Day of Mourning

Today has to be one of the saddest days I have had since my sweet Benjamin was born five years ago. I have been struggling all day to not cry and upset him...but all I want to do is hide in my room and maybe the day will never end.

Why, you ask? Because tomorrow my sweet baby boy will start Kindergarten.


Oh how my heart aches. How can I bare to not have him by my side all day asking me all kinds of interesting questions, like why Mommies and Daddies are fat and kids aren't, or How come the government made it so we couldn't plant fruit seeds from our apples and grow our own fruit trees. He also has very helpful ideas like how to make a slingshot with my bra or that he thinks we should only have pizza or chicken nuggets for lunch cause then we could eat the gross stuff for dinner. Plus he loves to help with chores, as long as I let him try a new one every day.

I have tomorrow planned so that I can do my best to not blubber all day. First, I am giving Chris a ride to school so that we can drop him off together and Chris can walk him in. Daddy has to take lot's of pictures so that I can look at them all day and boo hoo. After I drop Chris off I am headed to the gym so that maybe the energy boost will give me the endorphins I need to cheer me up. After that I have a trip to the grocery store where hopefully the relief from only having to wrestle two kids we'll only add to my relaxation. After that I may let myself cry till I fall asleep for a nap with the babies and then it will be time to wake up and go pick him up. YAY! I think if all goes well I may survive.

Benjamin on the other hand is over joyed and already has his backpack ready to go. He can't wait to meet new friends and sit at his own special chair. He already made two new friends at meet the teacher on Friday (where I almost had a nervous break down may I add). He can't wait to try out the new playground and go to gym class and eat in the lunch room. I am trying to put on a smile when he talks about it, because he is such a tender little heart. Every time I tell him how much I am going to miss him he starts crying and says, well I could just stay here with you and then you wouldn't be sad. I could just play with my action figures all day and have friends over. He is such a sweet heart.

So tomorrow for him, I will put on my big girl panties and wave goodbye to my sweet little boy and hope that he has a great day on his first day of school...but if anyone is mean to him I will be up there like a Hell Cat ready to fight. PTO you better watch out.

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Caleb's party

Caleb wanted a Green Lantern party. For those non-super hero experts, he is a guy who has a ring of power and protects our planet from alien invasions and he wears all green. So we made rings of power for the kids.


We had a few friends over and John and Pam came down.


Chris made the most delicious Avocado Burgers and then we opened presents. I think Caleb was satisfied with his loot.



After all the traveling we have done this summer. I twas really nice to have a relaxing family party. Happy Birthday Caleb!! I can't believe you are 3 already. Please slow down. We love you.

Caleb is 3!!

Oh how I love this kid!!

I mean that is just the greatest smile ever. We are so grateful to have Caleb in our lives. He makes us laugh everyday with his silly antics. He worships his big brother Benny

and loves to snuggle his little brother Joshua.

I think he's got the best place right in the middle.

He is learning how to use the potty right now and how to sleep with out his passy ( he is doing better at the first). Caleb is saying pretty much everything now and speaks really quietly and sweetly most the time. He has a bit of a lisp when he says his "s", but right now it is still at the cute phase. I try to correct him, but it is so darn cute (we'll work on that later).

He loves to snuggle, especially likes to get visits from "Snugaluptus" aka Mommy.
Caleb really likes swimming and we spend a lot of time at the pool. He loves fruit snacks and gold fish and cupcakes. Every time I make cupcakes I have to watch them like a hawk or they don't make it to the planned event.

Caleb hopefully will be our basketball player, cause he loves sports and is our tall skinny one. He almost always has a ball in his hand. His favorite past time is throwing the ball at our living room wall or kicking it around the living room with Josh.

Caleb can pretty much sleep anywhere.

He is a late night wanderer, so we find him asleep in a lot of random places.


His favorite is the Batcave

( a little fort formed by their minicouches when they are shoved into the corner between the sofa and the wall). My favorite has to still be our bed.

He pretty much can get whatever he wants by giving us those doe eyes.
People seriously stop and comment all the time when we re in public on his eyes. I am not sure who in the family he got them from, but they are pretty so I can't complain. He has my giant dimples and his Uncle Isaiah's build. All in all he is one good looking kid, but who's bragging.


He can be a little stubborn at times, but it kinda keeps him from being a push over.


Some of his favorite phrases are; "I am not a monkey I cabub", and "I'm not a baby I'm a big boy".

His favorite songs are "ABC's", "Eye of the Tiger", and "Pants on the Ground".

Caleb has a special place in our family and we wouldn't be the Leez (or the Leeths) with out him. I love you Caleb Atticus Lee and hope you grow to be a great missionary.