2010

i can't believe it's already 2010. we rung in the new year the best way ever- at the laker game! well, we weren't there at midnight Dec 31, but we spent new years day at the staples center. mihan and the girls came down and we had a good time. believe it or not, it was my first time there. kobe shot a 3 at the last second to beat Sacramento. kymora, tala, and malaya were so happy. it was funny watching them get into the game.
laya and kyks after they finally won. i think the stress made the girls' eczema act up .. haha.

we love when our biggity biggity bay visitors come!

christmas 2009

i think this christmas was one of the best. kainoa finally really understood the concept. kymora and kainoa helped decorate my house, my mom's house and my lola's house. this is the first year that i took off a week while the kids were out of school, so all four of us were home together. it was nice to have a christmas break to ourselves before the baby is born.
we made gingerbread houses, took a trip to candy cane lane (huge houses all lit up, they even sell hot chocolate in front of their houses, they have carolers, hot cider, the works), watched lots of movies, lit the fireplace a lot, lots of hot cocoa, and baked goodies, hugs and naps.

muelu finally agreed to a haircut for kainoa, so you can see his handsome face now. they got all decked out for christmas eve at lola delia's house. kainoa's reaction to his presents from tita leah was the best. he was so happy w/the pack of cars she got him he could hardly stand it. he kept saying 'oh my my', 'i looooove cars'. we didn't go all out and kymora was fine with that. she loved her crafts she got. i am so happy she loves to make stuff.

a pic from the salanoa clan.

goofball

this kid is too funny. he's a typical boy for sure. i woke up one morning to find him giving his cars a car wash. since we have dirt in the yard, the water turned our yard into one big 'mudpuddle' as kainoa calls it. he was getting down and dirty in this mud puddle.

he loves to take a bath. but of course he has to have at least 2 cars in with him. he talks soo much. all i hear all day is mommmmmmmmm, mommmmmmm, or daaaaadddddd, daddddddd, or ate, ate.

the other day i noticed he was flooding in some jeans that were too big for him not too long ago. he is getting big way too fast.

at 3 years and 4 months kainoa is really really into... CARS still. max and ruby, wow wow wubzzy, apples, waffles, MEAT, backpacks (or rescue packs as he calls it), legos, and my pumpkin bread :) he really is so much fun.

thankful

we have a lot to be thankful for. i'm especially thankful for my parents and muelu's parents for being our biggest support system. thankful for our big extended family, sisters, brothers, aunts, uncles, cousins, nephews and nieces, and grandparents. we love them so much.glad to have our health, children's health, jobs, motivation and love.

we've got a lot going on in our busy lives, but we have to remember to be thankful ;)

my big helper

kymora and kainoa. the greatest. kymora has been the biiiigggest help to me lately. for those of you that don't know (the 3 folks who follow my blog so you do know) i'm expecting #3. and boy has this one been kicking my butt. but thanks to my team- muelu/kymora, things have been coming along ok. kymora has really stepped up. she cleans up after us when we eat, cleaning up table, rinsing/loading the dishwasher, watching kainoa, getting his cereal in the morning, putting laundry away, cleaning the toilet/sink, cleaning her room. omg, this is my go to girl. anything i ask her to do, it's done. i just wanted her to know when she's 18 that she was mommy's greatest help when she was young.


kainoa.. now i just had to add some funny stuff he's said to me lately:
i told him the barbie movies was for girls, his response, 'it's not for girls, it's for KIDS.'
when i asked him if he saved me ice cream, 'you shouldn't eat ice cream. you have a baby in your tummy, you should eat sandwich.'
when he asked where i was, i said, work. he asked where aunty jeanna was, i said work, his response, 'oh you're at work together.'
and lastly, i love it when he says, 'hey mom! i lub you.' that's my favorite.

being forgetful sucks

i forgot my camera at the pumpkin patch. i only snapped one lousy pic w/my phone (look at kainoa's mad face!). anyway, happy early halloween! we still don't know what the kids will be this year :/

so simple

that's kainoa. today, we went outside to get in the car and my car was covered in water. the rain hit us hard this morning. kainoa was giggling with pure delight. he kept laughing and saying, mom, your car is wet! it's raining! i feel like this kid has never seen rain before. it just reminded me of how easily this boy is pleased. the simplest things really crack him up. it's so innocent, i love it.
at ralphs the other day he had to pull kymora into the aisle to point out some halloween decorations. he was just laughing and pointing at the skulls. 'ate, look! so funny!' i think i've deprived him. so, this weekend muelu and i decorated our house w/cobwebs, spiders, Dracula's, skulls, eyeballs.. the whole nine. when kainoa walked in he was amazed! he kept oohing and ahhing and giggling. later on that day he even thanked me and muelu for putting up 'spiderwoods'. wth. whatever that meant, the boy was truly please.. and happy. oh, gosh, please don't grow up. i love this stage.