Ohana Moments: The Karate Kid

So, a lot has happened with Kalei. In our last blog about her, she was just starting out as a white belt. With a lot of hard work she has climbed the ladder to becoming a Decided Green Belt. She has accomplished white, orange, yellow, and 2 camo belts and now on her 2nd green belt. After recieving the yellow belt each belt after that takes 6 months to move on to another color. She's determined to become a Black Belt. I am so proud of her courage, determination, and especially commitment to Tae Kwon Do. She is AWESOME!

Concentrate, Daniel-san! I mean, Kalei-san!

Just for Laughs

So, I decided to try Tae Kwon Do. I asked Kalei, who's been with it for almost 2 years, for her permission and she said, "Yeah, mom, but please, don't embarass me!"

We were saying a closing prayer for an outdoor YW activity and Ikaika was playing in the sand pit trying to kill a bug. While the prayer was being said, Ikaika was heard in the background saying, "Die, die, die!"

The kids have been watching 'Alvin and the Chipmunks', the movie and Ikaika is convinced that chipmunks can talk. So after putting up the Christmas tree I was ready to decorate. Ikaika says, "No, Mom! Wait! I have to find the chipmunks and birds living in our tree!" You'll have to see the movie to understand that the chipmunks lived in a pine tree.

Okay, so I've been trying to teach the girls' to "work with what you have in your closets." They have a lot of T-shirt's so we bought a few long sleeved T's to wear under the T-shirts to create the "layered look". One morning Kalei comes downstairs in a pair of knit pants with grey shorts over them. I asked her what she was wearing. Her reply, "Mom, you said the layered look was IN!" I thought I was gonna fall down from laughing so hard! She is definitely my fashionista-in-training!

Ikaika - "Dad, are you still my bestest buddy?" Jon - "Yes." Ikaika - "Okay, thanks."

Kahea - "Ikaika, come down for prayer time." Ikaika - "No, mom. Go on without me. I'm busy playing!"

Kalei accidentally ran into Ikaika with her bike and Ikaika gets up and runs after her shouting, "You wanna piece of me?!"

We went to Suwanee Elementary's Fall Festival and a lot children came running up to Kalei giving her hugs and saying "Hi, Kalei!". Afterwards Kalei says, "Wow. A lot of people know me. I'm like a superstar!"

Ikaika was being noisy in sacrament meeting and I was trying to get him to quiet down. I guess it became annoying to him because he yelled, "Mom, you're killing me here!"

Ikaika - (New phrases) "Awww, dang!", (from Mater on Disney's Cars), "What'd you do?", "I did it!", "Oh, dear...", "Let me go!", and his favorite word..."NO!"

Kalei - "Everyone likes me 'cause I'm just a cool kid."

Ikaika - "No, no, mama!", as I take him to the nursery and try to leave inconspicuously.

Kahea - "You guys are getting on my last nerve!"
Kalei - "Mom, how many last nerves do you have?"
(I probably say that one a lot. Oops!)

Kalei was trying to braid my hair and asks, "Mom, have you thought about dying your hair? Your age is starting to show."

Kanoe looked in the mirror one morning before school and says, "Well, this is as good as it's gonna get."

Kalei - "I'm so beautiful. I look just like my dad."

Kalei - "Mom , where are you going?" Kahea - "No where. Why?" Kalei - "You look really good today." (Guess I normally look bad.)

Ikaika - "Mama, DD, ars." Translation: DVD, Cars (Disney)

Kahea - "Gosh, I'm so exhausted!" Kalei - "Did we do it to you?"

Ohana Moments

Friday, March 26, 2010

The Karate Kid

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