Caleb: We are out of handitizer.* I need some. Dad: Hahahaha... Caleb, I am going to blog this. Caleb: Are you kiddin me? Dad: Not at all. *Entry 47 from the 2008 Unabridged Calebese Dictionary: handitizer (hand-it-IZE-er), noun: 1.) Hand sanitizer. 2.) Sometimes soap.
Dad: What are you doing, you lil tooter? Caleb: I am not a tooter. I am a Caleb. I put bread in my ear. Dad: That's weird. Caleb: Yeah. I put it there and it grows all day.
Dad: Okay buddy - time for bed. Caleb: But I not ready for bed. Dad: Hmm. Well, how about some slumber? Caleb: W-e-l-l-l... mmmm... I don't know bout that. Dad: No? Caleb: Dad, I don't know what that word means. Dad: Slumber means "to sleep." I was trying to trick you. Caleb: Don't trick me, Dad.
Caleb: Dad, you have got to get out. You are too much of a glump. Dad: Hmmm. I see. What is a "glump"? Caleb: I don't know. It's just what Tigger said.
Caleb: Mommy, that lady wearing underwear. Lady in Parking Lot: What did he say? Mom: Um... he said you're wearing underwear. I'm sorry - we're potty training. Lady in Parking Lot: Well, I certainly am wearing underwear. But it will be a problem if he asks to see it.
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.