our thrice daily challenge

this is what we'd like cash to do every time he eats.

but this is what he inevitably always does.

and he ends up standing and we get him back down in his seat but he just gets back up again.

yes...yes...we strap him in but it doesn't matter. he's like houdini this kid. remember this picture?

yeah. jason and i would swaddle him, turn around for 1 second...1 second i say! and BAM...his arm is out.

so poo on you mom and dad. poo on you.

a good day

mommy and daddy and i went to venice beach yesterday. why you ask? just for some fun!

sick

so cashel was sick for his first birthday. boo.... i actually stayed home with him on his birthday since he wasn't allowed back to daycare and i wasn't feeling so great myself. then he was still sick and didn't go back to daycare for the rest of the week! it's hard with two working parents. it's also after 9 pm right now and my brain hurts. going to bed now...p.s. i know this is horrible post....quite lazy....

guess who's one year old!

gimme cake!

are you kidding me?

oh...that's what you do with it.

you put it on my nose?

ugh...some got in my mouth...

yea! i'm in the back back!

zoo!

oh - sea lions!



like my birthday shirt?



family photo!

giraffes!

you're never too old to carry toys in your mouth

present!

clothes!

box!

yea box!

i love my box!

box box box box

thanks uncle brian for the box...er...clothes...

i had a great first birthday

hallelujah i got a box!

cashel's first halloween

cashel had his first halloween this year! he was yoda and i was a frazzled mom (thanks, mary, for the idea!) it was so much fun. his daycare did a celebration that included a parade of kids. the bigger kids gathered around a big circle and the parents paraded our little ones around the circle twice. afterwards they had food provided and did fun stuff like circle song time where we got to watch our little ones in action. cash enjoyed shaking a marble container to the music and dancing. we have two videos here, one is pre-parade and the other one is the parade. enjoy!

you may have noticed....

....my last post was September 7, 2009. today is October 29, 2009. it's been a while huh? well...in the last two months i went back to work and, needless to say, i've been busy and unable/too tired to write. sorry. i'm at a school called polytechnic school in pasadena, california. it's awesome! i have great kids, 15 in two classes and 13 in the other. that's right, only three classes. well, i do teach a lab three times a week but that's no big deal because i prep for that once. cash is doing great in daycare. i made jason take him on his first day and jason told me he cried in the car after dropping him off. aw. how sweet. well, since it is October 29 i have some halloween stuff to take care of. i'll write more about this later. i promise.

cash is funny

this little boy has such a great personality. jason calls him the coolest kid he knows. jason doesn't know a lot of kids right now but i think he's right. cash is very, very cool. just check it out: