they got it right...

Ame was happy this year that her name was

pronounced correctly, as they called her up to

receive her reflections award.

She shared her skill with poi balls, as her diversity

talent for the reflections contest.

She has such an amazing talent and a year ago

SHE would never had thought she would be

as good as she is with those poi balls.

We are soo proud of you girl!

Your talents never seize to amaze all of us!!

What a girl!!!

Can't believe it!!

How did my baby boy grow up soo fast?

Where have those two precious years gone??

I was trying to savor the baby years,

but somehow he got older anyway!?

I can't believe it, but our precious

Nalu

turned 2 yesterday.

There was nothing super grand,

but what does one who doesn't really

GET IT, need anyway.

He got donuts and orange julius for

breakfast before mom left for work.

Then when the kids and mom

got home from school we opened presents.

He is very much into anything cars

right now, something his brothers

were never really into.

Even though he didn't get the

whole birthday thing, he did

LOVE opening presents...

don't know who liked his new toys

better, Nalu or his siblings??

gotta carry as many cars as he can,

just so NO ONE ELSE gets ahold of them!

great pick mom!!

After presents and play time we went out to eat

and then went to Ame's reflections awards

(next post) and then it was cake & ice cream.

Check out his reaction to the candles,

and the lingering smoke after they're blown out...

We love you soo much Nalu. You love to talk, your vocabulary is growing rapidly and are learning new words every single day. You copy everything we say (so we have to be careful). You have such a cute personality and quite a sense of humor too. You are definitely developing independence and want to everything and anything. But you are becoming more stranger weary as well. For example at your 2 year check up today, you didn't want anything to do with your friendly Dr. who you have seen since you were born. He couldn't even look inside your ears without you having a meltdown?! One lucky thing your Dr. reminded us of and that he has been amazed by, is he has never seen you for anything other than a well-checkup. We have definitely been blessed in that regard. You are one healthy, happy boy! You have overcome your fear of nursery and will FINALLY stay on your own there. Baby steps I guess, right? You LOVE to play with your brothers, and are becoming especially close to Ash, since you two get to spends lots of time playing together during the day. You ask for Ame all the time, and definitely LOVE your big sister! You are adventurous just like your older brother Kaipo. We recently had to take the ladder off your brothers bunkbeds because you are such a monkey and climbed that ladder as fast as can be. But getting down wasn't quite as easy (or safe). You love to be outside, exploring, playing ball, swimming and just being a curious BOY!! You are quite a picky eater, but definitely have your small variety of foods you enjoy. A nutri grain bar every morning for breakfast, Cheese, pepperoni, gogurt, many kinds of fruits, SNACKS-crackers or goldfish, raisins, and the one meal we can always depend on of course is PIZZZZAAA! You love to drink water and are starting to take a liking to milk again, but only if it is sweetened with some nesquik. You are a wonderful sleeper, 11-12 hours/night and thankfully still take a nap. Nalu we love you to pieces. You light up each of our lives with your kisses, love you's and absolute sweetness. Your smile just makes momma's day when she walks in the door, after a long day away. YOU definitely complete our family Nalu boy!! But just one request...STOP growing up soo fast...please!!!

found 'em

These characters couldn't be more personality

fitting for this TRIO...

Simon, Alvin and Theodore.

Can you see how their costumes, except

for Ash, would look a little strange solo?!

And here's the beauty in a little more light.

MORE holiday fun

We had our ward Trunk or Treat last week and I got some

great pictures of the kids in their costumes, but

since then we have lost the plug for THAT camera.

Unless you see all 3 boys together, their costumes

aren't as cute. Hopefully we can get some more

of them together tomorrow night.

Anyways, Ash had a halloween party and

trunk or treat on Friday at preschool.

Can you guess who HE is?

I kinda get sad when I don't get to be apart of these

things with him. But I just can't think

about it too much, and just have to be gratefu that at least

he has ONE parent that gets to be involved?!

Friday evening I took the kids to a Halloween party

my school's PTA hosted. There were simple games,

treats, music and dancing.

Nalu (theodore) is not pictured in any.

Either he was strapped in the stroller

(as long as I could contain him that way, without

him screaming bloody murder),

or running around (often not to be found).
HE is definitely the hardest to take places these days!!

Ame being a GOOD BIG sister

to Simon and Alvin

Ame was feeling pretty confident

when several 5th grade girls, from

my school whom she didn't know,

kept coming up to her asking her

questions, like:

"Is that your real hair,"

(you can't really see it cuz the pictures

are dark, but she had her old dance hair piece

in her hair which was done up all cute on the

top of her head)

"Where do you go to school," or

"Are you Mrs. Hanamaikai's daughter?"

I just think they were jealous of her

beautiful costume...
MISS HAWAII

the SASH was definitely the most time

consuming part to put together.

The rest we found at savers or the $ store.

HER costume idea.

And if the OLDER girls talking

to her wasn't confidence builder enough,

she even won an award...
Other than nalu being a ROYAL pain,

we had a fun time and the kids LOVE

being able to wear their costumes

as many times as possible.

We carved A pumpkin for our FHE activity.

I usually let the kids paint their pumpkin,

but for some reason painting seemed like too big

of a mess and too much time, so we carved ONE

instead. The kids each had a part of the pumpkin

to draw and cut.

Mom got the fun job of taking the YUCK out of the inside

It's kinda sad looking, but I figure if we are going to

carve one that will just go bad in a few days, at least use

the UGLY one. The others can sit on the porch

for Thanskgiving decor.

Plus this little guy gave lots of seeds

for the kids to enjoy anyway.

I must admit I am not a huge Halloween fan,

but for the kids sake I am TRYING to keep

traditions alive and provide fun some memories.

Thankfully only one more day and then we

can move on to a MUCH BETTER holiday!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN to all!!!