Kezia the book worm

As we left church last week, we saw a sign near the door. It was an invitation to an open house and read "Meet the Mormons". Kezia misunderstood what she read and quizzically asked, "Meet the Monsters?!?" (Like, who would want to go to that?)

But speaking of reading, she is just blowing through books right now. I am so amazed how quickly her reading ability is advancing. Her teacher says she is reading at a 2nd grade level, and she loves reading...unless you ask her to.

Happy Mother's Day!

To all the moms out there, you ROCK! Go get yourself some Ghiradelli's chocolate...

I had a great mother's day. Every year my husband makes it so nice--insisting on doing all the cleaning and cooking, buying me a lei and making sure the girls wish me a happy mother's day. He is so great. I even scored a foot massage this year!

The story of our lives right now...picture style

I have loved this excursion preschool that I have been doing with Ivy! (Kezia joined us on this one) On this one we went to my friend's farm. To see more pics, you can go to www.gbpreschool.blogspot.com.Kezia began indoor soccer and loving it. Here she is sporting her children's triathlon t-shirt sponsored by none other than Candyland, Blow Pops, and Tootsie Pops...Go figure. We're sending this picture in to Vitamin Water to see if she could get sponsored.
Here's Ivy with one of her good friends and neighbor Summer. We are so sad they are moving this week! This is at the end of another excursion preschool where the children made candles. But what is more fun than a tub full of rubber duckies?

Nate has been working a lot of hours with our businesses. He recently started marketing his services as an internet marketer and his ability to design websites and bring traffic to them. It's been going well so far. One afternoon he actually pulled out his dust-gathering guitar as he relaxed on the couch. It was such a rare moment I had to catch in on the camera.

I had to post this one. Elysse is a MUCH more enjoyable baby! Now that she is walking, signing, understanding, she is not screaming or crying like she used to. (Check out her walking video if you want to hear the scream) Now her favorite thing to do is run up to you and hug your leg. And call "MOM!" all day. I love my baby!
During spring break, Kay and I took the girls on a hike up Kaena point. Kezia lost her toy dog and a woman actually followed us back down to return it to us!
Nate does research and design for a board company. They sent out this tandem paddle board to try out. So far so good. Nate and I tried it together, both of us paddling. It was a trick, but we stayed dry!
We had a canning party in March to stock up our food storage!

Nate and I are considering leading a kid's cooking class this summer. Does anyone have any kid friendly healthy recipes they'd recommend? Or books with such recipes?

Little girl G-string?!?

Yesterday I helped out with Kezia's kindergarten class. Kezia had an accident so I took her to the nurse's office to borrow clothes. Kezia was changing in the bathroom when she called out that the underwear didn't fit right. I went in to help and it was a G-string!!!! I should have known something was up when I saw the SpongeBob character in the front. Can you believe that?!? So there went Kezia back to kindergarten wearing a G-string.

There was a sign on the wall in the bathroom with a quote by Charlie Chaplin that said, "A day without laughter is a day wasted." That day was not wasted.

(To save the nurse's rap, I don't think she was aware that the underwear in the package were G-strings...but what is the company thinking?!??)

Guess I'm the Boss

I overheard something funny today. Kezia and Ivy were coloring at the table. Kezia was being overly critical of Ivy's coloring outside the lines. Ivy got tired of her criticism and said, "You're not the boss of me, Kezia! Mommy is." :)

Octopus Stew

Here’s proof that if you start ‘em on strange food when they’re young, they’ll eat just about anything!! Nate made this delicious octopus stew on Sunday and the girls loved eating the curly, chewy tentacles! I should add, though, that it does help to have a cook in the family that can make almost anything taste good.

Here’s proof that if you start ‘em on strange food when they’re young, they’ll eat just about anything!! Nate made this delicious octopus stew on Sunday and the girls loved eating the curly, chewy tentacles! I should add, though, that it does help to have a cook in the family that can make almost anything taste good.

Happy Easter

Here are some shots from the easter egg celebration.

Check out Kezia's victory stance while the rest of us struggle to make it to the finishing line during our easter egg roll race!

A convenient easter basket.

Look who's walking!!

At 13 1/2 months, Elysse started walking.






Now she's cruising all over the place. I guess she figures with all her movement she's safer with a helmet! She loves wearing Kezia's helmet whenever she can get her paws on it. Funny thing is, it usually covers her eyes, so she ends up actually using it when she wears it!






And now she loves loves going up stairs. Here she is with some of our neighbors.

For those of you who would like a warm breeze of SUMMERTIME during the last month of winter:

Guess what Kezia learned to do?!?  She has been so diligent in trying to learn to ride her bike without training wheels!  The back wheel stalled quite often, and as soon as we got it fixed at the bike shop, she was cruising!!  Ivy learned a trick of her own, too.

After a preschool excursion, Ivy and I stopped at my friend Nicole's house.  She wasn't home, but her tire swing was all too inviting...After seeing the pictures, Kezia had to join us for another trip.

Well, I hope that warmed you up a little.  If you need even more warmth, come and visit!!  It is STILL 72 degrees here!

HAIRCUTS!!!

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AFTER:

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(Okay, so Ivy's hair just got a trim, but being her first haircut, this was pretty significant and she was pretty excited about it... and wacky too!)

Now don't they look all prim and proper?

Sunday February 9th was Haircut Day.  We just went craZy with the haircutting scissors!  That night after the girls went to sleep, Nate and I searched on the internet to find a haircut for me.  Having had the "3 children" hairstyle for a year, I was ready for a change.

  We went through quite a few, but they didn't seem to fit.  The model's face is rounder than mine, her hair is curlier, too long, too short, too wacko, too shaved, etc.  We were excited to finally land on one that looked very similar to me--same face shape, same kind of hair, etc, and with the haircut I wanted.  The funny thing was, we then we checked who the model was, and it was the same movie star that I have been told several times I look like, Selma Blair.  Well, I guess I just proved it to myself, now.  And now I have her same haircut.  (  I don't have a picture of my haircut, but you can probably catch it in other blogs.  )