Cash & Ava

Cash had fun playing with Ava today. She is so cute and an older woman. She is 5 but the two of them played great.

wings

Tonight we were playing in the hotel room and Cash was having a blast jumping on the bed. He held his arms straight out behind him and looked back at his hands and said to me, see my wings, mom?
Oh yes- honey - I do. Then he proceeded to jump with his wings!

wonder woman!

today Cash asked me:  Mom, are you Wonder Woman? Of course I am honey!!!

presents

So this morning as Shawn and I lay in bed - well before 7:30. Our little Cash was wide awake and playing. He kept bringing us "presents" It started with me. Cash brought me something on my side of the bed. And then pretty soon he was bringing "presents" to daddy on his side of the bed. I maybe got 3 presents but daddy- well he got a plethora of presents. I couldn't resist showing the spread of presents he recieved this morning from Cash. They are exactly how he brought them.

here is the list:
- a lego fire truck
- 2 matchbox lightening mcQueens
- 1 big Shake em Up lightening mcQueen
- 1 R2D2 figurine
-1 Buzz LightYear figurine
-1 Mack trailer (without the Mack semi)
- 2 small planes
- 1 Frank the combine harvester
- 1 Skeeter DVD
- 1 grabber toy

 Not pictured on my side of the bed was
-1 Tai Lung (snow leopard stuffed animal)
-1 mini drum
- a bunch of duplo building blocks stuck together in the form of a tower
- 1 used floss toothpick stick

Daddy definitely made out. However, I was entrusted with the precious Tai Lung

The family

At Cash's party someone took our photo. It is rare to get us all in a photo and even rarer to get us all smiling and looking at the camera.

Cash and Daddy

This is Cash and his Daddy at his birthday party. My friend Holly took it. It is such a sweet photo.

Cash's Buddies

This is a cute picture of Cash and his two buddies Jaxon and Joshua. They both came to his birthday party and they seemed inseparable. They rode the train together.

Cash and his Dad

The two buddies hung out all weekend and had a blast.

mommy's been sick

So I have been sick this week and Cash has been blowing me kisses. It has been sweet.
Today on his way to school he asked me- "mommy- are you still sick?" It was a question he asked with genuine concern.

quote: about food

Just a day shy of turning 3 and I am making dinner, Cash is having so much fun playing with his new toys with daddy that when I put their food out for dinner he says: "that's ok mom, I dont need to eat."

What's up with that? Of course we all sat down to eat. He wasn't the best eater tonight but he ate.

Happy Birthday Cash!!

Today he turned 3!
It was a fun day!
Grandma- thanks for the cake!
What a great idea!

Mommy I am growing...

Cash has been telling me lately, mommy I am growing, mommy I am getting bigger. And I always confirm, yes you are. But I think what he is telling me must really be happening because he has been sleeping really well. For nap time the last few days he has slept like 3-4 hours. And though he still wakes up at 6:00/6:30, praise the Lord this morning he woke up at 7:30 am. I am going to pray for that again tonight. The extra hour of sleep did wonders for me. And Yes I supposed as we approach his 3rd birthday, Cash is getting bigger and growing...

Yes Sir!

Shawn taught Cash to say "yes sir". It is really cute to hear him say it in his Cash voice way that he says things. Only problem is he says "yes sir" in response to me. I cannot get him to say "yes mam" instead to me. But part of me doesn't want him to say "yes mam", because I don't want to be a "mam". I may be ok with him saying "yes sir" to me.

How he works the system...

He wanted a popsicle before dinner, I said he could have one after dinner. Tears ensued. I served him some pasta with spaghetti sauce, grilled cheese, and some baby cubed carrots. He at the grilled cheese and wouldn't try anything else.
He asked for his popsicle. I said he had to try one cubed carrot. One piece is the size of my nail. He put it in his mouth, I said swallow it. He spit it out and said I want a popsicle. I told him no because he didn't eat his carrot. He started to cry. (I am cruel but it was so dramatic I kind of laughed) but then he kept crying and was drooling profusely and said his tongue hurt. I had to try a carrot myself to see if there were razor blades or something in them that caused his tongue to hurt. That was how dramatic he was. I really thought something was wrong. He said kiss it - through his tears and red face. I did.  I didn't offer a popsicle. But I gave him a spoonful of frozen yogurt. He took it. I went into the kitchen and he called to me. Mom- I need more ice cream because it makes it feel better. I told him - no. And I took him up to bed. I can't believe he had all that drama in hopes to get a popsicle. He even drooled like it was life threatening.

Easter Egg Hunt

Our neighborhood had our Easter Egg Hunt.
Here is Cash with his batman bucket. Enjoying the morning.
But he didn't like the Easter Bunny. Wanted nothing to do with him. In fact when he got there he said he was ready to go home. We stayed anyway. The closest he got was a high five. So, doesn't like costumed .... Santa and doesn't like the costumed Easter Bunny

my lollipop

I picked Cash up from school on Friday and he ran up to me and put his arms around my leg and gave me a hug and told his teacher, this is my mommy, she's my lollipop! What a nice term of endearment.

Cash & Joshua

This week was spring break and on Monday we went to the rodeo. Actually we just went to the kids carnival area and joined Joshua- Cash's really good friend. Here are some picture of boys being boys.... They had a farm ville set up where the boys followed the process of farming. Starting with empty baskets and then as they planted seeds and crops grew, and fed their animals, and milked the cows, they brought their goods to the store and received money for their farming efforts. It is really cute.

 And last but not least they finally got to go on the carnival rides together.

Shipley's

This just cracks me up. His expression of pure joy and excitement as he takes a big bite of the donut hole. This is our Saturday family tradition. Dad and Cash walk over to Shipley's and I order the breakfast Taco's at El Rey.

Are you a girl?

So the other day we were driving to Home depot and Cash and I were talking away... Well- I suppose I was doing all the talking. I was telling him he could be whatever he wanted to be when he grew up.... a swimmer, a painter, an architect, an engineer, a musician, a rocker, a drummer, a fireman, a lawyer, a doctor... I went on... and once I said Doctor he said I want to be a Doctor. And I said, a doctor, do you know what a doctor is and he said Dr. Chia. And then he asked me, Mom are you a girl? and I said, Yes I am a girl, and he asked "can I touch your boobies?". And I was taken a back and looked back at him in the back seat and he started giggling.... Like he knew he was saying something silly.

cash on his bike!

He finally is loving his bike, He can reach the petals and he just loves going for a bike ride. It is fun! Favorite past time is riding his bike with his dad or else riding while we walk Samson. Now just to teach him, it is not fun to ride your bike into people or Samson.