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Caleb just wants to dance

Our kid loves to dance! If you attended Travis and Sarah’s wedding in early October you would have had an excellent demonstration of this boy’s skills. The video of Caleb below isn’t much of a dance just some good head bobbing while eating breakfast and listening to some tunes.

Now for the tech talk… This video was shot on a piece of equipment I hope to use to share a lot more content with you. It was shot with the all new Re camera by HTC. This handy dandy little periscope-looking camera is categorized as a lifestyle camera and can be ranked up there with the GoPro action camera. It has a 16 MP camera, can shoot in slow motion, records in high definition, and is water proof right out of the box.

If you are interested in purchasing the HTC Re as a Christmas present for a lucky someone try using the link below to do your shopping.

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Listen to my Smart Guy Talk

Some of you visiting this site have never met Caleb, some of you met him before he could speak or before he spoke this much so here’s a couple of clips of him talking. The video quality is not the greatest since my goal was mainly to record his voice, but until I come up with a better method this what you get. The video with the cars is very deserving of a visual aide so I guess this will do for now.

Saying Our Names:

Caleb’s teacher at Montessori school, Ms. Brit taught him how to clearly say his name as well as mine and Aimee’s first and last names. His teacher says he is a very quick learner so hopefully that will play to our advantage when he starts potty training.

Name that car:

Caleb has quite a few toy cars, mostly handed down, but equally valued by him since he plays with all of them so often. One of my favorite play time events with him is sitting on the floor pushing cars back and forth to each other and naming the cars as we push them. I love that he can easily remember the types of cars we play with and how he can even spot them as we are driving down the road or walking in a parking lot.

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Camping at Otter Creek

The weather this weekend couldn’t have been any better for a camping adventure in October. I left work an hour early, packed up the Vera Cruz and headed to Otter Creek, which is a few miles on the other side of Fort Knox, with Aimee and Caleb. This was Caleb’s first time camping and although he sounded anxious when he repeated, “We’re going camping!” He really had no idea what he was in for. We met up at the camp site with our friends Art and Lauren who had their 2 kids Ethan and Maya with them and were later joined by another friend, Phil. Caleb enjoyed running around with Ethan and Maya and throwing sticks in the fire. When it neared his bedtime he told us he wanted to go home and although he let out a short cry when we laid him down he slept perfectly in our tent.

Our nighttime activities included eating brats and hot dogs, apple pie moonshine, cigars, roasted marshmallows, sitting by the fire, and a trip to a haunted forest. The next day Aimee whipped up some excellent breakfast burritos followed by a stroll around the camp site on the Strider. Later another friend and her kids joined us for some fun in the stream and a hike on the nature trails which are perfect for walkers, mountain bikers, and horse back riding. A little while after we made it out of the woods from the hike we headed home and relaxed.

Caleb did very well and I’m sure the next time we say, “We’re going camping” he will know exactly what we are talking about.

Below is a slideshow of our trip, a video of Caleb by the fire, and a still shot of a spider Lauren found looking for a place to have some lunch!

Scary shot of spider with fly

 

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Natural Born Biker

I remember the day Aimee first heard about balance bikes for kids and how excited she was about getting Caleb one for his second birthday. She spent some time researching them online looking for the best deal and type of bike we should get. She happily extended her excitement to Caleb by introducing him to other kids riding prebikes in videos on YouTube.com and whenever he saw one of us going toward the computer he requested to watch “bike” videos.

When it came time to reveal his birthday present, he calmly walked over to his Strider and jumped right on as if he already knew what to do. A little shaky at first, he made his way up and down the driveway with a smile on his face!

We decided upon the Strider prebike because of the amazing customer reviews and the 2 year warranty. A prebike, or running bike teaches children to balance instead of teaching them to lean on training wheels. They are able to walk with the bike between their legs at as young as 18 months, work up to sitting on the seat while walking the bike, and finally running and gliding with their feet on the footrests. Kids love riding this bike even after they are able to ride a traditional bike….it’s so much fun!

Daddy and Caleb ride at least once a week and hope to maybe participate in the upcoming NBL Strider Cup in September during the NBL Grand Nationals, a race that daddy was in at the age of 16. Check out the video below and leave comments about how you think he is doing.

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