Da Kiahas Part 1: February 2012

Monday, February 27, 2012

Firetruck bed, new preschool

Today was a very happy day for Alani. She started the brand new preschool at Pacheco. Look how excited she was that morning to go to school at the same place her big sisters go! Her words tonight: "I love my new preschool". It doesn't get much happier than that.

And Anu got his new firetruck bed, thanks to Mark and Lindsay! He is so excited. The funny thing is all his big sisters are jealous. One wants a pink firetruck bed like his, one wants a neon green racecar bed, and I'm not sure what else was wanted, but lots of things were.

Robb didn't have time to put it in the bedroom till later, but Anu napped on it anyway in the living room.

Oh, and here are the lyrics to the song "BINGO" according to Anu: "There was a farmer who had a dog and Bingo was his name-o, H, I, J, K, K, H, I, J, K, K, H, I,J,K,K and Bingo was his name-o". We think he is so adorable and don't want him to stop being so darn cute. He said he wants to buy a big Diego set for his baby brother. Here's hoping he still wants to after the baby arrives.....

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Check out my sister's blog

Check out this blog.

My older sister Diana and her husband Joel are in the process of adopting a boy from China. If any of you know about how hard the adoption process can be, you will understand the challenges they face. The boy they are bringing home this summer is ten years old now, and is named Chun Bai. He willl be called John in English. He has some special needs, including albinism, and low vision.

Sunday, February 5, 2012

Kaimana tiene siete anos

Mana turned 7 in the middle of winter, but she wondered why it felt like summer. It was the 100th day of school and it was 75 degrees that day here in SLO. Usually it rains on her birthday, and we have to cancel her parties, which we've always had at the park. But not this year! We have a house big enough to actually host a few kids over, so that is what we did. She had a movie and pizza party and invited 7 of her Pacheco buddies over. She really enjoyed it.

Mana got her rollerblades as an early birthday present, along with a new helmet. Thanks Mailani for the hand-me-down skates! She's been using them for the past month, and went from knowing nothing about skating, to being able to skate to our park solo.

She loves the nice smooth paths in our complex, but for some reason the kids also like to go cross-country.

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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