A Day With Caleb

Out of all 3 boys - Caleb is the least demanding. Christian is not really demanding but because he is older it is easier to do more things with him and there is more opportunity because of his school events, etc. Joel is demanding so he REQUIRES a lot of attention. But Caleb is so laid back and easy going that sometimes I think he might got overlooked.

So this week when Tina came in we went to IKEA. We didn't realize that you would need HOURS to go through the store. It is very contemporary, which is not my style, but they have a lot of great ideas that you can use no matter what. So while we were there I got quite a few things for Joel's room but did not find anything for Caleb's room. Joel's room is done in cars and primary colors so it is pretty easy to get stuff for his room. Caleb's room is done in camouflage and finding wall art and accessories is a little more difficult.

So Caleb kept asking me, mom when are you going to find some stuff for my room. So, since they were off on Friday from school I asked him if he wanted to go with me to look for stuff for his room. His eyes lit up and he said YES, I want to go.

I decided that he and I would spend the day together. And spend the day is what we did! We left at 10:00 am and didn't get home until 4:30pm!! He was VERY TIRED and at one point he said, "Mom I am DONE with shopping!" Ha, ha.

I thought there was an Army, Navy Store in Frisco and we drove up and down highway looking for it before I called information and they said there wasn't one in Frisco. We went to Target where we found new curtain for Joel's room (oops!) and NOTHING for Caleb's. We went to a couple of small stores that had nothing camouflage, the Mall and ate lunch, when I finally said let's try this Wal-Mart. We found him a pillow, small blanket and 3 pictures at Wal-Mart. Feeling like we had struck gold I said lets drive back to our Wal-Mart in Frisco and see if we can find some more pictures! But our Wal-Mart didn't have any more. After getting him some ice cream from Sonic I talked him into one more store. Our final stop was Hobby Lobby where I bought 2 pictures for the game room and Caleb's favorite purchase of the day - a camouflage tank!! Sherri brought me a shelf yesterday that he really likes so we have that up. We still have one huge blank wall but it is looking better and I think more importantly he enjoyed a day all to his self!