somewhere, over the...hot dog?

Several weeks ago, on our drive to Kela's preschool, Kela explains to me where her preschool is. She says, "My preschool is the one with the blue hot dog, the red hot dog, and the yellow hot dog!" I'm driving now, so I'm basically half-listening as my daughter repeats the same explanation, this time with hand motions mimicking the shape of a hot dog. The third time she says this, I'm thinking in my mind, "must be some type of craft activity she did? Or was it lunch? Nah, they wouldn't feed her hot dogs for lunch...or, at the very least NOT a blue hot dog!"

Then, as I pulled up to the school... I realized what she meant.

* Ahem, do you see the um... blue, red & yellow "hot dogs"

hee hee...the mind of a little child!

Then, a few days ago, I took the girls to the park since Mitch has been working a lot lately and I didn't want to just hang out indoors on such a nice day! It's such a waste! Plus, I've pretty much had my fill of watching "Little Einsteins." You know you've seen a show one too many times, when you can repeat the dialogue verbatim...

Anyway, while there, Anna seemed interested in just hanging around the stairs...more specifically, the pole attached to the handrail on the stairs. I thought nothing of it until I realized she was twirling around it like a ... um, you know..."pole dancer." She did this nearly the entire time we were there-and stopped only to swing on the swings and slide down the slide maybe twice. Then returned right back to the stairs and twirled around again. She got pretty good, actually. Not that this is a skill I need encourage her to enhance...

**oh, and don't mind the terrible quality of the picture. I forgot my camera & took these with my camera phone...which is by most standards, sub-par.

hil-ar-i-ous!

Ok, my friend Mari had this link on her blog...and I was literally in tears laughing my lil' butt off. It's a blog of funny signs and such from foreign countries with some unconventional English wording. Having lived in Japan...I can say that these things actually exist. Quite often. And it's funny. Seriously, it's hilarious. Check it out.

www.engrish.com

(another) day at the zoo

Ok, we really need to find some more activities! Just kidding...for some reason, kids sure do love seeing animals! Anna could go to the zoo everyday, and not complain. She loves the zoo! Today, we went with her cousins Hugo and Aya (and baby Kash, Luke & Jolee, too of course.)

Um...totally random observation, but have you ever seen adults without kids walking around the zoo solo? We see them quite often! And I always wonder...they sure must love animals to come to the zoo all by themselves! Hmm-definitely something I wouldn't find myself doing, that's for sure!

Anyway, in case you're wondering why I always have Jolee in the carrier...this is why:Jolee can't stand her carseat. Absolutely detests it. She rarely falls asleep in it, and even when she does, it usually doesn't last long because she wakes right back up. She used to enjoy it much more-but beginning about a month ago, she no longer has any tolerance for it. It's probably because she knows no one is holding her. Even if the car is moving, or I put her in the stroller...it's a no-go. She always wants to be carried. I should take a picture of Kela and Anna in the car when Jolee is crying. They usually both have their hands covering their ears to muffle the sound of Jolee's wailing. I suppose it's not only the carseat...she simply always wants to be carried.

Who ever said baby #3 is usually the easiest?! Liars, I tell you! LIARS! I feel like I've been duped! Seriously, all things point to "no more kids!"

Just kidding...(sort of).

And after we came home from the zoo, I found Jolee like this. I think Kela gave her the ducky blanket to keep her from crying. Funny thing is, it actually worked! Even if it was only for about 10 minutes...which in Jolee time, is fast approaching a record!

i give up!

It's my own fault, really...mostly, it's because I'm lazy & it takes so much effort to prepare a bottle for Jolee. On our trip to Seattle, I didn't take a bottle with me. In the back of my mind, I knew it would happen. Jolee no longer has any interest in drinking from the bottle. What's weird is the day after we came home, she drank the bottle ok. Then probably because of my inconsistency and laziness-a few days later when I tried-it was a no-go. This afternoon, I tried (unsuccessfully) to feed the bottle to her for probably 2 hours. All the while, she's screaming and fighting it, mind you! Our poor neighbors probably thought I was torturing the child! Anyway, I GIVE UP!

In between my "force-feeding" bouts, Jolee seemed so happy...I took a few pictures of her smiling. How could she look so dang cute one minute and the moment I put the bottle to her mouth she wails as though I'm poking her with some medieval torture device or something?! (wailing face not pictured)

Anyway, I'm done fighting it. It's not like this is anything new...both Kela and Anna also never took to the bottle. I was just hoping this time around, I'd get a bit more of a break than 2-3 hours in between feedings. *sigh* oh well...freedom is overrated.

anna's balloon kick

Like I said in my previous post, we went to the mall and the girls got balloons. What is it about balloons that kids love so much? I have no idea...but I, personally, have yet to meet a child not mesmerized by the air-filled, latex ball of pure annoyance.

Anyway, here's a short clip of Anna. They started trying to throw up the balloon and kick it like a ball. Anna actually has one mean kick in her...I forsee future Saturdays filled with hot sun, rediculous post-game luau's and screaming soccer moms & dads ahead.

This video was the second take. The first time she did this was actually much funnier...she threw up the balloon so high, she "air-kicked" 3 times before the balloon even came down close to her. Then, seeing us with the camera, Kela has to jump in her her own silly rendition-such a ham she is!

2 months old!

Our little JoJo turned 2 months old this past Friday, the 19th. Wow, how fast time flies! Although...at times, I wish she'd hurry up and start sitting up by herself and crawling to relieve my tired arms from carrying her. (Bad mommy moment).

Anyway, we had her 2 month check up at the dr.'s office and here's her stats ('cause I know you want to know!) She's 11 lbs. 14 oz. and 22 3/4 inches tall. Supposedly ranking around the 84% & 79% respectively. However, at 37.5 cm, her head is only in the 15%. Do kids here in Hawaii have large heads? Or is my baby strangely lop-sided?...Can you tell? I think she just has the case of the "Seavey small-headedness syndrome" Oh well, what can you do, right?

And, I couldn't get a great pic of Jolee this month...she's going through a growth spurt or something (obviously, did you see her weight?) 'cause all she does is sleep.

Although today was Saturday, we braved the mall to get a few errands run. Today, there was some special event going on where companies held different themed booths for the keiki (kids). They had the "mad scientist" presentation, balloons, gymnastics, hula, etc. We visited the balloons (don't all kids like balloons?) and a booth making Kids I.D cards. On the back is their thumb prints and of course, their pic on the front. A good thing to have, I must say.

some extra pics

Many of these are repeats from the digi pages I scrapped below, but there are a few others I've thrown in. If you got the time and wanna take a look...be my guest!