happy valentine's day!

during this way overrated holiday i find myself rolling my eyes when i hear people talk about their plans on how they are going to 'romance' their significant other, cringe when i see stores bombarded with valentine balloons, candy, flowers, i change the station when i hear cheesy love songs....this man made holiday is really not for me. and every year, i try to make it a holiday that would rank right up there with christmas. and you know what? it just doesn't. don't get me wrong, i'm a hopeless romantic who dreams go growing old w/my husband, but valentine's day? are you serious? the crowds.. the over-spending.... yah, not for me. although i am not a valentine's day girl, i still want to acknowledge my sweetheart.. teehee...

so, happy valentine's day to mah man mah man... i'm more thankful for the fact that he takes care of his family and shows us love everyday. not just today. he did give his favorite girl a box of chocolates just to remind her that she is in fact, his favorite girl. yes, they were for kymora.. :)

bubba got a box too... that way he wasn't left out. although muelu almost bought him reese's peanut butter cups, forgetting that the boy is deathly allergic to peanuts. way to go.

i've rambled enough. so, anyway happy valentine's day to all you couple's out there... (eye rolling) have fun tonight!!

good to be home

this morning started out like a normal sunday morning. muelu started cleaning the garage and i started cleaning the house. kids playing outside in their p.j.s...

then it happened. little bits of sunshine peeking behind the clouds. the thermostat was on the rise. 55 degrees, 69, 74.... and at it’s peak 80 degrees. so you know what we had to do! break out the waterslide, call over kymora’s bff’s jade and tanna and bbq away. the kids had such a good time. kainoa was trying to get used to the c-c-cold water.

kainoa also had his first bag of cheetos that day.. then he had his second bag that day. the boy was hooked! after the first bag, the boy took the second bag and hid on the stairs so no one would get to his precious cheetos. Fatty.. he gets it from me.

Oh, and btw, thanks to my little mom support group. Kymora read this book, so i guess my little paranoia phase was just that...paranoia.

It was a nice little break from the kids in san diego, but after the second day i was ready to come home.

what i'll miss

mornings with the kids, extra snuggles at bed time, homework, dinner together, daily life. i'm going to san diego for ONE WEEK today. no kids, no husband, no dinners to make, no showers to give, no diapers to change.... it'll be a nice little get away, but it'll be an adjustment for everyone.
please wish muelu luck! i'm sure he'll do just fine, even though he told me he has to 'psych himself up' for this. :) hopefully i can blog ... don't know what the computers are like there. (no laptop like jamie;)

love you kymora... i'll email and try to blog for you. take care of your brother... i'll miss you guys.
xoxo
momma

words that start with 's'

you guys know what his first word was... but a few weeks ago, kainoa walked up to me, brought me his shoes and said 'shoes'... it was so cute. he loves these shoes because he can make noise with the velcro. right now, he's sick, again. he has 4 molars coming in at the same time. talk about timing. so, yes, that is his extended vocab.. an expletive and shoe.. what a genius.

i'm a mother, not a chef

"i'm scared of the chicken".

kymora on why she wasn't eating her dinner.

so young

both of them. kymora looks so much like kainoa here! they are about the same age too, so it's weird. during this time we lived in an apt in long beach and only had one baby. now things are totally different.
don't ask why i'm doing a 'reminiscing blog' about kymora so much. i really forgot how she looked at this age. well, now i guess i can just look at kainoa and have a good idea :)

first

blog entry for the new year :) i hope this means many more to follow..haha..
new year's day was nice. the kids and i went to the park with my parents.
kymora was wearing her new favorite gloves that she got for christmas.
kainoa was wearing his new kawawa face. he does his every time he's about to cry. he looks part constipated, part 'ooh, feel sorry for me'. and we do. every time.
these two are pretty close. kymora is a great big sister, she always tries to entertain kainoa. and he just loooves her. he likes to hug and kiss her whenever she's around.
she's been painting my parents pots when she goes there, so i told her i'd post this pic of her and her pot that she painted.

the little guy is home sick today- again. he's stuck on my hip, therefore i can't cook/clean/do laundry. ;( tear.. hahaha..

our new year's day was spent just the way we wanted- with family. (no pics from the salanoa's boo..) sooo.. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!