Cash

Cash is an ordinary kid. Cash is an extraordinary kid. And that's the way it is with Cash.

When he was a baby I called him a screaming ball of baby flesh. He was one of those little humans that cries, eats, sleeps and then does it all over again for about six weeks straight. He was also one of those babies that you want to hold forever because he was so pleasingly plump and SNUGGLY. As he got a little older he would COO at his toys in the sweetest way. And then he played with his toys in an extremely focused and intense way.

He does all the normal kid things and he says the most hilarious and unusual things. He is my only child that was ever attached to one particular stuffed animal. Well, actually two stuffed animals. He had a little polar bear named George who was supposed to keep the bad dreams away and George wasn't doing the job so we got George a polar bear friend who was bigger and could keep the bad dreams away. It was so cute. He really believed it would work and it did. He loved them and would play for hours with them. One day when he was about 5 I heard him crying in his bed. He said "I can't hear them talking to me anymore. I keep trying but I just can't hear them." He was heart broken. It was like he was mourning the passing of his own childhood. It hurt to hear it. Then when he was 6 he said "This is stupid. I am 6 years old. What am I doing sleeping with these teddy bears." And that was the end of that.

He pretty much taught himself to read when he was 4 years old. All due to his love for electronic things with buttons and the fabulous invention of computer reading games. (OK I did read to him alot from a very young age too.) Because he learned to read so early and because he is so literal about things he says a lot of things that crack me up. I have found him in the bathtub wondering what to do because the shampoo says "for dry, damaged hair" and he wasn't sure if he should use it or not.

He would do anything for his sister. He tells her "Sage, we have loved each other from the very beginning. We have always loved each other because we're twins, right?

He looks up to Cooper and believes everything he says. He is also fiercely competitive with him. "Somedays we are best friends and somedays we are arch enemies." Cash's words.

He experiences the world so intensely. When he is joyful, it is a beautiful thing. When he is angry, it is an all consuming thing. When he is bored, it is a miserable thing. But when he says he loves you, it is a true thing.