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New pictures from Roxbury

noreply@blogger.com (Joshua) — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:12:00 +0000

My children are cute.

Ever helpful...

noreply@blogger.com (Joshua) — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:51:00 +0000

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

The kid kind of octopus salad

noreply@blogger.com (Joshua) — Fri, 30 May 2008 02:54:00 +0000

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?

noreply@blogger.com (Joshua) — Wed, 21 May 2008 16:06:00 +0000

Help wanted

noreply@blogger.com (Joshua) — Fri, 16 May 2008 23:03:00 +0000

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

SeaWorld

noreply@blogger.com (Joshua) — Wed, 14 May 2008 01:07:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Joshua) — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 11:48:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Joshua) — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:29:00 +0000

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

Cassie at Bronx Botanical Garden

noreply@blogger.com (Joshua) — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:31:00 +0000

Affection

noreply@blogger.com (Joshua) — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:22:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Joshua) — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:30:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Joshua) — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:29:00 +0000

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

Face painting

noreply@blogger.com (Joshua) — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:56:00 +0000

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

In the tub

noreply@blogger.com (Joshua) — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:30:00 +0000

Cassie got her hair cut...

noreply@blogger.com (Joshua) — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:24:00 +0000

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

Photos from a playdate

noreply@blogger.com (Joshua) — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:06:00 +0000

Cassie had a terrific playdate yesterday.

New photos...

noreply@blogger.com (Joshua) — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:38:00 +0000

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

Polaroids are cool

noreply@blogger.com (Joshua) — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:00:00 +0000

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!

noreply@blogger.com (Joshua) — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:02:00 +0000

Purim Parade at the JCC

noreply@blogger.com (Joshua) — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:41:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Joshua) — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:24:00 +0000

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

Sharing is hard

noreply@blogger.com (Joshua) — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:55:00 +0000

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

Snot sucker

noreply@blogger.com (Joshua) — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:31:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Joshua) — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 22:06:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Joshua) — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 22:05:00 +0000

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