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New pictures from Roxbury

2008-06-23T10:12:00.000-04:00

My children are cute.

Ever helpful...

2008-06-13T09:51:00.000-04:00

Cassie: "Dad? Can I color? I'm going to make you an email. For your work."

The kid kind of octopus salad

2008-05-29T22:54:00.001-04:00

Cassie: Sperm whales love eating squid!
Bonnie: Me too! Yum!
Cassie: [laughs] No! Squid spray ink. You can't eat them. And octopuses. They spray ink too.
Bonnie: Some people eat squid. If you fry them, they're called calamari.
Nicole: Yep. Yesterday I was at a fish store and they were selling octopus to eat.
Cassie: Mommy?
Nicole: Yes, Cass?
Cassie: After school can you take me to a store to buy some octopus so I can eat it?
Nicole: Hmm. I don't think I can take you today. Maybe some time this weekend. The supermarket has an octopus salad you could try.
Cassie: Okay. But Mom?
Nicole: Yes, Cass?
Cassie: Is it spicy?
Nicole: I'm not sure.
Cassie: Because I don't like things that are very spicy. I like things a little spicy, but if it's very spicy, for grownups, we can go to another store where they have a kid kind that is not spicy and I can try that, okay Mom?
Nicole: OK.
Cassie: Because sometimes if something is very spicy, there's a kid kind that's not spicy, and that's the kind of octopus I want to eat.
Nicole: Okey dokey. Can we put on your socks now?

2008-05-21T12:06:00.002-04:00

Help wanted

2008-05-16T19:03:00.000-04:00

Cassie: "Daddy, can I help you with your work?"
Me: "Uh, sure sweetheart!"
Cassie: "Daddy, why you always need help with your work?"

SeaWorld

2008-05-13T21:07:00.002-04:00

Cassie jumped on a trampoline, supported by bungee cords, and loved it

We also saw a terrific show.

A short song about princesses and taxis

2008-04-27T07:48:00.002-04:00

Cassie composed and sang this yesterday:

I really like taxis
Princesses ride in taxis
Ariel in a taxi

She paused, then said, "That's a short song!"

Photos from the playground

2008-04-26T20:29:00.001-04:00

(The thumbnail photos aren't working now, but I'm hopeful that's just a temporary glitch.)

Cassie at Bronx Botanical Garden

2008-04-23T19:31:00.000-04:00

Affection

2008-04-17T12:22:00.003-04:00

Nicole: "Cassie, I love being your mommy more than anything else in the world." (A list follows of things that are less enjoyable than being Cassie's mother, such as going to work, using the computer, watching TV, etc.)

Cassie, in response: "I like bugs!"

In the car

2008-04-16T07:30:00.001-04:00

Cassie: "Dad?"
Me: "Yes?"
Cassie: "Dad?"
Me: "Yes?"
Cassie: "Dad?"
Me: "Yes?"
Cassie: "Dad?"
Me: "Yes?"
Cassie: "Dad?"
Me: "Yes?"
...
This continues until Nicole reaches over and removes Cassie's headphones, at which point she can hear me.

Little girl

2008-04-16T07:29:00.002-04:00

Cassie: "That was my favorite book when I was a little girl. (pause) I am a little girl now."

Face painting

2008-04-09T20:56:00.002-04:00

Bonnie came over tonight and painted Cassie's face. Cassie was thrilled.

In the tub

2008-04-08T20:30:00.001-04:00

Cassie got her hair cut...

2008-04-07T08:24:00.004-04:00

Cassie had her hair cut over the weekend, and it looks terrific. Click for more photos.

Photos from a playdate

2008-04-06T20:06:00.003-04:00

Cassie had a terrific playdate yesterday.

New photos...

2008-03-30T20:38:00.003-04:00

A few pictures today at home and a few at the playground -- enjoy!

Polaroids are cool

2008-03-28T15:00:00.003-04:00

At lunch at the diner today, a man at a neighboring table offered to take a picture of Cassie and me with his Polaroid camera. Digital cameras rule, obviously, but there's still something magical about an instant camera. Cassie loved watching the photo emerge from the gray rectangle.

Since Polaroid has stopped making film for its cameras, it was a particularly cool and poignant moment.

(The rest of the lunch was no fun -- Cassie was tired, bored, and acutely unhappy with the "vegetables" in her tuna salad -- but the photo moment redeemed the whole outing.)

A girl's first bulletproof vest!

2008-03-21T19:02:00.000-04:00

Purim Parade at the JCC

2008-03-21T11:41:00.001-04:00

Purim: Cassie focuses on what's most important (the cookies)

2008-03-21T09:24:00.001-04:00

Cassie focuses on what's important from jdauerbach on Vimeo.

Sharing is hard

2008-03-20T10:55:00.000-04:00

Cassie: It's my whole wide world. Not Daniel's!

Snot sucker

2008-03-18T14:31:00.001-04:00

Cassie: [holding up bulb aspirator]: What's this?
Nic: A snot sucker.
Cassie: Why?
Nic: For sucking snot.
Cassie: Boogers?
Nic: Yep. Snot is another word for boogers.
(pause)
Cassie: In Spanish?

Other pictures

2008-03-15T18:06:00.002-04:00

My new phone has a camera, and I've been taking lots of pictures with it. For the moment, they're appearing on another blog, ~~auerbach.info,~~ joshauerbach.com. For now, you'll have to go see them there. In time I will figure out how to get the kid pictures to show up here directly.

City Kid

2008-03-15T18:05:00.002-04:00

Cassie, on a walk: "Look! I found salad!"
Nicole: "It's called grass."