Magic Moment

Videoing everyday activities of your baby is easy to do with a smart phone. Sometimes magic happens. This, my friends, pure magic. Caleb is sixteen months old today. Those are horsey noises you hear and that move - first time performance.

Best Babysitter Ever

Caleb visits a special friend two days a week. Her name is Miss Tomi, or as Caleb pronounces it: Tom-a. Miss Tomi is a gifted teacher who loves kids, especially my kid. She lets him do all kinds of fun things. Like this:

Who do you think is more fun? The lady at the bottom of the hill saying, "Hold on with two hands." "Be careful." or the lady at the top of this hill saying "1,2,3 here we go!" That's why Caleb is always excited to visit Tom-a. She's the lady at the top of the hill.

This is what he looks like when I drop him off for Tom-a time. Oh, what fun to be had! Tom-a has encouraged Caleb's dance moves, which he practices with Grandpa. Grandpa and Caleb dance every single day - to the same songs. It looks a little something like this (I couldn't resist, Dad. Sorry!):

Tom-a also encourages Caleb's love for books. He recently became very attached to what I happened to be reading The Life of Pi. For a week straight, he would sit flipping through the pages for 20 minutes straight. 

What would we do without our Tomi? We love her! World, you're lucky I'm even posting this. Now the word is out and people are going to try to steal her from us. You can't have her.