Daddy's money is my money

This was said by Kainoa last night when I was trying to steal some of his jello. I told him that he didn't buy it so what made it his, and he said "well daddy bought it for me and daddy's money is my money." Smart kid!

Mommy I'm not feeling good

I hate those words. You would think that eventually you would get used to it, but it never gets easier. There was nothing we could do to save him, Kainoa was sick. It started Friday night, his throat was hurting, and then the coughing, finally followed by a slight fever. At least it was happening on Friday, and we had a whole weekend to nurse him back to good health, or so we thought. We had already committed to watching two kids Saturday night, and after calling their mom to let her know Noa was sick, they were still coming over. He pretty much rested all day until he had his soccer pictures at 1:50PM. Dante was not happy with me that I still wanted him to go. I just knew that if we didn't let him go, once it came time to hand the pictures out, his little heart would have been crushed, so we toughed it out. BAD IDEA, hey I can admit when I'm wrong. It was 96 degrees outside, with minimal shade, he was miserable. When it was time for his individual picture he looked so bad, everyone around me was saying, "poor Kainoa", and I'm thinking, who is this kids mom that would let him come out here like that? So the photographer gave him the ball and told him to say cheese, and he did, and he looked so cute. What a little trooper I have. The same happened with the group shots, and we were done. Once we got home, the kids showed up, and all of the sudden the sickness was gone. Isn't it just so amazing how they do that. So all the way up to Sunday evening, I thought we were in the clear. Whew, neither one of us would have to take the day off tomorrow. WRONG AGAIN! Sunday night his temperature spiked to 102. I did all the normal things and brought it down, hoping that he'll be able to go to school on Monday. No such luck, Monday morning, Dante and I are trying to figure it all out. Dante will take the morning shift, and I will come home at lunch so he can go to work. Teamwork, I love my husband. So today, Kainoa was off to school, both Dante and I praying that he makes it through the day. Sickness, just one of the many joys of being a parent.

Being 5

I really don't remember much about being 5, which makes what we are going through at my house that much harder... Kainoa is going through something, and we have no idea how to fix it. This past Sunday at church, he completely freaked out. When I say freaked out, I mean down right tantrum about not being right next to me during the whole service. We teach in the class, but that wasn't enough for him at that time. Then when you asked him what was wrong, he didn't know.... OK, so now what? Up until this point, we have seriously had this incredible, no tantrum throwing, happy go lucky, well behaved kid. So, you can imagine the thoughts going through our minds right now. As if the tantrum at church wasn't enough, he's also gotten this really sassy mouth in the last couple of weeks. So I asked him, "Kainoa, why are you talking to mommy that way?" His response was, "I'm just trying to be a BIG boy mommy." Wow, can someone please give me the instruction manual.

Yes, we are still alive...

Ok, I am horrible at this, I confirmed that by reading this, and realized that we've now had Kaipo for over a year.... So I am officially committing to all of you that I will update this weekly. I have even scheduled it on my outlook calendar.

In the meantime, here is a glimpse at what has gone on in the last year. First of all, Jen you were right about the dog. We have had problem after problem. He's a GREAT dog, just into EVERYTHING. We're hanging in there, and Dante has been very patient to say the least.

Kainoa and I went to Hawaii this last summer. After grandpa died, we had all talked about going together as a family like we used to when we were kids, so at the end of July, we did just that. We went to two islands, the Big Island, and of course Maui. On the Big Island it was, Mom, dad, Kainoa, Kekoa, Auntie Noe, Brent, Grandma, Uncle Pat, Auntie Teresa, and myself. We all stayed in one house, and it was a BLAST. Most families couldn't handle it, but we had no problems at all. Kainoa's favorite part was the pool in the backyard, go figure. After 5 days on the Big Island we were off to Maui. The minute we landed I could feel grandpa, he was everywhere. I talked to Koa about it and he said he felt the same way. Just knowing how much he loved it there, made it even more special. I got to show Kainoa palm trees that he had planted when he worked for the city, places he had taken us, where he used to live, and with all of that stories about grandpa as well. The only thing that made it easier to come home was Dante, he couldn't make it because of work. After about the 5th day of us being gone, he was very adamant that this would never happen again. No more vacations without daddy!

So since we've been back the biggest thing that's happened in our lives was Kainoa starting Kindergarten. HE LOVES IT!!!! Which was a huge relief for us since he didn't feel the same way about school last year. He keeps telling everyone that he wants to move to school, kind of makes Dante and I wonder if we're doing something wrong as parents. We are very excited though that he loves it so much.

Kainoa has also started his second season of soccer. So far we've had four games, and Kainoa has scored six goals all together. He's a little superstar out there, and he's so much fun to watch.

Well that's it for now, more to come next week.