only in cali

so i've done little with this blog about me or jason or life in general here in cali. we experienced a true california past-time a couple of weeks ago. i'm sure when jason reads this he'll think i'm a dork for saying it but it's true. just like on 90210 or any of those other shows that are true to california life-style (unbeknown to me) we went to a beach bonfire for our friend, matt's birthday!

granddad was in town and hung out with you-know-who.

The birthday boy and his lovely wife, Traci...

jason and matt...

see! those lifeguard stands like on bay watch really DO exist!

as night falls...

it's easy to see...

that it's true what they say...

smog really does make for a beautiful sunset...

proof that i was there...

really...we had a great time with great friends...we even had smores!

oh to be 19 months old

cashel just turned 19 months old! i can't believe it! so here's the latest:

1. new words/phrases: i'll fix it, where'd it go? (with hands palms up, shrugging - this game can go on an on and on and on.....), bath (baf), he really likes to enunciate such words, like dog and truck, so much that they sound like dock!, blankie, animals (sounds like elmos), paca (for alpaca), ostrich, ho-as (horse), off, mama (for llama), boid (bird)

2. he runs like phoebe on friends (but without the crazy arms)

3. he likes to make the sssssssssssss sound....oh....an he has a super cute little lisp!

4. he likes to chase me and/or jason when we are getting in the shower or changing clothes and point to our hiney and say "hihey" (maybe you didn't need to know that?)

5. he sounds like bruno when he says "nice"

6. he is animal o-b-s-e-s-s-e-d! he knows them all and knows all of their sounds...my favorite is when he sees a skunk he says "shew" and waves his hand in front of his nose

7. he's been making us let him fall asleep in the daybed instead of his crib - but we always move him once he's totally out

8. he gives jason "round the world kisses" - forehead, cheek, cheek, mouth - i have yet to get one of these

9. he really likes our friend matt. in fact, he often looks for him around our house...."matt?...matt?"

10. he likes to remind me that i'm his mommy - when i'm helping out another kid at the playground he stops what he's doing, looks right at me and yells "no!"

this is just a glimpse of life with a 19 month old - what a fun life it is!

we're just not as interesting...

....as cashel to write about but i'll give it a shot. a short shot. well, here we are at the beginning of june which is the end of my school year! yahoo! at teaneck we never got out until the end of june so this is awesome! one more week to go but really, it's already over. here i am, proctoring an exam for a math class. i have nothing tomorrow except to be available to answer questions for my students after 12pm tomorrow because their exam, the last exam of the year, is on friday. so, i'm here friday and will be under a pile of papers, furiously grading to get grades in by 9am on monday morning. i see my kids for 10 minutes per class monday, have a 1 hour meeting on tuesday then graduation on thursday and i'm out! summer here we come! i think i'll appreciate this summer more than past summers. i'm looking forward to cash being in daycare m/w/f so i'll have a little "me time" then he and i get the whole day together t/th. of course, i can pick him up on daycare days or not take him. jason continues to work on the same movie he's been on since december. a surprisingly long stretch for an independent film but he enjoys it enough. we look forward to traveling to kiawah on july 17th for a week then cashel and i stay in nc for 1 week beyond before papa and mimi travel back with us for their first california trip! yahoo! otherwise, i'm taking swim lessons to learn to swim for exercise since my bike was stolen and i have a bum knee and foot and jason enjoys riding his bike. that's our summer i guess. i'll post pics of our adventures!