Stop and smell the family

The other night, I had a late night at work and was feeling way behind. I was in my own little world, wandering around the house thinking about all of the things that needed to get done when I noticed it was way too quiet. This is what I saw:My first reaction was actually to be a little annoyed but what's the point of having kids if you can't be one yourself? And besides, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em, right? Wait. That explains why my house looks the way it does. hmm......

Here's a good picture of Leilea awake from that night:She smiles all the time but if any of you knew her big sister as an infant, you'll recognize the patented Friskillo "go to hell" look. It's all part of the charm.

Wow my genes are strong!

Back in the saddle again.

Today was my first day back to work. I went back Monday, but that didn't count because there were no kids.

I was afraid they would have forgotten me. How silly, right? The interim did a WONDERFUL job and they did many, many ambitious projects that turned out looking great. What if they didn't like me anymore? I kinda like being a "special" teacher (library, art, music, p.e.) if not for the fact that most of the kids like us unconditionally. Today that proved to be true. I love, love, LOVE my job and I really missed those kids. Okay, really about 90% of them, but that's still pretty good.

I also missed my kids at home, but to be honest, going to work is like a break. Everyone kept asking how much I wish I was at home right now, but I think they have this mental picture of me sitting in a rocking chair eating bon-bons in a peaceful room with a newborn. YEAH RIGHT! From 7:40 to 3:00 I didn't have to clean up poop or suck snot out of anyone's nose.

Funny how that's all I wanted to do by the time I got home. I love my jobs

Bless this mess

Great weekend! Saturday we went to the mall with the kids, Grandma Coelho, Jennifer, Brock, Tim and P. Grandma Lorna and Keoki were even there for a bit. It's always fun to enjoy commerce with the ones we love. It was really good to have Jennifer and Brock in town. I think Kawika has found his match. Baby gladiator fights coming soon. Time and location TBA.

After the mall, we went to Sam's and Kawika was getting sleepy. I had held Leilea in the Moby Wrap at the mall but since Kawika was tired and I knew he would want to be held anyway, I decided to experiment and wrap him for the Sam's trip. It's rated to 35lbs. He's 32. It wasn't too bad at first, but gravity is real, my friends.

Everyone who walked by had something to say, as they usually do when I wear the wrap but then the comments are usually about a cute little baby. These comments were more like, "Holy crap! What's that thing made out of?!" I assumed they were talking about the wrap.

He loved it so much he laid his head on my back and fell asleep. There's nothing quite like walking around Sam's with drool running down your back. Yum. Anyhow, here's some photos of that magical experience which I'm afraid he's going to want to repeat. Life is full of disappointments, big guy.

Sunday we had Leilea blessed at church. The whole fam-damily was there and fun was had by all. We even took the obligatory family picture afterwards. I think if I ever want to get a real family portrait done, we'll have to bring the tranquilizer darts.

Never were truer words screen printed

Candy nite 2008

Here's a bunch of photos from Halloween. I wanted to get one photo of everyone dressed in their Halloween shirts where no one was screaming, blinking, or looking like they have a really fat neck due to unfortunate camera angles. That was the best I could do.

Grandma Ann and I went to Farm Day at Iwa's school to help out. It was like trying to herd ants. I was in charge of making sure no one freaked out the donkey. Martha brought Iwa's Pygmy goat for the kids to pet on Farm Day. She got this goat for her 2nd birthday and it follows her around the compound like a dog. She named him Sheep. She was very proud of Sheep. The orange balls are placed there to make sure Sheep doesn't accidentally impale a kid.

Here are the kids' costumes. Iwa was a ballerina (WITH high heels- as she had to point out every time we talked about it) and Kawika was a train engineer. Drivin' that train, high on refined sugar.