3 year well check

February 16, 2011 – 8:34 pm

*taps on mic* Is this thing on? lol

Don’t anticipate updates here, b/c there won’t be many. I just need to log this down for posterity’s sake and bc I have all her other WBCs here.

Today babyM had her 3 year well check, 2 days after she turned 3.

28.5lbs in the 25th percentile for weight. 35″, in the 10th percentile for height.

Dr said she seems right on track. I told her my concern for her lack of variety or the lack of protein in her diet and she gave me some ideas. Let’s hope babyM will get with it. Baby steps.


T-minus X amount of days

June 20, 2010 – 10:42 pm

Yes yes there is a countdown, as there is every year.

I’m looking forward to a change of scenery but not looking forward to the fact that my mom won’t be there to receive us. It’s our family house and everything but I keep saying that I’ll feel weird that my mom isn’t there with us.

So much to do before we leave and I have to plan this all accordingly. OY!

*Monday- Mama has 2 dr’s appts, J is hanging out with his friends, S is supposed to be doing his rearranging b/c the “super kitchen” finally made it’s way home and we need to make room and set it up

*Tuesday- Meeting up w Sabrinasmom, hopefully S will have done his rearranging so that I can do my rearranging to accommodate said “super kitchen”

*Wednesday- house clean up (?), start on packing (?), recycling w Mama (?)

*Thursday- Toy Story3(?)

*Friday- Mama’s PT appt, Dennis Uniform store

*Saturday- league basketball picnic (?)

So far that’s all I have and even then I’m feeling the pressure. *sigh* I also have to somehow squeeze in a smog check before we send in the registration on the L. OY!


More tid bits

May 19, 2010 – 10:15 pm

*LV, not city

*Hawai’i BOOKED!

*road trip!

*IKEA


My daredevil

May 10, 2010 – 8:21 pm

Landed in the ER today!

She jumps from tables & couches. Runs into walls. Falls down the stairs. But she keeps on going and going and going. It was inevitable that she land in the ER though, right? And it wasn’t even b/c she was being adventurous or dare devil like. I was taking her off the potty and she thrashed herself right onto the corner of the door jam. It didn’t even look pretty. The wound looked deep so the mister sent us off to the ER. She wanted nothing to do with wiping her head or anything. She allowed the nurse to wipe her up and take a look but other than that she didn’t want anyone near it. Thankfully she only needed the “super glue” and not stitches. A mere bandage wouldn’t have helped it b/c it just kept bleeding. But good thing we went. And we shall log that into her books for her 1st ER visit. And thankfully no casts were needed, no bones were broken. *whew*


Random bits

May 2, 2010 – 12:17 am

*in the past 2 weeks, ran into TWO ladies (at different times and locations) from the old halau, maybe it’s a sign that someone needs to go back or someone needs to start up hula? something to think about. Hmmm….

*finally… an upgrade

*M word

*tickets to Hawai’i

*model behavior

*ninang


2 year big girl

February 16, 2010 – 2:52 pm

2 years. 2 years. 2 years.

The baby, yes she will be the baby forever more, turned 2 on Saturday. We had a low key birthday celebration with pancit and cake. She got her balloons that she has been asking months for. Simple pleasures.

Today she had her 2 year well check. She no longer has to climb into the baby weighing machine. She stands on the big kid scale and today she weighs 24 pounds. Under the 50th percentile. She still has to lie down on the paper to take her height though and she measured in at 34″, in the 50th percentile too. Once she turns 2 though, she no longer gets her head circumference measured. Dr said she’s right on track and she looks good. My concern for her lack of having variety in her palate was put to rest. This is the normal age that children should pick a certain thing they like to eat, and they’ll only eat that. I guess I should have remembered from the other 2 huh? I told DrM the things she asks for at every meal and she said she gets an A+. Cool. She got a TB test, that I have to return on Thursday for the reading, and the HepA vaccine too. She didn’t even flinch. She really is a big girl now.


Stressing out…

February 8, 2010 – 3:09 pm

UGH! I’m stressing out. I actually have been, but I think today I’m stressing more so.

This whole kindergarten quest process is the #1 cause right now. We only applied to 2 schools and she got into our #2 choice today, we hear back from #1 school by Friday. I’m really hoping that we get in over there. It’s so competitive it’s scary. I don’t even really want to go to school #2 but public school really isn’t an option. I mean, it can be… but our area school is horrible that I wouldn’t want to have to subject my kids to that kind of torture. It’s funny you can tell which parents value education while others do NOT. And honestly it’s sad.

Money is the other stresser. We’re behind on bills and we’ve got things coming up and I don’t know where the money is going to come from. I’m trying to think of things to do to earn money that will allow me to stay home and be with the kids… I’m coming up short :( .

And then let’s throw in throwing a baby shower or 2 and a small birthday party.
Why can’t I just win the Lotto already??? Well it would help if I played right? But how can I play when funds are so short?

*goes to cry in the corner*


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Giving myself a breather

December 15, 2009 – 12:58 pm

So this week is rather hectic and I need to sit and take a breather for a moment b/c I feel like my brain is about to explode. I need to log this stuff down here b/c I won’t be able to do it in 140 characters. Just deal with it okay.

I am just in a bah humbug mood, the Christmas spirit must have missed me this year :( b/c I am in no mood to shop, socialize, or even be Merry and bright *sigh. I am so short tempered as of late and it doesn’t help that I have to deal with 3 kids that are constantly irritating each other on a daily basis. Last Saturday, S took the kids to a party and I stayed home for a few hours by myself. Dare I say it, but it was the best few hours alone I ever had!

  • Yesterday, Monday 12.14, a certain someone had a “gig” of sorts. Only a few hours but oh so tiring.
  • Tuesday, 12.15, lilmiss has school. Need to make rice krispy treats for her class party and bake for Wednesday bakesale for J’s school. I also put together their class goodie bags.
  • Wednesday, N’s Christmas party and “show” and then bake cookies for J’s class party.
  • Thursday, J’s class party
  • Saturdaym basketball practice and basketball game
  • Sunday, a surprise
  • Somewhere sometime before next week I also need to call on the money fairy in the hopes that she can sprinkle some money this way so that I can finish up some Christmas shopping. As well as, meet up with friends and exchange gifts. Oh yeah and let’s not forget, we need to go and visit our favorite neighborhood and look at Christmas lights.

    Seriously, if anyone knows where to find some Christmas spirit… please let me know. I really could use some.


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    babyM’s closet

    December 11, 2009 – 1:01 am

    When she was born, she was so stinkin small. I have the outfit she came home in (I’m gonna keep it for her as a momento), and I can’t believe that she was so itty bitty. I remember not really having any clothes for her b/c I honestly thought we were done with lilmiss. So I got plenty of hand me downs from friends. I felt so bad for her and called her “second hand M…” for the longest time b/c not one item of clothing was new.

    I saved lilmissy’s clothes from 18 months on. Then slowly but surely more and more friends and family were sharing their old clothes with us. So much so, that I forgot about some of them… and even some of the clothes from lilmiss that I had saved. AIYAH! Tonight I went thru 3 boxes of stuff and sadly some of the stuff is already too small or will fit just right but is NOT the season for. A lot of the stuff from lilmiss is summer stuff and well we’re having the coldest winter here in the Bay Area that I’ve ever experienced.

    There are so many clothes that I think she could honestly wear something different EVERYDAY for 2 months! Funny enough though, I find myself putting her in the same clothes every so often. I honestly need to put my foot down and NOT buy her any more clothes. Save for socks, b/c I don’t know where lilmissy’s socks went/ got donated to??? Oh wait and some shoes… b/c her feet are narrow where as lilmissy’s were more wide.


    O Christmas Tree

    November 30, 2009 – 1:15 pm

    /I do believe this is the earliest we’ve had a Christmas tree. Ever. We haven’t had a tree in over 2 years and even this year I was skeptical, what with the baby being a bit of a tornado. Lilmiss was a hurricane, this one, she’s a tornado! I’ve only had a few times that she’s taken something off the tree but I take her back to the tree and have her return the ornament. And of course, I’ve taken precaution and put the more “delicate” ones towards the top. She has an infatuation with the “ball” like ornaments thankfully they are not of the breakable variety. I remember our trees of past had the breakable balls, and the colored lights. We even had a colored light chaser. PWahahaha. I prefer all white lights personally. At night I plug in the tree and turn off the “normal” lights we have on. The kids aren’t big on it, but I like the calmness it sets in the house. I have a bit of a confession to make. The lights are the first things to put on the tree and before intricately looping them through branches, I plugged them in to make sure they worked. They all worked. I got midway through the tree and through the 3rd string of lights, 3 out of 7. YES! 7! And I decided to see how the tree looked… uhm hello how come a section of my tree was OUT!!!! So I went to inspect closer, to find that HALF a strand was out. MFer!!!!! The mister said that most likely the bulb where it goes out is more than likely out and to just change that. Did that and NOTHING. So annoying! Well I finished stringing the whole tree anyhow I decided that I would buy another string and just loop that over. Have I done it? ahahaha… NO!

    And as much as we have the tree and some other decor up… it still just doesn’t feel like the holidays. I’m feeling rather “Scrooge-ish” already. I don’t even have ONE present purchased. No thoughts have gone into what I might want to get some of the kids on our list. Funds are low, as I’m sure is the situation with other folks.

    For our own kids I want to keep it low key. They’re so spoiled as it is. I hate that lilman gets upset that he can’t get something when we’re out on a trip to Target. It gets ANNOYING! And he even gets real pissy. Spoiled and it’s our faults I know. Lilmiss looks at the various catalogs and tells me, “I want that.” I just don’t want more useless things in the house that she plays with once and tosses to the side. I feel bad that the super kitchen we bought last year AFTER Christmas is STILL sitting at my sister’s house. But i know that’s something that they will play with for awhile. And once that comes, whenever that is…. it will be more than enough of a gift for the both of them.


    Holiday Eats

    November 27, 2009 – 5:39 pm

    There are certain things we eat on certain holidays. I think I love Thanksgiving the most. Standard fare in our family consists of what we had yesterday: turkey, mashed potatoes, cornbread casserole, and stuffing (which often varies year to year, as my mom likes to make the Chinese style sweet rice stuffing and I don’t care for that much). We lack the green bean casserole tho and I actually really like that stuff. I need to remember to make that next year. Oh yeah… and the mister decided that we would host Thanksgiving in our house next year. I’m not too hopeful about that one. Lol. It’s a lot of work, but we’ll see how that goes.

    On Christmas we normally have prime rib. YUM! We also have mashed potatoes and my sister’s cornbread casserole. I’m looking for a recipe for creamed spinach, so holler at me if you have one. And maybe some sort of buttered corn. I can’t wait. I’m getting excited already. I need to stock the freezer tho and start rolling lumpia again.

    Easter we have ham, which doesn’t excite me. At. All. Unless of course it’s a Honeybaked Ham, which it hasn’t been in a long time. Ham just bores me. It’s the after part that my mom does with the ham bone that actually DOES excite me. I think I have a love affair with mungo beans b/c she makes a stew type dish with spinach and greens. LOVE.

    Birthdays we have standard fare pancit. We have the random Pilipino dishes every now and then. We used to do something for New Year’s and I’m not sure what or if we’ll be doing anything. Probably some pancit again.

    I ♥ food.


    Thanksgiving 2009

    November 27, 2009 – 2:02 am

    A few minutes shy of the “holiday” but we survived.

    This year was very low key and absolutely perfect. No uncomfortable “unwanted” family members. No forced situations. Just good people. Good company. Good food. With the people that matter the most, save for Mama.

    Mama was s’posed to be home on the 19th but extended her stay so that she could take care of some things before her extended stay here. As much as I miss my mom, I’d much rather her take care of that business and stay longer than rush back right after the holidays, which was the case last year. So with that news we were at a scramble as to what we were going to do this year.

    We threw around the idea of going out somewhere to eat. But then it dawned on some certain football fans that they’d much rather be in close proximity of a television. Then the idea of purchasing a whole meal and forgoing all the hardwork was thrown around as well. MollieStone’s, Boston Market, and Honeybaked were big contenders… but in the end it was homemade teamwork that won out…. and it was all for the better.

    I ran around looking for a damned turkey with my brother. We hit up 3 different places. LMAO! And we ended up getting it at our 1st spot and with a bigger bird than he anticipated.

    What was on the menu: roast turkey, fried turkey legs and thighs stewed in duck fat, corn bread casserole, Sto.ve T.op stuffing (my fave ;) ), mashed potatoes, lumpia, spinach salad, rice, gravy, pumpkin flan, pumpkin pie, and apple pie. And I’m sad to say, as much as I love me some Thanksgiving eats only ONE plate was had. But it was good eats!!! And plenty of leftovers were taken home to be enjoyed for the next few days.

    What am I thankful for:

    1. My siblings, we might not always get along or agree (b/c really who does) but we work and we know how to work together. If it weren’t for the 3 of us getting along then today would not have happened.

    2. My family, they keep me grounded and they make me appreciate the people I have in my life.

    3. S, b/c he’s ever so supportive and allows me to watch our kids and stay home with them. A luxury that some can’t do and as much as I complain about the kids I love them to death. S is also my best friend and for as many years as we’ve been together he can still make me laugh even when he’s being stupid. And even though most of the time he’s being stupid and I’m not laughing on the outside, I’m certainly laughing on the inside (just don’t tell him.)

    4. My kids, they make me who I am today. They make me proud, they make me smile, they bring joy to my life… as well as aggravate the hell out of me… but I wouldn’t trade them for anything in the world. They. Are. My. Life. Not to say I don’t have a life outside of them but I love what I do and I know for certain I am not perfect at my job, I think I do a damned good job sometimes.

    5. A roof over our heads and the small (and big luxuries) that we have. Food on the table, warm blankets, electricity, running water, cable tv, and cellphone service to name a few. I take for granted of them all the time and I could certainly be content withOUT some of the things we have but I am VERY thankful for them.

    6. Friends old and new that make me laugh, make me cry, and make me remember some of the good and bad times in life but they give me an outlet outside of my kids and the mister and my family.

    7. Waking up every morning and thanking God that I’m alive to be thankful for all these things and experience them another day.

    I was trying to go for top 10 but those are the things I am most thankful for. Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving… I did learn something thanks to FB today, there are quite a few people who do NOT like turkey *gasp* WHY NOT??? They must not have had a good turkey and with that thought I have #8. To my parents for always making us good food to eat and the appreciation of a good plate of food. It’s no wonder I am so pudgy. Not only do I looooooves me some food but damn I can cook up some good eats too.


    *Hot Date*

    November 23, 2009 – 2:47 pm

    Just got home from a “hot date” :lol: Yes a day date and not with the Mr. Lilmiss had been asking all morning where were going and I told her that I had a “date” only I didn’t tell her who it was with. Oh yeah and both girls came along with me.

    As we were walking to our destination she kept asking who my “date” was and so I told her it was my friend. And she kept saying “He” and “Him”. And then to her surprise (and disappointment maybe) it was my old college roomie, a girl. Despite living so close we haven’t seen each other in quite some time and don’t hang out on the regular. Hectic lives and such.

    We just hung out at the mall and played catch up. Walked around and had lunch. And I will have to say that it was a good time. I always enjoy my time with her catching up. It’s no wonder we lived together for 2 years.

    I also ran into an old grammar school and high school friend who I haven’t seen in awhile either.

    Old friends are always nice to catch up with.


    OPERATION PT

    November 2, 2009 – 4:32 pm

    The PT, well that will stand for potty training!

    Today I bought a box of diapers at Costco. That’s 180 diapers not counting random diapers we have around the house and in the car and diaper bag. babyM has graduated to size 4. We’ve been having too many leak out the side mishaps with the size 3s so I’ll finish those off first and then graduate to size 4.

    I have been steadily prepping her and myself for potty training. If she ever requests to sit on the toilet, I make sure I put her on there. 3 out of 5 times something actually does come out of her. YAY! When she wakes up in the morning, it’s right to the toilet she goes. Before bed, while we’re brushing our teeth, she sits on the toilet. 5 out of the 7 nights of the week she will wake up with a dry diaper. The poop tho… that’s another story. I can never read her “signals”. Lilmiss would grunt and turn colors. Lilman would hide. babyM she just does it, as if it’s nothing. But once she done… she’ll come over and tell you, “I caca.. Change?!” And before even her times would be predictable… now not so much. UGH! So frustrating.

    So I’m hoping this will be our last box of diapers that we have to buy. EVAR! As sad as I might be that she is our last baby… I can’t wait to be done with diapers!

    OPERATION PT! I am hoping to be done before she turns 2. I have 3.5 months to go. READY! SET! Goooooooooo!


    “soul food”

    October 28, 2009 – 9:28 pm

    I’ve been having “pangs” for “soul food” and I’m not talking the southern stuff but the stuff that I grew up on, like Mama’s cooking. I had a small filling of it on Sunday at a party. And then I’ve been wanting some of my mom’s “cancanen” but I don’t really care for the coconut aspect of it, so I looked through some of my various cookbooks that I have lying around the house.

    I used a recipe from the cookbook on the right left, which coincidentally is the same that I found here. Easy peasy… so easy that I even found a video made by people from none other than, Hawai’i ! Cool ‘eh?!

    The recipe is really watery/ liquidy which I’m not used to when baking things. But I hoped for the best… and then even questioned the bake time of 1 hour and 20 minutes


    Here it is with 27 minutes still to go.

    And now here it is after the allotted 1 hour and 20 minutes…

    The house smells absolutely divine! Buttery, sugary goodness. YES! I can’t wait to cut into it, unfortunately I need to let it cool down before I cut it, otherwise it will be a puddle of a mess.


    Halloween Festivities

    October 23, 2009 – 11:53 am

    4 costume parties this year. Trick or treating. 2 different school events. Pixi.eland’s 1st ever pumpkin patch. Our usual pumpkin patch. A kid friendly event in the city tonight. DAAAAAAAAANG!

    Lilman, who didn’t seem very enthusiastic about dressing up this year, is going to be a zombie. An easy peasy costume. We found these shirt/ bandana combos at Wa.lmart the other week and it was either the zombie or the vampire. He was leaning towards the vampire but I didn’t think it looked as cool as the zombie… and well the zombie is easier to outfit than the vampire anyhow. I had him dig up an old pair of his jeans and I took some scissors to them and shredded them. $6 costume. Woot!

    Lilmiss is where the money was spent. Of course right? When we were in Hawai’i for the SUMMER Cost.co busted out their costumes and automatically she wanted to be sTinkerbell. I opted NOT to buy it there tho and waited til we got home to pick up the costume. But I didn’t wait long either. We’ve had her costume since late August and since then she’s been trying to get OUT of being sTinkerbell. Good thing we got it when we did tho, b/c by September they were already out. I think it was around $21, way cheaper than the D-store and the party/costume stores. Buuuuuuuuut we also picked up some sparkly shoes $12 @ Target and some glittery tights $2, Target.

    babyM has 3 choices for costumes. I dug up N’s old mermaid dress up thing that we picked up a long time ago for like $2. My cousin also “loaned” us their daughter’s old lady bug costume. And I also happened to be looking in the girls’ closet and found a Chinese outfit that N never wore. I picked up M some sparkly shoes when I got N’s, M’s are red and can go with either the lady bug or Chinese ‘fit.

    I don’t dress up for Halloween and I’m not quite sure what S is going to be. He has to “work” that night and he needs a costume.


    Kitchen sink fried rice

    October 21, 2009 – 12:23 pm

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    This meal is a common occurrence in our house maybe every other week and sometimes every week. The kids really like it and it’s so easy to make. I like repurposing leftovers too which is always nice. Good for any time of the day even, especially if you come from an Asian household and rice is always available.

    Sorry no exact measurements:
    leftover cold rice
    chopped garlic
    chopped onion
    eggs
    meat of your choice (Spam, bacon, chicken, steak, hot dogs- whatever you have on hand)
    frozen mixed veggies
    salt
    oyster sauce (optional)
    soy sauce

    If the rice is a little hard and clumped together I sprinkle a little water on it and mash it up so it separates a little bit, and then set aside. This is a one pot/pan method so… I normally cook and scramble the egg first and then set it aside. Depending on which meat you choose I throw that in the pan next. Of course bacon is going to take the longest to cook, unless you already have some cooked up. I normally cut up the meat into small pieces so you get a little in every bite. If using bacon, there will be some fat/oil rendered from that. KEEP THAT IN THE PAN, it gives you good flavor. Once your meat has been cooked or heated through, remove it from the pan. Add a little oil (unless you’re using bacon then you don’t need any). And throw in your chopped garlic and onion. Let that brown up a bit and then throw in your rice. Mix and stir, mix and stir. Then add your veggies. FROZEN. Straight from your freezer. It’s up to you how much you put in. And then again mix and stir, mix and stir. Season with salt and cook through until veggies are no longer frozen. Add your meat and eggs and mix and stir, mix and stir. At this point you’ll want to season with your choosing. Sometimes I use soy sauce and sometimes oyster sauce. The oyster sauce goes a long way tho in flavoring so be wary. Depending on how “crispy” you like your fried rice is up to you, so leave it on the heat for however long you like.

    In this household it’s normally a one dish meal. The kids love the stuff and I can count on clean bowls/ plates EVERYTIME. And the veggies are in there too. YAY! Lately the baby has been hard to please when it comes to food. She only ever really asks for rice and it’s really hard to get her to eat any meat. Veggies are hit or miss these days and even eggs can even be a chore. She refuses to eat pasta. So it’s nice that she’ll eat EVERYTHING when it comes to this fried rice.

    “Throw everything in there but the kitchen sink” Have you ever heard that phrase. It’s kind of the concept with this dish and that’s why it’s called “Kitchen Sink Fried Rice”!


    babyM is speaking in sentences

    October 21, 2009 – 9:16 am

    She has actually been speaking in “sentences” for 2 weeks now. Her first put together was “More milk please, mommy.” Everytime the garage opens or closes, “Daddy’s home”, regardless of he’s coming or going :lol:

    She’s such a puppet sometimes it’s hilarious. Lilman is constantly telling her to say stuff and for the most part it comes out sounding right with a lil splash of babeinese. One thing which boggles me tho is that she won’t say “Thank you” after given something where she has said “please” over and over and over again for. So instead I’m teaching her to say “mahalo” and it comes out more like “ma-lo-lo” but better than nothing I say.


    Bake, bake, bake

    October 12, 2009 – 10:19 pm

    I’ve been in a baking mode, and strangely in cooking mode as well.

    Bananas seem to go bad faster than the kids can eat them sometimes so I’m forced to make my mom’s banana bread. I haven’t been making them into breads tho, and instead kid friendly versions= muffins and mini muffins. I tried a zucchini bread recipe last week and it came out okay. The first loaf was undercooked despite baking for over an hour. I thought it looked okay but after it sat for awhile the top wasn’t looking cooked so much. This weekend I made more banana muffins and made some oatmeal, pineapple, mac nut cookies. Once these are done… I’m hoping to try out a rolled sugar cookie recipe. I had some yummy sugar cookie favors recently, but the maker won’t share the recipe.

    What else have we been eating? Roast chicken and root veggies, turkey tacos w homemade salsa, buttermilk fried chicken, bistek tagalog, and short ribs. I’ve also been doing a bit of freezer diving which means that the kids have also been eating a bit of chicken nuggets, frozen pizzas, and the like :lol:

    Tomorrow I have to bake cuppies for school’s bakesale Wednesday and for dinner we eat oven fried buttermilk chicken. I would like to make some smashed potatoes to go along with that, but I don’t really want to venture out in the rain that’s supposed to hit tomorrow.


    Playing catch up

    September 18, 2009 – 10:31 pm

    So Hawai’i was good as it always is. Celebrated Ma’s 75th bday, my bday, and lilman’s 10th bday while we were out there.

    Came home only a few days before Lilman started 5th grade. Yikes! Soon he’ll be in middle school.

    Lilmiss followed suit the following week and started preschool. 2 days a week for 4 hours w Lil Toots. Her first day went well… her 2nd day? Not so well… Lil Toots wasn’t there :( . I felt so bad leaving her and never really expected her to react that way. She acts like that when he’s not there before her *sigh*

    babyM is getting into everything and anything and drives me nuts and is so adventurous. One nice thing is that I get 1-on-1 time with her when N is at school. It’s funny she doesn’t seem to know what to do with herself when the 2 big kids are at school, but I’m sure relishes in the fact that no one is yelling at her or taking things from her.

    The 2 big kids went on their annual Dr’s visits too as well as babyM for her 18 month check up. Lilman is huge-ish. I won’t say how much he weighs b/c he’s quite embarrassed about it, but the Dr did say that it’s nothing to worry about after summer time and once he gets back into his “activities” he should be fine. The Dr also said that by the time he’s 18, he should be well over 6 feet. Possibly 6′2″. WOWSERS!

    Everyone has been mentioning how lean N has gotten. She’s sprouted in height quite a bit and has lost a bit of her chub… but her cheeks still remain. At her appt she weighed in at 37 lbs, which is the 50th %. I can’t recall her height. A few days after her appt, I had to rush her to the ER… b/c she stuck a bead in her nose and there was no way to get it out. UGH! The triage nurse told me that I could probably get it out myself by plugging up the unobstructed nostril and covering her mouth with mine and blowing. SUCCESS. The bead shot out at my face as well as some boogers. Oh joy of joys… at least now she knows NOT to put things in her nose.

    babyM is also in the 50th percentile for weight, 21 lbs. WOO HOO!! A long way coming from her eensy teensy self when she was born. I’m contributing this to all the good food she ate in Hawai’i. Lol. Her height has her in the 20th or 30th percentiles I think.

    I’ve been working on purging and donating. It’s a slow process. Like molasses slow… but it’s happening. I’m so proud of finally purging all the junk that we’ve accumulated. And I’m happy that it’s going to people who need it instead of collecting dust here in the house and just taking up space.

    Tomorrow S tackles the backyard… small steps. I am really hoping to have the girls’ bedroom set up before Christmas *crossing fingers* It’s been almost a whole year since we bought that super kitchen, and sadly it’s been sitting in my sister’s garage. Lol.


    Aloha Day 19

    July 28, 2009 – 9:22 pm

    Beach Day. It’s not our usual beach Thursday, instead Beach Tuesday. We have other plans for Thursday so we squeezed “beach day” in for today.

    The rain had woken me up around 530am-ish. I thought I wouldn’t get any more snoozes in, but managed to fall back asleep for another hour. When I finally got up Mama said that it was raining. Looked in the direction of the beach and it looked fine to me, in the other direction though it looked cloudy. No bother anyhow, the rains are just normally a passing thing. So I packed up our “lunch/snack” and got everything together.

    Still clear as blue skies… up until we set up “camp” and the kids headed out to the water. Not even 5 minutes and a light shower started to pour. And then the sky opened up. Not a down pour but little more than a passing sprinkle. You could tell b/c the waters were a little “rough” even. The kids remained in the water though. BabyM and I had to get out b/c it was just too cold for me. We sat up at “camp” with Mama and waited for the rain to pass, we watched a number of other families pack up and head home. The thought had crossed my mind but the kids weren’t leaving the water.

    I don’t even know how long, but it finally passed. YAY! And then the sun was beaming hot. Took babyM back out to the water and she was having a grand old time. Tried to work on my tan but it’s difficult when the wee one wants to be in the water all the time. And when I say working on my tan, I’m only talking about my legs. Pwahahaha.

    We were there a good 3 hours and then came home. That was “Beach Tuesday”


    Aloha Day 18

    July 27, 2009 – 9:08 pm

    Monday bloody Monday.

    All the kids got a haircut today. Even babyM! First it was J. He was in need of some cleaning up, so I took the clippers and cleaned his hair up a bit. Next was babyM, her hair was all sorts of uneven and we had never cut her hair since she was born, so I asked my mom to even her out a bit. I put all the cuttings in a plastic bag to keep. I did it with the other kids too, only thing is don’t ask me where their clippings are. D’oh! Next up was lilmiss. Her hair is pretty but really uneven as well and I figured she could use a cut to stimulate some growth in her hair. It was down to her waist almost and Mama trimmed off about 5 inches. YEAH! That’s a lot I know, but her hair grows fast so it’s okay.

    What should have been a trip into town turned into a trip to Salt Lake and Pearl City.

    We went to check out the other Target, and ooh wee found some good deals! I spied a 75% off end cap and found a bunch of “summer” line stuff that was on clearance. Got Mom a bunch of things for the house and nothing was over $1.50. Lol. Score. Picture frames, placemats, knives, and the like. The kids even managed to get a little something.

    Then it was off to Kmart by the stadium to pick up some shampoo for the girls b/c it was on sale.

    Then to Sam’s Club to have lunch and pick up some necessities.

    Just a lot of errand running and mundane stuffs.


    Aloha Day 17

    July 26, 2009 – 11:07 pm

    Today started off on a better foot…. until my laptop decided to crap out on me. I was ready to cry all over again. First for some reason my Firefox went into safe mode. So I decided to quit that and then something else happened so I just said F it and restart the damned thing. Then it went even more downhill from there. Upon start up instead of the Apple it showed my hard drive ( or a picture of it anyhow) so I clicked on that and it led me to my usual log in page to enter my password. BUT… everytime I tried to enter my password certain letters were NOT working. I kept trying over and over again. Had my Mac Genius try to help me and nothing could be done. So I made an appointment over at Ala Moana to have it checked out.

    So we made plans to head to Ala Moana. No biggie.

    We stayed home the majority of the day and thankfully the tradewinds were in full effect so we spent a lot of time on the lanai.

    We ate a late lunch. And when that was done, we headed out to Target.

    When we got home I decided to try the computer one more time before my appt tomorrow. Low and behold it was back to normal! YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! So I been trying to cancel my appointment and their stupid concierge is down. But damn my computer is back!


    Aloha day 16

    July 25, 2009 – 11:46 pm

    Saturdays are spend doing nothing much b/c Mama cleans house and goes to church.

    We’ve had a boo boo with the water situation here. The shower had been leaking PROFUSELY and we were running out of buckets so we shut the water off. And now I know what it feels like to take cold tabo tabo showers and have limited water access wow. So our neighbor finally came through and helped us out with that. He’s a contractor but couldn’t figure out something with the knobs or something. And so while he was fixing, I was the one turning water on and off… UNDER the house! Yeah not fun.

    And during all this I’m having drama w S b/c of some beezy leaving me messages on FB. Someone I don’t know and can’t figure out where the F she came from or how she found me. Yeah not fun. And I had to keep my composure when all I wanted to do was yell and cry and scream but had the neighbor and his wife coming in and out the house. *sigh*

    But it’s safe to say that the shower is fixed and the water is back on and I’m not feeling all nasty anymore.

    They all went to church, save for me and babyM. I just wasn’t feeling it after the day I had.


    Aloha Day 15

    July 24, 2009 – 11:45 pm

    Woke up bright and early and headed off to the open market (aka Farmer’s Market) in Ewa. When my dad was still alive, we used to make the trek all the way out to his old stomping grounds in Wahiawa. Thank goodness we found the one in Ewa b/c Wahiawa is a bit of a trek and once the horn sounds at 9am, by 915am everything is pretty much gone.

    It was HOT that day w no tradewind to speak of, so the 2 big kids and I headed down to the library to soak up some free a/c. Mama wasn’t in the mood to go and I wasn’t in the mood to deal with babyM. The kids got a handful of books and we spent a good hour in there reading random things and such.

    And that was Friday!


    Aloha Day 14

    July 23, 2009 – 11:37 pm

    Beach Day! Mom wasn’t too keen on going as the skies were gray and it appeared to be showering in some areas.

    Me and the kids weren’t having any of that though and packed up the things, made a lunch, and headed out to lagoon #4.

    As we were driving through the parking lot, it seemed crowded, but luckily we have the little blue pass that can normally guarantee us a spot. We found a nice spot under the usual tree and set up shop. babyM already knew what the beach was all about and set off on her own, until she remembered sand and that she didn’t like walking in it much. So I carried her out to the shoreline and she did her thing. As we were there, the beach started to fill up.

    After awhile of playing in the sand and water with the kids, it was time to head up to Mama and have a bite to eat, and from there we really realized that the beach had filled up.

    Did the beach thing and then headed home.


    Aloha Day 13

    July 22, 2009 – 11:36 pm

    I don’t recall what we did this day. Probably nothing b/c Thursdays are beach days (that being the next day).


    Aloha Day 12

    July 21, 2009 – 11:47 pm

    We had no set plans today, only to head out of the house. So as we were driving on the freeway we decided to do some walking over at Waikele Outlets.

    I wanted to get N some clothes with her birthday money that she got. Found the best deals at Children’s Place and Gymbo Outlet. Woo hoo and she still has plenty of money to still spend, which I’ll save for the Gap/ Old Navy F&F that’s coming up.

    J treated us for lunch and then I bought some malasadas. FINALLY! Those things are little pillows of heaven. Yum!

    Made a stop at Times for a few more Capri Suns and then headed home and hung out.