so, i had intended on posting some halloween pictures of the girls, but didn't get around to it. and now it must wait until next week because we are OFF on a little adventure. we are getting the fifth wheel out of hibernation and taking a trip up north! we are going to seattle to spend time with my mom who is up there this weekend for work. we are all very excited for a little family time! we always love our time in the fifth wheel!
so, until next post, adios and you all have a great weekend!
Friday, November 02, 2007
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
i did it!
total candy eaten today, halloween: 0, nada, zilch, none!
it's been screaming my name, but i have resisted!!
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
he's so talented! see the mummy on the wall behind?Monday, October 29, 2007
you've got ta be kidding me!
every sunday night i plan out my workout schedule for the week and last week was no different.
monday morning after getting the two oldest off to school, i feed kawena oatmeal and rush off to the gym so i can run before a 10 am class. i pull into the parking lot and just as i am about to grab kawena, her oatmeal spews out of her mouth all over the front of her. i hate when that happens because i NEVER have anything in the car to clean up a mess of that proportion.
so, i clean her up using a gazillion baby wipes and strip her down to her bare nudies. i strap her back into her car seat and head home. by this point she is happy as a clam! i throw her into the bath tub where she splashes around, squealing with joy. you wouldn't even know that 20 minutes earlier she was vomiting all over herself for how happy she is.
the rest of monday she is fine and tuesday, no problem. so i think, it must have just been some freak thing. wednesday morning, after getting the girls off to school and music, i head back to the same gym for a core class and running. no joke, as i pull into the parking lot i turn to look at the baby, just in time to see her heaving up the scrambled eggs she just had for breakfast. unbelievable!! this time i don't even park, i just turn around a drive home, baby covered in vomit.
i just can't believe it! i call mitch on my cell phone to tell him the news. he just laughs at the whole thing! hmmmm, i'm sure glad someone is enjoying it, because i definitely am not! he adds, through a chuckle, "maybe you should try a different gym!" thanks!
i'm thinking, "this child is sabotaging my efforts to lose the last 10 pounds of baby weight. how will i ever get back to where i want to be if i can't even pull into the gym parking lot without having baby vomit show it's ugly face!?"
the rest of the week i just gave up on going to the gym in the morning, baby in tow. i know, that probably wasn't the best thing to do, but hey that's what i did! i had enough of it! i still made it to the gym wednesday and thursday night, though! i don't like doing that so much because it cuts into my mitch time, but i needed it!
post script: this morning i actually made it to the gym, the same vomit inducing gym. the whole time driving there i was keeping one eye on the road and one eye on the baby. thankfully, she was in the back happily chatting away. and she didn't even hint at vomiting as i pulled into the parking lot!
today, is a very good day!!
monday morning after getting the two oldest off to school, i feed kawena oatmeal and rush off to the gym so i can run before a 10 am class. i pull into the parking lot and just as i am about to grab kawena, her oatmeal spews out of her mouth all over the front of her. i hate when that happens because i NEVER have anything in the car to clean up a mess of that proportion.
so, i clean her up using a gazillion baby wipes and strip her down to her bare nudies. i strap her back into her car seat and head home. by this point she is happy as a clam! i throw her into the bath tub where she splashes around, squealing with joy. you wouldn't even know that 20 minutes earlier she was vomiting all over herself for how happy she is.
the rest of monday she is fine and tuesday, no problem. so i think, it must have just been some freak thing. wednesday morning, after getting the girls off to school and music, i head back to the same gym for a core class and running. no joke, as i pull into the parking lot i turn to look at the baby, just in time to see her heaving up the scrambled eggs she just had for breakfast. unbelievable!! this time i don't even park, i just turn around a drive home, baby covered in vomit.
i just can't believe it! i call mitch on my cell phone to tell him the news. he just laughs at the whole thing! hmmmm, i'm sure glad someone is enjoying it, because i definitely am not! he adds, through a chuckle, "maybe you should try a different gym!" thanks!
i'm thinking, "this child is sabotaging my efforts to lose the last 10 pounds of baby weight. how will i ever get back to where i want to be if i can't even pull into the gym parking lot without having baby vomit show it's ugly face!?"
the rest of the week i just gave up on going to the gym in the morning, baby in tow. i know, that probably wasn't the best thing to do, but hey that's what i did! i had enough of it! i still made it to the gym wednesday and thursday night, though! i don't like doing that so much because it cuts into my mitch time, but i needed it!
post script: this morning i actually made it to the gym, the same vomit inducing gym. the whole time driving there i was keeping one eye on the road and one eye on the baby. thankfully, she was in the back happily chatting away. and she didn't even hint at vomiting as i pulled into the parking lot!
today, is a very good day!!
our little environmentalist
on the way from preschool the other day the kids were watching happy feet (bridget was driving and they have one of those flip down dvd players in their car). before the show started they had a little environmental plug about protecting the ocean life.
lala asked, "why do we kill fish?"
so ethan explained to her that the fish are killed so that we can eat them.
then lala says, "well, can't we just eat the fish that are already dead?"
lala asked, "why do we kill fish?"
so ethan explained to her that the fish are killed so that we can eat them.
then lala says, "well, can't we just eat the fish that are already dead?"
Sunday, October 28, 2007
photography and pumpkins
i spent all day saturday at a photography seminar in portland. it was an excellent class! when i got home, mitch and the girls were waiting to carve our pumpkins. we only finished 2 of them tonight.
i was the designated photographer. it was a bit tricky because of the lack of light and the sugared up children that couldn't stay still long enough for the slower shutter speed. i played around with the settings, applying the info i learned in the class, and was pleasantly surprised with what i captured!
this is nani's witch pumpkin. she picked out the design and mitch did an awesome job creating it! she absolutely loves it!!
i was the designated photographer. it was a bit tricky because of the lack of light and the sugared up children that couldn't stay still long enough for the slower shutter speed. i played around with the settings, applying the info i learned in the class, and was pleasantly surprised with what i captured!
this is nani's witch pumpkin. she picked out the design and mitch did an awesome job creating it! she absolutely loves it!!
these next two are my very favorites!!
this is lala's pumpkin. it isn't quite finished, yet. i love the play of the light on the girl's faces!
hopefully, tomorrow we will finish the remaining three pumpkins!
Thursday, October 25, 2007
maybe this time around it will be more effective
for those of you who have been with me from the beginning of my blogging life, you will remember the hitting game. if you have joined me more recently you will want to go back and read it, i guarantee it will make you laugh (you'll need to read it first for this post to make sense!).
well, last week lala was acting out, again, but this time mitch was dealing with it. i was not there so this is how it went, as told to me by my husband.
lala got upset with something that he was asking her to do, probably something like cleaning up a mess she made (she really hates cleaning up her messes). so, she did the first thing that came to her mind and hit him. uh-oh! big no no!
so mitch says, "oh, do you want to play the hitting game?"
lala says, "yes!"
then he hits her, apparently harder than i did in our version of the game.
lala starts wailing and screaming at him, "you aren't playing by the rules!!!"
mitch says, "what rules?'
lala answers, "the rules that mommie made! that you can't hit harder than i do!"
hmmmm, i don't ever remember making that rule.
my rule, ..... JUST DON"T HIT!! that's my rule!
well, last week lala was acting out, again, but this time mitch was dealing with it. i was not there so this is how it went, as told to me by my husband.
lala got upset with something that he was asking her to do, probably something like cleaning up a mess she made (she really hates cleaning up her messes). so, she did the first thing that came to her mind and hit him. uh-oh! big no no!
so mitch says, "oh, do you want to play the hitting game?"
lala says, "yes!"
then he hits her, apparently harder than i did in our version of the game.
lala starts wailing and screaming at him, "you aren't playing by the rules!!!"
mitch says, "what rules?'
lala answers, "the rules that mommie made! that you can't hit harder than i do!"
hmmmm, i don't ever remember making that rule.
my rule, ..... JUST DON"T HIT!! that's my rule!
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
pumpkin patch revisited
ok, so we had to go back to the pumpkin patch last night for family home evening so that everyone else in the family could pick out a pumpkin! beacuse lala had already gotten one last week at her school field trip, she designated herself to be kawena's little pumpkin picker outer!
i will spare you the details because, well, we pretty much did the same thing as we did at lala's field trip, minus the corn maze. oh, and add about a gazillion mosquitos, poor mitch! he is my mosquito repellent! whenever he is around i NEVER get bit because they all like his blood better! he's just tastier!! good for me, bad for mitch!
the weather was ideal! we arrived just before the sun began to go down and i was able to get some pretty cool pictures as we enjoyed the beautiful sunset!
so, if you will endulge me, i wanted to share some pictures:
Sunday, October 21, 2007
up do
i put kawena's hair up in a ponytail today for the first time because it is getting longer! she's even got some little curls in the back! so adorable!
so, when i got home i grabbed the camera to snap a few pictures of this momentous occasion. i wanted to share my two favorites:
i know, she is so sad in this picture, but i love it still! her little pouty face is just too cute!
I love her up do with the ribbon!
cuddling, kissing, singing
many of you may remember this post about my "non-cuddly" baby. well, almost the exact day that i posted that she did a complete turn around. i wouldn't say that she is the cuddliest baby ever, but it seems like she actually enjoys when i wrap her in her blanket and sit down to hold her before putting her down to bed! it is so very sweet!
well, i just laid her down for her nap and she just wrapped herself right around my little finger as i rocked with her! i was holding her in my arms, all cozy in her blanket, while humming "lullaby and goodnight". she had her head resting on my shoulder when she suddenly lifted her head and puckered her lips as she leaned in to give me a kiss. i thought, "awww! that is so sweet!"
she laid her head back onto my shoulder and relaxed there for a moment. then, again, she lifted her head and puckered up and planted a big kiss on my lips, then laid her head back down. at this point i am just in heaven!
kawena did this several more times. then, she started "singing" with me while she lay on my shoulder, stopping only to kiss me!
i love sweet, private moments like these that i am so blessed to be a part of! the simple pleasures are what make up the important parts of our lives!
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