It Finally begin!!

Kaipo has been asking about soccer and when it is going

to start, ALL summer. Today was his first big day

to head out on the field.This is OUR first experience with soccer

so Kaipo is the going to set the example...hhmmm

As 4 & 5 year old beginning players they start

out with a 20 min practice (they don't have a

seperate practice time). Here they are doing some drills.

Then the game begins-they play

4/5minute quarters.

Kaipo had some shining moments like this....

and a lot of time like this...

whatever big sis said to motivate him,

it worked!

some team pep talk time-Go Silver Lions!!

this is one way to keep the others from getting the ball

some more hustle-way to go Kaipo

Don't want to get too warn out, better take another break!

Try to IGNORE the motherly yelling,

as you watch these clips of Kaipo in action.


so funny to watch these kids tripping over each other,

and then Kaipo taking the ball WAY out of bounds.

Kaipo did his ONE job of throwing the ball in, and

then who knows what he was doing while the coach

was talking to his other teammates.

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Oh I love this kid

and look forward to an exciting

season of soccer, and what great

laughs he will give us!

Friday Night Sugar High

Friday Night Ame's polynesian dance group

performed at a City event, that had

activities and booth of all sorts. So after

she danced the kids got to choose their

SUGAR HIGH of choice-it's pretty obvious

what everyone chose.
There was also this clown making balloon
figures-Ame got a flower and Kaipo got a motorcycle.
Poor Ash didn't get one because the line was too long
and mom didn't feel like waiting.

Kaipo was quite fascinated by his NOSE and
kept asking if it was REAL.
funny kid!
And that was the excitement at the park.
Then it was off to get pizza and head home
for Movie Night.

which of these does NOT belong??

I got a phone call from Quinn's brother kaleo's wife

yesterday and they want to throw a

joint shower for me and Quinn's sister, Haruko

(who is due just a few weeks after me).

I can totally see why Haruko needs one, her

youngest is almost 8. And I know they

are just being nice to throw me in on the

idea. I just feel bad, cuz she asked me if

I was registered anywhere, and I thought

to myself ARE YOU SERIOUS? But I

didn't say it outloud. I mean what do

I really need other than like a few simple things.

I actually don't know what I need-I still

have to pull out all the BOY bins and see what

we need to add to our collection.

In addition to the gift basket I am

making her, I made some headbands & flower clips.

I am in no way an expert on these, but

its fun to TRY and be creative,

although I am not very.

Oh and what doesn't belong....

the cute booties, for MY little BOY.

I just couldn't resist when I was

shopping for Haruko's baby GIRL stuff

(can I just say it is soo much easier

and fun to shop for a girl), to get a little

something for MY baby!

work in progress

We have a few work in progress projects going on

around our house right now.

We are trying to get the yard ready to plant sod

soon. We have had lots of BIG rocks brought in,

as well as a bunch of topsoil. We have planted a few trees and bushes.

We have gotten most of the weeds killed around our yard,

which can I just say are awful!!! They are the stickery kind that get

tracked around everywhere!. I can't wait to be rid of them!!!!!!!!!!!

We still have to get some of them cleared out and the ground level

and completely sod ready. But it is nice to have a little green around the

yard and to start to see things take shape.

They have also started building the house next door

to us. I don't know if you can tell from the picture

but it is soo close to our property line. We don't

know what is up with that, but it will be nice not

to have the empty WEED lot next door.

My only complaint is they start hammering away

way too early in the morning, which wakes the whole

house b4 I am ready to roll out of bed!!!

Here is the other project that is taking way

too long to get the final touches on. We are finishing

the bonus room above the garage. The guy doing

it is doing a good job, but is just soo unreliable

and is slow gassing on the last few things needing to be done.

WE are going to paint and carpet it,

once he finishes his work.

It will be really nice to have both of these projects finished, so I can focus on other things like the baby coming and my kids!

I AM very grateful that we have the means to do these things and that Quinn has done soo much to make it all fall into place, in the LITTLE free time he has!

Class Pet

Before Ame started school and I went to

the PARENTS ONLY back to school night,

I found out that they had a class pet

and was excited to come home and tell

Ame about it. But the teacher made it

sound as though it was a real frog.

Last week when the kids started taking

turns bringing farley home for the night,

Ame found out this is who he was...

But it is still fun for the kids (I think)

to bring him home and they have a journal

to keep track of what they do with him.

Well Ame got Farley yesterday, which

is the day she has dance class. We decided

it would be a good idea for him to go with

her to class, although SHE was extremely

embarrrased to take him and wanted me to walk

in with her (I'm not sure what that did for her

and the situation). But she survived and

wasn't completely humiliated.

Remember SHE really wanted to take him!

She was just as embarrased when I took the camera

upstairs last night at bedtime to take some pictures.

You're not going to put pictures

on your blog are you?? is what she says.

She is definitely growing into the phase of

self-consciousness and now cares what

others may think.

She did do a good job of taking care of

farley the frog, and will get a few more

oppportunities to do so throughout

the school year. Hopefully next

time won't be quite as embarrassing for HER!!

opinions please!

I am trying to get some baby things ready.

I have bought some new crib bedding.

I haven't done this with each of the kids,

but decided to with this one. He will need something

new, since he will be getting plenty of hand-me-downs, right?!

Also, I think I have decided to buy a car seat cover for my

infant car seat, instead of replacing the whole thing.

If I were more ambitious (like many of you)

I would make one, but I AM NOT, so

I have found a few websites that sell them, but am

having a hard time deciding which one to get.

So any opinions would be appreciated!

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http://www.kiskissa.com

my only hesitation on this hawaiian print one, is the quality doesn't seem quite as good, very thin material, which I guess would be OK for the hotter months later on. Oh and of course, NOT pink, either black with white flowers or brown with blue flowers.

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www.bellababycompany.com

this one looks fun and SOFT, comfortable material.

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http://www.babyblossom.biz/

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this last website has the best price,

and so many cute GIRL ones, although not as many,

still a fairly good selection of boy covers too.

So let me know what # you would pick!