With his best friend, Anya, Calen has a blast at the beach at Del Mar. There is a play ground right by the beach whereDada surfs so it is perfect for all types of activities.
Calen Loves watermellon (aka sandia). He really enjoys it here with his uncle Stephen. Mama is preparing the next cut so that no seeds touch his magesty's lips!
OK, I am back in action after taking some time to try the Apply website, I am back to Blogspot/picasa combination that makes it so easy to blog.
We had dinner on the beach at a place called Zippers in San Jose de loe Cabos, Mexico. It is by a surf break by the same name. They served our meals with a little bowl of cut lime. Of course, Anya and Calen had to have a taste of the little fruits. You would think that one taste would have been enough but he went back for more. He is showing signs of his Mama because Steph loves sour.
We went to the NV side of Lake Tahoe for the www.koverroos.com board meeting staying at the Incline Village Hyatt. It is a stunning place and is now on the long list of places that Calen can say that he has visited. There was a beautiful beach to play on and a restaurant that views the beach and the lake. There was still plenty of snow to play with as well so plenty of snow men were built.
This is another picture from our day trip to Julian. Calen ran around the steps over and over again playing with Papi and the rest of the family. He loved all the attention he was getting as well as all the new sights and sounds. He probably liked the little bit of apple pie ala mode that he was getting from Mama's milk as well!
Calen had a great time with his Mami and Papi coming to visit him in San Diego all the way from Miami. This picture is in Julian, a small town outside of San Diego in the mountains that is famous for apple orchards and apply pies.
15 April 2006. It is the day before Easter and our home owners association and some local businesses set up a massive Easter Egg Hunt at a local park. Calen was hard to hold back and waited impatiently for the hunt to start. It did not take much coaching to get him to go after the eggs.
April 8 2006. We just can not seem to keep the snow out of his mouth. The more we try, the more determined he is to eat the stuff. At least we are not near the city for this meal!!!
7 April 2006. Thanks to some generous friends, we spent last weekend in Big Bear and there was plenty of sun and snow to hike, ski and play in.
21 March 2006. Calen had a friend come over all the way from HI. His name is Kia Noa (calm sea) and he met Calen at his first Gymboree class in Oahu. Again, the step2 up and down roller coaster does the trick. They loved going on it together.
30 March 2006. Calen loves to take big bites of his favorite foods. Every once in a while we have to ask him to show us how much is in his mouth before we can give him more to eat. If not, he will get to the point that he just can swallow and then spits the whole mouthful out. Of course, Casey, our dog, does not mind him doing that at all.
31 March 2006. Getting dressed is starting to become pretty hard to do. Calen is a little picky about what he wears and when he wears it.
1 April 2006. We feed Calen very healthy, natural and organic foods. His pallet is pretty broad because of that and some of his favorite foods are broccoli and bananas. The yogurt that he is eating in this picture is probably the favorite of all. It is the Yo Baby brand. We get it at Jimbo's, Henry's, and Whole Foods markets. All organic, made from whole milk and sweetened lightly with vanilla or fruit this yogurt is awesome. As you can see, Calen can’t get his mouth open wide enough!!!
2 April 2006. Parents everywhere, yes it is possible to live your lives semi-free of those annoying child safety devices, but you do have to pay the price of having some fun, cleaning up, and keeping a very close eye on your baby.
Calen loves them as you can see in this picture. He is absolutely crazy about strawberries. If this Blog posted sound, there would be a link to an audio file because it is so cute to hear him as for "Straaabrry!"
2 April 2006. A budding relationship is beginning between Calen and Anya, the first daughter of friends. When we told him this morning that we were going to see Anya he was very excited and did not fight getting shoes on or changing his diaper. He wanted to get going so that he could play with his friend.In this set of pictures you see Calen pushing Anya in our Ref Radio Flyer ATW wagon. For all you parents out there that dont easily get your babies into a stroller, the Radio Flyer is for you. This is the smaller version, but I recommend the bigger one. We put pillows in the bottom and Calen lays back and goes to sleep if he wants. But when he does not want to ride, he always wants to push or pull the wagon. He loved pushing Anya today as you can see by the smile!
I am deeply effected at the power of books for learning to speak. There is really no better way to produce recurrence and recursion for Calen then reading to him his favorite books. He loves the Dr Seuss books like There is a wocket in my Pocket and the Foot Book. There are also some really cute books by Sandra Boynton like Doggies.
Calen loves his roller coaster. Steph bought it after he played with it over and over again and a local play house called "my kids clubhouse" in Poway. Usually toys where out their welcome quickly and before a few weeks are over you are already wondering what to do with it. The "up and down roller coaster" has not been that way. This is especially true when friends come over, because it is a re-discovery for Calen as well, and they can usually ride down together and push each other back up the ramp. He also puts bears and other toys on the coaster and gives them rides.
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