by Deborah Quinn | Aug 24, 2014 | Abu Dhabi, birth, Children, family, Kids, Parenting, Travel
This face of joy is Caleb, at one, at Barnegat Light on Long Beach Island. He’d learned to walk at nine months, which meant that despite having a brain about the size of a walnut and a diaper the size of a basketball, he would climb up stairs, stagger along the...
by Deborah Quinn | Mar 23, 2013 | Abu Dhabi, Books, family, Kids, sports, World Moms Blog
Sidelines at Caleb’s soccer football match last week: I think we classify this image under “the new normal.” (Plus that little kid in the jacket looks like he’s developing some mad skillz) When I wasn’t standing on the sidelines watching...
by Deborah Quinn | Dec 5, 2011 | Children, growing up
In my efforts to organize our digital photos, I found one of my favorite pictures of Caleb. And then, as so often happens, the blog world stepped in and gave me an excuse to share this picture. Galit, over at These Little Waves is running a linkup in conjunction...
by Deborah Quinn | Oct 21, 2011 | Abu Dhabi, Children, Parenting, religion
Caleb came in for an early morning snuggle. 6:13AM on Friday morning, which in this part of the world is Saturday. Well, actually, it’s like Sunday, the day of worship. Tomorrow, Saturday, is like Saturday. Anyway. It’s early, I’m sleeping, he’s chatty. Caleb: Why do...
by Deborah Quinn | Aug 23, 2011 | Abu Dhabi, Children, growing up
Dear Caleb Today you turn seven. You’re the first person in our family to have a birthday in our new Abu Dhabi life and it seems appropriate that it should be you, because after your father, you were the one most excited about coming here. I’m sorry there...