Da Kiahas Part 1: March 2009

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Rainbow and Bride - preschool artists

Here is Alani's rainbow.

And here is Mana on her wedding day. Note the flowers she is holding, and the crown and veil.

Friday, March 27, 2009

Group wedding photo

Thanks Jen for the group photo of Izzy's wedding! Can you find all 5 of my family in here? We're not all together.

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Kawai was teaching Mana how to play Simon Says tonight. When it was Mana's turn, and these are some of the things she said:

Simon says be like a diaper bag.

Simon says pop like a bubble.

Simon says be like a magic carpet.

Simon says be like a Fairy godmother and pop your bubbles.

That's our little crack-up girl for you. And she was being serious.

Izzy's wedding

We had such a great time going down to Izzy's wedding this weekend. The girls had fun exploring outside the temple grounds. Only thing about these pictures is it makes Alani look like she's really into her binky, normally she's not using it like this. At least it matched her dress.

Friday, March 13, 2009

Robb's surgery

We just got back from Robb's surgery on Friday the 13th at noon. He is recovering, very tired. He'll probably be off work at UPS for 2 weeks. He had a large incision, maybe around 6 inches long, to remove a fatty tissue mass. Nok Alani didn't actually make the note, Kawai did it for her.

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Pippi Longstocking

Kawai is so excited to go see the Pippi Longstocking play on a field trip this week. Here's her drawing of Pippi she made tonight.

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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