my busy work week

I have been so busy at work lately, but at least it has been on some fun stuff. I have been staying at school late everyday with a bunch of kids to paint a mural on one of the school's walls... you know, trying to instill some school pride. I'm so proud of the kids. This is what it looked like by Friday afternoon.

Sunday sunsets

Tonight Matt, Makaela and I went to Ko'olina to do some family bonding. Makaela brought along her little soccer ball and either carried it or kicked it all the way to the restaurant. People were literally stopping to watch her and commented about her being the next Mia Hamm. We always go to Kolohe's but we decided to try Chuck's instead. It was great because we sat right next to the koi pond. Makaela was definitely intrigued by the fish. After dinner, we stopped and watched a perfect sunset. It was a great reminder that we live in paradise.

a chill weekend

After a very busy week, we deserved to take a break and relax this weekend. Unfortunately, the weather wasn't cooperating this Saturday, so Kaela and I explored Lowe's Hardware store so I could buy supplies for the mural my students are creating at our school. When we got home, Makaela took a turn being a mommy and hand fed Bailey his food. I then found her in the pantry, feeding Leila all the doggy snacks. The dogs were well spoiled and living large. Once Matt got home, he collapsed into his recliner and I found Makaela in the exact same position as him. So cute.

weaning

Matt has been working round the clock so Makaela and I have been spending some quality time together...like our 6 mile walk today. I know I say this everytime I write, but she is growing so fast. This week she gave up her nightime bottle. Before, our nighttime routine was a bath, brushing teeth, bottle, rocking to music and sleep...she was usually half passed out before she hit the mattress. We are now bathing, having a sippy cup of formula as we read books (she is soooo into books and make believe reading to me), brush teeth and then straight to bed. What's great is that she is still blowing kisses as I leave the room...as if I just did something great. Kids can really make you feel like superheroes.

Hangin with Dad

This will hopefully be my first of many posts for our blog. So today was a somewhat bad day , I was just told that I will have to work the next 2 or 3 weekends(Navy), Jenn had a girl at school squirt chocolate sauce on her before she had to leave to go to her class at U H and Makaelas stomach has been bothering her...good times right? Well, I go to pick her up from day care and she sees me through the door, says hi and continues to play with her toy, I sign her out, take her bag and start to pick her up, well as anyone with kids knows it is really hard to take a happy kid away from what they are enjoying without pissing them off...I am certainly no exception to that rule...as I am sure you guessed crying baby in the car the entire way home, we get home Makaela still crying, dogs jumping around all over the place...baby still crying, grabbing at my leg, so I go to turn the tv on to her cartoons, baby still crying grabbing at my legs, so I pick her up, go to my recliner, lay down with her. She takes my hand in hers and is petting my hand watching tv for the next half hour and I can't remember for the life of me how bad my day was before then. Goes to show how precious the small things with your family can change your day completely. And of course before I sign off I should let you all know that Makaela is getting really good at throwing her soccer ball at me while I am typing on the computer, so for now I hope that everyone is doing well and we will hopefully talk to you all soon. Matt, Makaela and soccer ball.

Jimmy Buffet Saturday

So Saturday, we all headed to the park to tailgate for the Jimmy Buffet concert. The guys headed there at 7am, but Makaela and I took our time. We were trying to go to swim lessons, but it has been a bit too cold here...it's been in the 60s! Sorry, back to the story...we were told by the swim instructor that the water was too cold, so we headed downtown. I was a little stressed about having Makaela in a park all day with nothing to do other than hang, but she was great. She entertained herself and most of all others. Some of the teachers I work with showed up and she kept these guys busy for hours. She sang, danced, ate, and played. She also has no fear and loves to walk in on an active volleyball games, horseshoe games, and anything with flying projectiles...we need to keep an eye on her that way. We know she has a hard head, but we don't want to find out the hard way :-) We didn't actually go into the concert since she goes to sleep at seven, but we were able to hear most of the concert from outside. By the time she fell asleep, Matt and I were able to enjoy some good music and good friends.