We had a good assembly line going. But after each one he would ask, "Now I eat it?" It was finally time to try a cookie. I think he liked it. 
Here are some of his finished products. I froze a few dozen to decorate when it's actually Easter.
Later we went outside for some big wheel lessons. I am trying to get him to pedal and steer at the same time. He's got the pedaling down, but we keep ending up in our neighbors' yards. He crashed at one point, and I was very proud that he didn't give up. Later we did have to go in for a bandaid though. 
Here is a picture that Aunt Shae and Aunt Ginger would be proud of! I had the music playing, and Caleb felt the urge to sing and dance. He went into the kitchen for his "microphone" and then sang and danced around the living room, something Shae, Gin, and I did often when we lived together in college.
Caleb and I hit 3 parks over my 1 1/2 days off with him at his request. I didn't complain since it was such nice weather. We met up with Trae Trae, Dakota, and Shae our first day out. I was very happy Caleb had a friend to go through the maze of a playground instead of having to drag me along. Today we stopped for "bubbles" on our way to the park. We are both addicted to the strawberry banana smoothie with bubbles at Fat Straw. 
At bath time, Caleb now enjoys when we spike his hair for him, calling said spikes his "reindeer horns." He even requests gel to keep his "horns" in place. The other night he went into his bathroom, got up on his stool to see his hair, then said "thaaaat's cuuute." I died laughing.
One day he resorted to taking all the pots and pans out of our cabinet then putting them back again. 
I asked him toward the end of the week if he missed his friends, "yes mommy, i miss my friends." He was very excited when he returned to school Thursday. Since we had many days together, I experienced more of the potty training than usual. I have been rewarding his success presently with Dora stickers, much to Greg's chagrin, since it's one of his favorite cartoons. But I found myself constantly taking his diaper on and off to go "potty", apparently only when he wants another Dora sticker. Sometimes he's successful, but just as often, he is not. One day he sat on the potty and tooted, then yelled "I did it, I get a Dora sticker" (which is what he always says). I told him a toot doesn't count, he said very forcefully "yes a toot does to count, i get a Dora sticker." I have a whole new respect for our daycare teachers dealing with twenty 2 year olds needing to go potty several times during the day.
Then we picked out some good books at the Half Price Bookstore. He of course went with a fun dinosaur pop-up book.
After nap, we took Caleb's friend, Andrew, his birthday gift. They got some good social time in as well. Even played a duet on the piano. But Caleb wasn't through socializing yet. 
My friend Shae brought her son and nephew over, Dakota and Trae Trae. They had a good time "fixing things" with Caleb's tools, and putting to use many toys that usually never get played with. Since we had a showing on our house this evening, we all ended up eating out together at Chik-fil-a. That was interesting. Caleb and Trae were running all over the place, with Caleb yelling rather loudly. It seems I'll never be able to eat incognito again. They finally went to play in the indoor playground which gave us some peace. I think Caleb will sleep very well tonight.
We were able to watch from a nice suite filled with food and drink; we felt quite spoiled. Caleb took advantage of the finger foods, particularly the carrots. In fact I'm quite sure he ate all the carrots they had. He really enjoyed "entertaining" uncle Justin during the game, and kept us all busy at some point trying to keep up with him. 
We had a great time, even though the Stars lost. Thanks again Gin and Justin!
This morning we took Caleb for a trial Little Slugger class after church. The class is supposed to teach the fundamentals of baseball. On the way to the class I asked him if he was excited about playing baseball, he said "yes, I'll be as fast as a puppy dog." Greg asked what kind of puppy dog, "a big, fat, red puppy dog" ,"a big fat caterpillar puppy dog". Greg and I had a good laugh as he continued to describe the most interesting kind of puppy dogs. I worry at his use of the adjectives "big and fat". He has used them often since we began reading the Hungry Caterpillar. In the end of the story, it's described as a big, fat caterpillar before it turns into a butterfly. At the class, Caleb had a great time running the bases and hitting the ball. He actually got upset about leaving after the class was over. 
This afternoon Caleb insisted on playing more baseball with daddy outside. He can never get enough it seems. Maybe Greg and I will be able to retire early when Caleb turns pro!
