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!

So, I'm actually updating here. Quite shocking to some, and to others hmm... they've already deleted this spot from their list. And this time around I'm doing all the work, not Glenn, so this update might take several days (code for weeks) to complete the way I'm hoping. Here's what's been happening around here:
Ciela has been literally kicking it at tae kwon do. She will be testing for a new belt level tomorrow and is super excited. She is doing great at school and loves Achievement Day Girl activities. She does not like the snow, and has asked that we move to somewhere that doesn't snow. I have reminded her of the whole arizona-thing with the whole roach-thing.
Toran, man. What can I say about the #1 boy? He is adored at school, his teacher can't get enough of his sweet little way he talks. He is also moving along in tae kwon do, although is a bit wiggly. Toran really likes the snow, but misses being able to make snowmen. The snow here is so weird!
And little Caleb. Oh, this funny boy has grown up so much in the last few months! He really loves preschool, and just had his fourth birthday bash with a few buddies. Cabers IS the snow man. That boy will play in the snow naked without gloves, if you aren't watching.
Then, we have princess Haven. She LOVES to crawl, and does so everywhere. She stands and has taken a few steps to get to the couch from the ottoman, but she doesn't want to walk out in the open for anyone. Haven has crawled up a few stairs and her fave thing is when daddy comes home! No matter where she is, if she can here his voice she books it towards the voice with this funny little shirt grab and kinda rolls her hands around. She loves daddy!
Well, that's it for now! Off I go!

Haven grows up!

Haven's first real swing ride. Of course, she was heavily padded to keep her from flopping around. And she wasn't exactly pumping her legs or even holding on. It's just that she is 6 months old now -- it goes by too quickly.