cuddle

after the bedtime ritual i stay in the bed with cashel for 3 lullaby songs.  here is what happened tonight:

me: cashel, it's been three songs, mommy is going to go in the other room now.

cashel: two more minutes

me: cashel, it's already been two minutes.

cashel:  three minutes.  (he looks at me) let's cuddle. (he puts his arms around my neck and smashes his face against mine.

how can i resist?

march 2011

here are just some random pictures from march 2011.  i wish this kid would stop growing.  he's pretty darn cute.  i promise that jason and i actually have lives outside of cashel...but they're just not as interesting or fun or cute as our life with cashel.  that's why i rarely talk about it.  maybe one day i'll write about life here in la la land.....that's an idea....let me think on it...

granddad visits!

graddad came to visit in march.  he and cashel had a "grand" time together!

playing catch up

well....this school year was a great year, but did have its challenges. i'm a little slow sometimes and it takes me a while to process exactly what's going on. i realized this spring that, although i had taught chemistry for 13 years it had actually been 7 or 8 years that i had taught some of the concepts that i had to teach this year (acids and bases, thermochemistry, equilibrium, etc.), therefore, i needed to work "overtime." but....i can't really work overtime, can i? i mean, i work my patootie off from 8am until 4pm because i don't like picking little man up much past 4:30 if i can help it and after that i can't do any school work until after 8pm and after 8pm my brain just does not function! jason, however, can work overtime if necessary. all he has to do is to call and say, i'll be late. i'm not complaining. i want to be here with cashel to do all that i do and i know that jason wants to be here too. therefore, he and i worked it out for him to take cashel at least twice a week so that i could leave for work early and get there to get more stuff done when i can function better. and...i've gone in on saturdays and sundays at times too. teamwork baby! that's what this parent thing is all about.

there you have it my friends...the reason why my posts have been sporadic at best plus the fact that ,quite honestly, i've literally been sick of looking at my computer screen. so i'm playing catch up.  below is a trip to the science museum, or the dinosaur museum, as cashel calls it, over my spring break.

natural science museum in los angeles

at a park beside the museum

he'd rather be chasing birds

see?

my little climber

look at the t-rex mom

who is this kid?

this was 18 month old cashel!

mama can't shoot hoops

cashel:  daddy, you're bigger? you go to new park with me?

jason:  yes, cashel, i'll go.

cashel: you are bigger?

jason: yes, cashel, i'm bigger.

cashel: can you shoot hoops with me?

jason: of course, i can shoot hoops with you cashel.

cashel: mommy cannot shoot hoops.

jason: (laughs)

cashel:  mama is not strong. cashel is strong.

one to remember

i posted this on facebook and got so many comments, i needed to blog it:

cashel:  mama...carry me. i'm too busy to walk.

me: cashel, what are you busy doing?

cashel: walking

these were the comments:

aunt emily:  hahaha! love that kid!

aunt mary: very logical!

others responded: how cute!  write that down!  hilarious! love it! that's great!

silly cashel...