Convo # 1

Always fun with my buddy Caleb. Here is a typical “taunting” from him when he was about 3-4 years old:

Me: (I had a big box in my hand ready to throw). Hey Caleb, I am going to throw this and hit you with it.

Caleb: Go ahead, Baby, give it to me (me laughing) – what’s wrong, baby that all you got? Nothin’, Baby, you got nothin’!

Me: (throwing it so it wouldn’t hit him, and it landed beside him): Ha ha, I threw it at you!

Caleb: (shaking his head in disbelief) You’re blind as a bat …blind I tell you … as a bat.Lol

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Convo # 2

Caleb was about 4, and he was at the office with me. I was busy, so I gave him a sketchbook with washable markers. I asked him to “take his time” and make me a “special picture” to hang in my office.

He worked for about an hour, not saying a word. I finally went over to see what he was drawing. It was a picture that was too good for a 4 year old to draw. I was surprised!

Me: Oh Caleb, you are a good “draw person” (while admiring his work)

Caleb: Yeah, I know, it’s amazing, isn’t it!

Me:  Yeah!

Caleb:  Yeah, my mommy and daddy tell me I am amazing all the time, so here you are – me “drawing” amazing!

Whoa, slow your roll, Picasso!

Smh…he’s so funny

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Convo # 3

Caleb was at my house doing homework. He was in the TV room. I was in the kitchen cooking, so he was yelling and asking for definitions of words. One was “throb.” We discussed it, and he moved on to the next word.

Caleb: What is THRIFTY?

Me: Well, if you are thrifty, you watch how you spend your money. You don’t waste it on silly stuff.

Caleb: I thought that was just being a cheapskate.

Me:  Yeah, you are right! lol

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Convo # 4

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

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

Me: 1:15pm. 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 7pm. 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

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Convo # 5

Caleb was at my house one Sunday (in 2019) 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 making 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

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.

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Convo # 6

I was taking Caleb to school. I try to surprise him with different things to drink. I had bought a drink called “Frostie’s Blue Raspberry Lemonade” in the past, and he loved it. I looked for over a year, and I couldn’t find it anywhere – until about a month ago.

I was excited to surprise him! I put a cold bottle in the car, and when he got in, I was so happy to give it to him. I handed him the cold blue bottle of Frostie’s Blue Raspberry Lemonade!

He looked at me with a blank stare….hmmm…

Me: Hey, Buddy, don’t you remember this drink? I had it a long time ago, and you liked it.

Caleb, shrugging and got the bottle and twisted off the cap! He took a big gulp! I was smiling and couldn’t wait for him to tell me how much he loved me for finding it again. He took the drink and made a disgusting face. And I heard a faint, “Yuck!”

Me: Hey, don’t you like it anymore. You loved it the last time we had it!

Caleb, trying not to hurt my feelings, contemplated and carefully chose his words.

Caleb: Well, Wendy, you know when you go into the attic, and there is a smell up there that smells like an attic?

Me laughing: Yeah.

Caleb: Well, that is what this tastes like!

Me: Ok, you don’t have to drink it!

I looked over, and he took another huge drink and made the same face of disgust. And put the bottle back in the cupholder. I didn’t say anything and just watched him out of the corner of my eye while driving. And low and behold, he took another drink and another one…and made that face every time.

Me: Really, Buddy, you don’t have to drink it.

Caleb: Well, I sort of like it now. I guess I like the attic!

I almost had to pull off the road. I was laughing so hard.

#iloveattic

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