Licensed!

Caleb can now drive on his own... P plates proudly on display!

One the road... for the first time

Caleb snuck down to Vicroads after school today and passed his Learner's Permit exam. A new stage in the journey, one with wheels!

How they have grown!

Christmas is a good time of year to mark the growth in the family. It's not easy to mark the growth in maturity, thinking, responsibility and awareness, so I'll just resort to a photo. This may be the last Christmas in which I can look over Caleb's head!

Basketball

It's been a day of triumphs on the sporting field for the Heard boys - Sam leading the way in swimming, and Caleb storming home with a strong second half in his qualifying pool match for basketball championships. Producing his best-ever performance, Caleb finished a strong game with a remarkable shot from under the basket behind the board, as he was falling out of court, taking him to 20 points on top of a strong game on the boards, together with some steals and assists. More importantly, his team finished this part of the grading undefeated, and now faces a cross-over match before proceeding to the next level of qualifying.

Mind you, Caleb had walked 14 km this afternoon in a school walkathon, and is now currently absolutely wiped out. He is required to back up with a second game tomorrow afternoon...

Caleb's Championship Debut

Caleb made his championship debut for Bulleen Boomers last Friday night, playing in the Spring phase of practice games. He rose to the challenge, playing some strong defence, taking some good rebounds, dishing off a couple of assists, and scoring some baskets of his own. The team managed to turn around a 4-17 start to win by 14.

Success!

He travelled around Australia, fishing at every opportunity, looking for that elusive 'big one'. It finally came this week off the newly restored Lorne Pier... a 2kg blue salmon which was very nice eating indeed! Well done, Cale!

(Notice that the cast is now gone also... the plaster one, that is!)

Them's the breaks

What a day... setting out with three basketball games to play, Caleb makes a spectacular chase down to block a fast-break layup two minutes into the first game... He swats the ball out of court, then loses balance on landing as the little squirt he rejected backs under him, causing him to fall awkwardly. He puts out his hand to break his fall, and instead...


Makes a good story, doesn't it! And then there's what really happened...

It's birthday month (2)!!

Caleb follows up the pack with his 14th... only two more years until learner's permit comes onto the scene... Not quite 6 foot on the old scale, but getting there! His shoe size also just falls short of his age!