The Hiking

Caleb: Daddy, I wanna go hiking like you. I got my packpack on.* I ready to go.
Dad: Sure thing, little buddy. Just be back before it gets dark.
Caleb: Okay, Dad.

[Five to eight minutes later]

Mom: Hey... where are the boys?

Caleb and an accomplice were later apprehended approximately one block away from the VanDorsten household. Said Caleb, "The-hiking-we-will-go. I'm hiking to Chuck E. Cheese!"


*Entry 11 from the 2008 Unabridged Calebese Dictionary:
packpack (PAK-pak), noun: a backback or any container with straps that can be flung across one's shoulders.

Doll

Mustache

Caleb: I need to go to the store.
Dad: Oh?
Caleb: Yeah. I need some new shoes. And a mustache.

Triptic

Sitting Up

BBQ

Dad: Here you go, friend - nuggies for lunch.
Caleb: Nuggies! I love them. Dad, I need more boobercar and mustib and also some more keputz.*
Dad: Coming right up.
Caleb: You are my best Dad ever.

*Entries 13, 98, and 109 from the 2008 Unabridged Calebese Dictionary:
Boobercar (bu - BUR - kar), noun: barbecue sauce.
See also, beckyew sauce.
Mustib (MUSS-tib), noun: yellow mustard
Keputz (KEP - putz), noun: ketchup

Sonrisa

Old

Mom: Caleb, what's your middle name?
Caleb: Joseph.
Mom: And your last name?
Caleb: VanDorsten.
Mom: And how old are you?
Caleb: I'm two.
Mom: Well... technically, you're two-and-a-half. Can you say two-and-a-half?
Caleb: No way! I can't say that. It's too scary.

Pillows

Stank

Dad: Caleb, did you just poot?
Caleb: What's that smell?
Dad: That stinks.
Caleb: It smell like you.

Cuzzins

Isaac Edward VanDorsten &
Elizabeth Rose VanDorsten
Born 9 hours apart

Guitar Hero

Dad: Hey buddy, whatcha doin'?
Caleb: I got my juice, my guitar, and my hooker.*
Dad: Hahahaha
Mom: When you blog this, please explain.

*Entry 87 from the 2008 Unabridged Calebese Dictionary:
hooker (hu - kur), noun: a bungee cord with two hooks (image)

Tasty Vittles

Nana

Diaper Rash

Caleb: Dad, I need some lotion. I think I have diaper ass.
Dad: Um... no. Rash. Diaper rashhhh.
Caleb: That's what I say, Dad. Diaper rass.
Dad: Did Pop teach you this?
Caleb: Yeah.

Welder

Dad: Nice mask.
Caleb: I like to play the guitar like Diddy.
Dad: No doubt.

Little Warrior

Great Grandpa

'Twas the Season

Caleb: I wanna go to Christmas.
Mom: Christmas isn't a place - it's a time of the year.
Caleb: Hey! I wanna go back! Let's go to Christmas.

Mind Trick

Dad: "This is not the droid I was looking for..."

Trip

Dad: Caleb, are you ready for the big trip?
Caleb: I'm ready, Daddy. I'm ready go on a trip, see Nana and Pop and Unk and and and Jeremiah and Misaw and 'Manda and and Gwamma-Gwampa, and the Isaac and a baby Beth and Santa Caus and a dinosaur and my Yah-Yah. Ready to go. I'm ready to go, Daddy.
Dad: Haha... right on.
Caleb: Um, where we goin'?
Dad: On our Christmas trip.
Caleb: Yeah. Merry Christmas and a Happy Nooner.

Elf

Double Take

Upstairs

Mr. Jeremy: How's that big-boy bed, Caleb?
Caleb: It's still upstairs. In my room.

Hat

Funky

Caleb: Daddy, it's funky outside.
Dad: Funky...? Ah. I believe the word you're looking for is "foggy."
Caleb: Um, yes. It is foggy outside.

Pretty Good

Mr. Jeremy: How's that big-boy bed working out for you, Caleb?
Caleb: I doin' pretty good.

Fun with Miss Kaye

Big-Boy Bed

Dad: Today you get a big-boy bed!
Caleb: A big-boy bed! I so esscited!

Skeletons

Caleb: Daddy, I gonna be a plelickan.*
Dad: A saywhatnow?
Caleb: I put a blanket on over-over-over my head. Be a plelickan.
Dad: That sounds scary.
Caleb: Daddy being silly. I not a plelickan. I'm a Caleb!

*Entry 153 from the 2007 Calebese Dictionary:
plelickan (plel-i-kan), noun: a skeleton