a matter of taste

things cassidy and daddy agree on:

- tie-dye is an excellent fashion choice

- building a preschool for your ducks is an excellent idea

- field trips to chabot are fun

- space is a pretty good preschool month theme, but it can't beat dinosaurs

- the new bay bridge is going to be pretty cool-looking

- a little angry birds after breakfast is not a bad way to start the day

- you need layers in san francisco

- mommy is an excellent photographer

places where we part ways:

- whether a swimming suit is an excellent fashion choice

- whether the best thing to do with a huge box of really tiny legos is to dump them all over the floor and introduce a cat

- whether we can fit into the box

- whether it's a good idea to do happy baby pose and hero pose on the plastic table

- what order the ducks go in

fa-fa-fa-fa-fashion

our little bear has a very distinctive fashion sense - brightly colored jammies, tie-dyes, swimsuits over pants, overalls, sunglasses, and flowered pants are the norm. he pulls it all off with the aid of his thousand-watt smile.

guaranteed sweetness

you wouldn't know it from these pictures, but a cold has been making its way around our house. (if you look closely, you can probably see boogers on Cassidy's face.) at least it's meant plenty of time at home to strike a pose.

fitter happier

things guaranteed to make cassidy smile: a trip to the park, feet on the table, and dinner with grandma for her birthday.

spiral architect

since we're closing in on mid-january, it seems appropriate to finally provide some christmas pictures of cassidy. santa was quite good to him this year, with slinkys and books and train sets and legos and magnatiles and robots and bubbles and blocks. barb also found the perfect book for him: iggy peck, architect - all about a little boy who loves to build things. cassidy loves it (he can identify!) and asks to have it read to him several times every night.