Some days Cash doesn't want to play outside. I have no idea why he picks beautiful, sunny, 80-degree days to stay inside and humid, 100 degree days to play outside. It probably has something to do with Cash being a toddler who wants to do the opposite of anything I want to do.
So, no fun outside pictures or key stories. Just this boring car picture.
When you were in my tummy - we ran many, many miles together. While running - we listened to books, podcasts and music. One band I listened to a lot while running with you was The Avett Brothers (your dad and I even considered Avett as a middle name, until we learned how it was actually pronounced - A-vett, instead of aahh-vett).
One of my (and your dad's) favorite songs was Head Full of Doubt/Road Full of Promise and your dad and I would sing it in the car at the top of our lungs and think of you.
Today is election day (voting is very, very important and you even get a sticker for it) - so it seems to appropriate to share some lyrics with you from this song. Your dad and I always talked about how these lyrics were for you (even though we didn't know you yet).
When nothing is owed or deserved or expected
And your life doesn’t change by the man that’s elected
If you’re loved by someone, you’re never rejected
Decide what to be and go be it
One of your new favorite things to do is read/look at the pictures in Time magazine when we go to bed. You are every picture - man or woman, child or adult (if you see an older person you say, "that's me old"), black or white, cartoon or photo. When I ask you why you are in EVERY picture - you say, "because I'm cute". I can't argue with that logic. I find it adorable that you are all the people - even though it's probably just a self-centered toddler thing.
My little sugar man - you really can be anything that you want to be (with a few exceptions, probably) - so decided what to be and go be it.
I'll leave you with you some more song lyrics - also from The Avett Brothers:
Always remember there was nothing worth sharing,
Like the love that let us share our name.
Please continue to be sweet to me and your dad and don't grow up too quickly.
Love,
Mom
Here you are today playing on your dad's desk. You love to talk on the phone (especially to aunt Patty in the office next door).
Most sales meetings quickly derail into very odd conversations.
Last week, one misfit came up with a holiday photo card idea. Conversation quickly moved to awkward family photos and we spent the rest of the meeting trying to find the perfect company photo card idea.
I put one misfit in charge of the photo. If it all comes together - it should be pretty funny - at least to us.
This afternoon when Cub and I got home, he took the house key (I help him unlock the door) and threw it off the top of the front porch and onto the yard. The key was by itself (so very difficult to find) and I was still unloading the car when he threw it, so I had no idea where it landed.
When I ask Cub where he threw the key - his response was: "It Be Somewhere".
This is the look on his face as we're searching.
Eventually, Cub got a great idea on how to help me find the key. It's a key-finding-stick.
The stick did not help me find the key (and Buttin was picking up someone from the airport, so he was about 1.5 hours from home) and we had been searching for about 20 minutes.
Then, I thought of a brilliant scientific experiment. I made Cub stand in the exact place where he threw the key and told him to throw acorns. I stood below to see where the acorn hit the ground. On the fourth try, the acorn hit the key. This might have been luck, but I prefer to think of it as science.
There are really two big stories in the news this week - Hurricane Sandy and the election.
I donated $20 to Operation Homefront. They provide emergency financial relief and other services to military families and veterans. There were many veterans and military service professionals affected by Hurricane Sandy and I really wanted to help them this week.
In election news, my friend Liz posted a quiz from iSideWith.com about the issues. You take the quiz and then it tells you which candidate you are most closely aligned with on various issues. It even allows you to rank issues that are more important to you. Most voters could probably use a little more voter education before making their decision and even though it's just a short quiz - I thought it was very informative. I was most closely aligned with the Green Party candidate, Jill Stein - who I had never heard of before taking the quiz - (97%) , followed by President Barack Obama (86%); coming in last place (no big shocker to blog readers) - Mitt Romney (6%). My friend Liz is a lot more centrist - she had about 50% in common with almost every candidate. I guess I am the crazy one.
Anyway, I donated $5 to the quiz to help educate other voters because I found it entertaining and informative.
