Da Kiahas Part 1: September 2008

Monday, September 29, 2008

I'll Love you Forever

WE were just reading the book, and here's Kawai's rendition, so cute:

Kawai's Princess Series

Can you guess which princesses these are? Her favorite one is Pocahontas.

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Natural Bridges in Santa Cruz

Kawai and Mana with our friend Stian. Watch out for your speakers, there was a lot of wind....

What age can kids cross the street alone?

At what age can kids cross the street by themselves? I found myself confronted with this yesterday. Robb was on his way to pick up Kawai from the busstop, but the bus was a few minutes early and had already dropped her off. Luckily a family that lives near the busstop was waiting with her. We live less than a block from the busstop, but you have to cross the street to get to our house, and I'm not ready for her to do that. But what age can she do that?

food pyramid and the alphabet

Kawai learned about the "food triangle" today in 1st grade. She asked me why water isn't part of the triangle, but milk is. Good question.

The other day we were spelling people's names together. Then she asked me "What if the person's name begins with a letter that isn't in our alphabet?" I told her "all letters are in our alphabet" and she replied "wow! I didn't know that." I find it very interesting to get a peek into how kids think.

Our Kids' Sayings

--3.5 year old Alani looked out the car window at a large electric wire post and said "Mom, is that the Eiffel Tower?"
--Mana really wants to wear makeup and we don't let her yet. Today she told me "you know what I would do if I had my own kids? I would buy each of them their own makeup, because I would share with my kids. I would be nice to my kids."
-- 4.5 year old Mana has been talking about ticks lately. She asked me how you kill them and I told her to squish them between your fingernails. Then she said, while looking at her nails, "I need to sharpen mine."
--When anyone mentions potty training to Alani, she says "I don't want the potty train to come!" and covers her ears (she thinks trains are too loud!)
--Mana asked me what type of monkey was on the t.v. I told her it was a chimpanzee. Then she asked "do all Japanzees live in Japan?"
--Mana got berry/mint dental floss from the dentist. When she tried it last night she said "I love this floss. It tastes like Sunflower petals."
--When we asked Mana to help clean up the living room, she responded "My body doesn't feel like cleaning right now."
--Mana told me "my stomach is tired." She also said "I don't feel relaxed when Haley tells me pilau"
--When Kawai was visiting me at work in "cubicleland" she asked to go see my "stall".
--Mana asked me for a "peanut butter jelly and sandwitch" yesterday.
--Mana, in her sweet high-pitched 3 year old voice which she uses for babies, told Alani "Hi Honey, you tiptoe marshmallow"
--Mana told Alani, "Alani I wish you were a Hello Kitty."
--Kawai asked Mana, "Mana what's your favorite place?" Mana: "A fighting place." Kawai: "No Mana, what's your favorite place to go?" Mana: "At the jungle"
--Mana's version of Jingle Bells starts like this: "Flashing through the snow...."
--Kawai and Mana were talking through the phones at the park. Mana asked Kawai, "do you like fairies?". Kawai said "yes." Then Mana said "Let's be best friends at the fairies."
--Kawai and Mana decided to play dogs. Kawai said she was a hound dog. Then Mana said that she's a peacock dog.
--Mana, while eating soybeans, asked Daddy, "Daddy, can I please have some more slime beans?"
--During the thunder/lightning storm this week, I told Mana that the sky was shouting. She ran to the window and said "I want to see him" (referring to The Guy). Then she asked "is he a super bad guy?"
--Mana: "I want to ride a helicoaster" (referring to a rollercoaster we think)
--Kawai at Costco: "I want to go to another store". Me: "which store?" Kawai: "Dollar Tree". Me: "What store do you want to go to?" Mana: "Money Tree"
--Mana: "Daddy it's gonna be Motherstines Day soon"

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