine.

Caleb: Hey Wendy, can you make me a snow cone, please

Me: Sure, Buddy, what flavor do you want?

Caleb: ummmm… Root Beer….

Me: Ok

Caleb: No, I think Banana. I don’t know if I like it, though

Me: I will give you a little taste before we make a big one. (so I did)

Caleb: Yeah, that is good it tastes like banana candy

So I made him a bigger one and handed it to him.
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Caleb (making a face and pushing it back to me): Ummmmm, No, I don’t want it anymore!

Me: Why you liked it a minute ago

Caleb: Yeah, I know, but it is yellow, and everyone knows you don’t eat yellow snow!

That kid! LOL. He always makes me laugh.

Story # 9

Conversations with Caleb. February 10, 2019

Caleb was getting in the car with me after school. He wanted to go to Dairy Queen, but I had to meet someone in Oceana, which is in the opposite direction.

Me: I’m sorry, Buddy, I forgot I have to meet someone in Oceana, and we cannot go to Dairy Queen today because I am not sure when your parents are coming to get you.

Caleb: Oh, man!

Me: Well, we can’t go to Dairy Queen, but we can go to (wait for it…)WENDY’S to eat!

Caleb: Oh, I see what you do there! YOU are Wendy, and we are going to YOUR house to eat…. that’s a good one, Wen, a really good one! (He called me WEN! lol)

Me: Laughing

Caleb: Well, it wasn’t THAT funny!

Oh…. I thought it was pretty good! Lol

Story # 10

Conversations with Caleb: March 18, 2018

On the way to school one morning, it was just Caleb and me. We were bantering back and forth. I don’t even remember what I said but this conversation happened because of it.

Caleb said: “Wendy, if you don’t stop being mean to me, I am going to take all the doggies in the world and hide them so you can’t see any of them anymore. How would you like that!

Wow! That kid knows how to hurt me lol. I better quit being mean to him! lol

Story # 11

Conversations with Caleb: August 25, 2017

On the way to taking the kids to school, a car suddenly shot out in front of me and almost (literally) hit me. I felt a rush of “road rage” for just a minute (I had precious cargo in the car with me)! Caleb was in the back seat with an IPad and he heard my “road rage” and very clearly set me straight.

Me: “Hey, you dummy, you almost hit me!”

Caleb: “ummmm Wendy I don’t like to break it to you, but dummy is a bad word. My daddy said you can’t say dummy, because it is bad. So don’t say dummy anymore ok.”

Me (laughing): Ok Caleb, I am sorry. But you said dummy a lot of times just now

Caleb: “Well, I wouldn’t have to say it if you didn’t already!”

Me: I know, I am sorry, I shouldn’t have said it. You are right it is a bad word.

Caleb: I know, because Dad already said.

Father knows best!

Last but not least, my personal favorite

Story # 12

Conversations with Caleb: February 11, 2018

Conversation with me, Caleb, Jackson, and Titus (the cousins) on the way to school one morning.

Let me tell ya what I have learned about little boys; they do not cut anyone any slack! Lol!

They were all in the back seat playing on an IPad, and then it got quiet, I looked in my rearview mirror, and they were nodding off to sleep. So me being me, I had to try to be funny! 

Me: You guys sleepy?

Caleb, Titus, and Jackson: A little bit

Me: Let’s all go to sleep, me and you guys (I am driving)

Titus: You can’t go to sleep; you have to go to the church (forget I was the one driving! Lol)

Me: Yeah, I know Uncle Jay works me really hard. That is why I am so sleepy

Titus: Well, Wendy, he is the Pastor!

Caleb: Yeah, my daddy is the Pastor, so you have to mind him

Me: But it is really hard sometimes

Jackson (the only thing he said the whole trip): It’s your choice to work!

Me: Yes, you are right

Titus: Well, you have to mind the Pastor, or you will be in trouble

Me: Well, I am older than the Pastor, so that makes me boss

Caleb: How old are you? My daddy is 42 (I was not even sure of his real age at this point lol)

Me: Well, it is sad, but Aunt Wendy is almost 55

Titus (very loudly and with complete honesty): WOW! That is a LOT of numbers

Caleb: Now Titus that was mean, she is really just 54 right now and that is not as many numbers, but it is still A LOT!

Titus: Wendy, you just have to mind the Pastor because he is always the boss, so don’t give him any trouble today, ok

Caleb: Yeah Dad will put you in time out and you have to say you are sorry if you don’t mind him. So, Wendy, are you going to mind my dad, because he is Pastor ya know

Me: Well, since he is Pastor, I better mind him or I might be in trouble with God, ya think?

Titus: Yes and you don’t want God mad at you because you are suppose to mind his Pastors

Me: I will be good today and mind him

Caleb: Good cause I might want to go to Dairy Queen and you can’t take me if you are in time out.

Lol these boys and their Pastor (Jay)!