The "Taylor Hello"

Glenn has a buddy from school named John Taylor, and he and his wife Sara teach Caleb for Sunbeams. Glenn taught Cabers how to say hello the same way that John says hi to all little kids. Caleb loves to do this uber-cheesy move, and it makes us all laugh, especially when he kind of winks, and giggles. This other shot has Caleb, the model, aka Zoolander. We love our CALEB!

Reflections

Ciela had to enter the annual Reflections Contest as part of her Gifted Program class, although she was not excited about it. She ended up being a finalist and just recently went to a little awards party for her and the other particioants. The theme for the contest this year was "The Perfect Place", and CIela drew herself alone on a beach with plenty of books to keep her busy.

Vacuum On-Demand

Haven had just recently finished lunch, and while I was prepping for dinner she was playing on the floor. Then she found a ziplock bag, brought home from Toran, and proceeded to crawl around and pick up cheese, peas and bread and place them in her little bag. Then she sat down after a few minutes and started to enjoy her freshly gathered snack. That's when I retrieved the bag!

We have had some progression in our home over the last couple of weeks. Ciela tested for her green stripe and made it. As part of her test she had to break a board, which she did! She was so excited and has already earned her first tip in the new belt level for mastering her "form" (choreagraphed steps that involve kicks, blocks and punches). Toran just earned his 4th tip and in doing so was moved up a new belt level (the younger classes don't have to test in order to proceed to the next level). He has found renewed joy in Tae Kwon Do, and thinks he'll keep up with it for a little while longer. And our little princess Haven turned 1, which she celebrated by enjoying ice cream for the first time, tentatively at the start, but then with gusto emergd as a true member of the Ashworth family! Glenn completed some finals and midterms and we are beginning a week of no school for him YEAH!!! Although as the house taskmaster, i have lists of things to accomplish with the aid of my handy man. We received a taste of spring here for 3 days. All of the snow melted, and we saw the grass for the first time since early january, but of course a new storm arrived bringing with it 4 inches of new snow, and so we see how spring will be here in the wonderous buffalo area. The snow is a lot better than the nasty mud that we had on our 3 "warm" days. Love to all, and off i go!