kainoa and knotts

equal's a love affair. unfortunately, for kai's 3rd bday, i had training in san diego. luckily, muelu didn't have school today so he decided to take kainoa to knotts for his first time.

this guy had a BLAST. muelu's report: kainoa rode the truck ride 22 times, the bus ride 15 times, and the log ride 9 times. not including the many roller coaster rides they shared. apparently, this kid was not afraid to go on anything! (and, he ate candy all day....)

these guys are serious roller coaster riders as they were at knotts from 10-6pm.

quick roller coaster video:
about the 22 second mark his whole face lights up. he's laughing and bobbling around. so bummed i missed it.



i'm so glad that muelu made a big deal of today. he's good like that...

ps- pics are from muelu's camera phone- sorry!

happy 3rd birthday, kainoa!

today my boy turned 3 :) i'm overjoyed that he is getting bigger, but at the same time, my heart breaks. you guys know how i feel about my kids getting older. bitter sweet.


this boy is my sweet baby boy. so much different from girls. from kymora. his speech isn't the best, but i think we over look that because we WANT him to still be a baby. he is definitely a true little boy. he loves cars and trucks, dirt and mud. he plays in the back yard by himself in shorts and no shoes. he's fearless. he loves dogs. his laugh is goofy. his feet smell like boy. he smiles big when he knows he is in trouble, and i give in, and look away. for some reason this kid melts my heart.

kainoa, happy birthday luv. my baby boy, 3 today... we love you soo much!

summer luvin'

happened so fast! ;) where did 2009 summer go?

kymora is in 2nd grade. she's got so many new teeth :( she looks completely different. no more baby teeth, no more baby face. she recently had 4 teeth removed like a champ.

kainoa is going to be 3. this picture is the cutest to me. even though they fight, they love each other so much. i think this picture says a lot about their relationship. funny, kainoa adores his sister so much. but she, welllll, she tolerates him. lol
(that's her flicking his head, btw)

i can't believe summer is over. no more late nights, movies, sleeping in, quick trips to santa maria, or where ever, no more bbqs, no more kids home all day. ;(

couldn't resist!

contrary to what my recent blogs have been about, i do not have favorites. when i was home sick i was on you tube trying to learn about my camera. kyks wasn't home, so i was experimenting with kainoa. (photo above is how he smiles now;)
he just has so many faces, i had to post! as my dad would say in the 70's about me, 'the many moods of kainoa'... (he actually named a photo album of me 'the many moods of autumn' haha)

pouting cause i wouldn't let him take 'smiles' of me on my camera:
trying a to play with some of my settings, so he force smiles:

and my favorite:
not sure if it's cause he looks like my tito pidong here (who i miss so much) or what... but i really like this one.
btw, i did not master my white balance, aperture, iso. my pictures came out grainy which means my aperture was slow, blah blah. anyway, i still like these shots.

next post- kyks! ;)

home w/my boy

kymora is off at a play date. well, it's her bf's bday and they are at boomers. I'm home sick and kai is w/me. how i loove staying home with him. so far he took a nap on my chest (like old times), threatened to pee in his pants, and requested NASCAR on tv. yes, deep down he is a hick from iowa or something. he's so into cars (yes, still) that he loves to watch racing. wth. i hate that stuff. muelu and i joke that his ulitimate dream would be to watch the INDY 500.

btw, as 'boyish' as his is w/cars and digging dirt holes, we caught him w/kymora's microphone singing to hanna montana.

he's almost 3!! oh, no. what will i do when he starts school? :(

mixed bag

random:

why did i almost have a heart attack when i saw this:
kymora has planted sunflowers:
almost
a bloom!
kainoa is funny as heck:
he has us laughing all day. i don't want to type some of the stuff he says because i don't want to offend anyone ;) but seriously, i loooooove this age. he's almost 3.. sheesh.. they grow as fast as the sunflowers do. :(
oh, and finally he's potty trained!

backyard camping!

that's what we did for kymora's bday. i loved this party! it was very small (5 girls) and NO ADULTS! those that know me, know that my parties are normally very big (100+) and it's not by choice. my family and muelu's family are huge. it's either we have one huge party or 2 small (not really that small still about 30 people, each) parties. and that gets very tiring.

this year, since she is getting older (sigh) she had a slumber party. our good friends shannon and czery's kids and the next door neighbor.
muelu pitched a tent in the yard that had 2 rooms, one for us of course. they swam and played on the waterslide all day. they made tie dyed shirts and played board games.
at night, they roasted smores:
then we topped off the evening with a movie on the projector and ghost stories. kymora even played a 'trick' on her dad. the old shaving cream in hand.. it's was so cute.
we, i mean, she had a blast. muelu and i said this was the best party she's had. (muelu btw, was dad of the year for this one. bbqn', made the cupcakes, pitched the tent. hmmm, what did i do?)