monkeys

we don't know what it is but cashel has this thing with monkeys

he either loves this or hates them depending on his mood

when he loves them he says "monkeys!"

when he hates them he clamps on to me or jason and says "no monkey's in trees?" 
he's super afraid! 

it's arbitrary. 

it's funny. 

it's cute. 

as usual. 

drawring

so...a little out of order here but lately, cashel has been insisting that i draw.  if you know me, you know me not to be a person who can draw.  with my conceptual physics class the kids have been conditioned not to laugh at my drawings unless they want their grade to go down...just kidding...(not really)...

anyhoo....cashel is hilarious with his requests.  it started out like this:

cashel: draw a man...draw an hoop...draw a ball

lately, it has become this:

cashel:  mama...draw a tree...draw a man...a ladder...a ball...a hoop

cashel: mama...draw a baby...crying...two babies...crying...a tree...a hoop...a koala..

me:  a koala?

cashel:  no, a koala

me:  a koala?

cashel:  no, a koala?

me: a koala?

cashel:  no!  a koala?

me:  oh!  you want a gorilla!

cashel:  yea! a gorilla!

so i draw a gorilla in a tree, then it has to open the door and knock on the door and walk

he thinks i'm a cartoonist....

obviousely, i'm not...

no mom, i'm not eating dirt

seriously, i'm not eating dirt...i promise...

halloween

halloween.  i don't really know the history.  i suppose i could pretend by saying something about back in the day people trying to ward off spirits by dressing up  like spirits themselves or something like that but i don't really know and i'm too busy to wiki it.  so, anyways, cashel was the flash.  he (i) don't really know who the flash is.  i probably saw it when i was little, i know jason did, but the bottom line is this...he thought he was spiderman.  he kept saying, i'm spiderman.  ok, actually before that happened, he wanted nothing to do with his costume really.  jason got it on him once and he was super excited but then wanted it off.  i would get it on him for about a minute before he would say "off!  off!"  we thought that with his daycare he would be more amenable, and he was...for a while...here are the pictures to prove it:

cashel knows his stories at "circle time" so well, he gets very excited and runs up, front and center, to help tell the story

 then...on the day of halloween we were at nana's.  she really wanted to see him in his outfit.  here we go:

 then...on the way home from nana's, here i am thinking, oh, we'll just go home, but at 4:30, cashel starts saying, "trick or treat?"  well, i have his costume in the car and explain to him that he'll have to wear his outfit and he totally goes for it:

proud and ready...of course he has to have a ball...

he got a blue blow pop at the first house that would open the door (it was 5:15..a little early i suppose)

his latest?  looking at himself in the mirror...a prius will do

happy halloween!

get ready y'all

i'm 'bout to post lots of stuff that's been backed up in my brain and on my iphoto.  it's been a busy time since i last posted with jason working weekends (not anymore - yea!) and with grades and comments being due at school followed by cashel's birthday and thanksgiving.  oh yea, it's also that jason loves me enough to give me night to myself!  i'm so excited i can't stand it.  don't get me wrong, i love my boys, but a night to myself is just what i ordered.  thank you sweetie - i love you too!

i'll start with this juicy bit that jason called and told me about tonight.  he called and said:

robin, we were at lowe's with my mom and we talked to a black man (i don't know who talked to who really, maybe he worked there?  i don't know but the part that he's black is important)...anyhoo...robin, we were at lowe's with my mom and we talked to a black man and cashel looked up at him and said, "michael jordan."  jason says he doesn't know if the man heard him or not but that's funny!

also...as they were leaving, cashel was batting his eyes at a high school girl.  literally batting his eyes.  just like his dad - this is trouble.

punkim festival

that scratch on cashel's eye?  he fell out of the bed a couple of nights before.  good thing he heals like a super hero.  cashel was loved little campbell and was giving out hugs, as usual

one rainy sunday in october cashel and i headed out to one of his favorite spots, underwood family farm.  each year they have a harvest festival during the month of october, each weekend with a different theme - this weekend? tractors!

we went with cashel's bff, brenden and his family, jane (the mom), rob (the dad) and campbell (the cutie patootie baby girl).  jason was still working weekends (boooooo) so he couldn't go.

first of all, cashel was just so excited about being with brendan outside of kids klub.  after brendan woke up (we was awake, just not awake, you know - he was grumpy for a while) they/we had a blast.  it wasn't the same without jason, but it was still super fun.

they had a huge punkim patch! the second picture down in the middle and the top right is cashel and brendan's 30 minute hollering salute to the tractors as they passed by