Kavika's crawl

So, Kavika is crawling now...well I say crawl but it's more propelling than anything else. Anyway, I caught it on video for you all to see. Isn't it so cute.

STORY TIME w/ CHARLY

So we've started asking Charly what she is learning in Primary (Her Sunday school class) at church. We figure it would help us to know what teachings to reinforce throughout the week. Here is a recap of the lesson her teachers taught last Sunday (or at least what Charly got from it). We were both impressed and amused that we asked her to tell it again only this time for the camera. She took the liberty of changing the boy's name (no doubt to protect his true identity) and also modified the ending from the first version she shared with us.

The original story can be found in the CTR 5 Primary manual for this year. In case you were distracted by the doodles of details given, we believe the lesson was on the blessings of repentance. She also came home with a coloring page titled, "I feel happy when I repent." ENJOY!!!

The cutest laugh only Charly can bring out.

Charly and Kavika played this game for a good five minutes before I even started recording.

Spring is HERE!

I am so excited for the warmer weather coming in. Must be my island blood longing for ice storms and winter to pass. We drove for the first time in a LONG time with the windows down. Charly and Kavika just loved the fresh air. We went to the playground for a play date and weren't surprised at all at the number of people already crowding the playground. We all were thinking the exact same thing....it's been too long indoors!

Anyhow, with spring approaching we have been offered garden plots by members of our church to plant, tend, and harvest. I've talked with Marc about accepting a plot and having our family work it. Especially with this economy, Marc and I have been wanting to work more on self-reliance, preparedness, and so on. I know this is probably weird, but I have been a bit of a snob towards home grown produce. Actually that's not it. I love farmers markets and getting the extra squash, tomatoes, or zucchini, from church members and friends who offer to share their harvest. I think I've just been spoiled to think that produce always looks the way it is presented in the stores. I like idea of "picking" it fresh from the matching bins rather than pulling it from the soil. Store bought produce is always shiny, mostly bruise or bug free, and for the most part beautifully shaped. You don't see the dirt it's been sitting in or the worms or bugs that have touched your food....all that kinda creeps me out. (Pretty dumb, I know)

Talking with Charly and Marc, I am pretty sure we're gonna try our hands at it again. Wish us luck!!

Ear Infections

So we took the kiddos to the doc to get em a check-up. Found out they both have ear infections. Came home with filled prescriptions for antibiotics. First day Charly was hysterical when we wanted to administer her meds. You'da thought we was tryin' to poison the poor gurl! Anyhow, we pulled out the old token system and NOW she's reminding us to administer the thick pink pepto bismal looking stuff. She's got 22 tokens and is working her way up to 40. She has been asking us over a month now for this or that and we keep saying, sure maybe for your birthday. Now that she's got actual tokens she's dreaming big: Chuck-E-Cheese, get heelies (sp?), buy her a pogo stick, or "a barbie pupcake toy." I hadn't ever heard of a pupcake let alone a toy, but she says she wants it so she can decorate them with frosting and give them to people. Marc tried to explain to her that it was just a decorating kit for CUPcakes it doesn't actually bake anything. Either way, we told her she can choose a (single) prize once she's earned enough tokens. (We'll have to post her decision in the coming days/weeks. By the way...that's not Charly in case you're worried you've missed out on a lot of changes...also, we don't use giant soup ladels for her doses either)

8 month Updates!

Recently passed his wellness checkup with avg. weight and height. Kavika still only has 6 teeth. I say ONLY because he's been working on cutting more for about 2 months now. He has 2 itty bitty teeth (cut at 3 mos) on the bottom and 4 up top (cut 2 by 5mos and the other 2 by 6mos). Right now the canines make an appearance just under the surface of his gums and then disappear again. It makes him miserable! He likes to bite or chew on just about everything (especially paper). Here are a few more interesting things he does...

• He claps at almost everything his sister does and bounces/dances to music.


• Already loves to bang on the piano and pluck ukulele chords.


• He gets around on his belly kinda doing the "worm" and occasionally works in his "left" leg to propel himself forward.
• He is also making sounds like dah, bah, mah, oh, ah. We've been teaching him ASL and has learned to sign the following words: Eat and More.

The other day I was speaking with my good friend Jeanne. Not sure how long we had been talking, but Kavika became very fussy. He was on my lap squirming and whining. We were deep in conversation and I kept having to move him from side to side to look around him and continue talking. Suddenly I felt a sharp prick on my shoulder. I pulled him away at arms length and cried out, "Hey!" turning to Jeanne I started to complain about him biting and how I don't get it. She was grinning at him. I turned toward him to see his pudgy little fist formed and lightly pounding on his chin. Yep. "EAT!"

Smarty Pants on the Sabbath

Sabbath day is almost always a rush for me. Since we've moved to Missouri, I've maybe been on time to church just a handful of times. (Yeah, pretty sad especially since our sacrament meeting begins at 1:00pm). I think it's because I always think I have more time than I really do, so I do more of a sabbath stroll until the pressures on to feed and dress kids, do hair, grab teaching materials, etc... Today, I at least knew what everyone was going to wear and Marc was home to help me instead of at church meetings. Anyhow my dear Charly (4yrs. old) was being her usual funny self which was fine, but was taking much longer to get ready than needed (hmmm...not sure where she learned that from) and decided to run around in her tights pretending she couldn't find her church clothes. Trying to hide my building frustration, I firmly told her to get dressed! She disappeared for a while and I continued to get myself ready. Marc came into the room after getting baby ready and Charly walked in behind him still in just her tights!!! To top it off, she had her hands behind her slipped in between her panties and tights. It was obvious she was goofing off the whole time. Pretending to be grossed out and said, "Ewww, Charly don't do that, get your hands out of there...there's germs!" She looked a bit shocked and pulled her hands out. I continued, "We don't touch our butts, they have germs!"

By now she was looking at her hands...
Me: "No Really! See smell them."
Charly: Concerned-Puts hands to her face (sniffing)
Me: "See! What do they smell like?"
Charly: "Roses"

Couldn't help but pack up laughing. She's a bit too witty for her own good. Only ended up 2 minutes late afterall (probably was the last minute PBJ I had to make before leaving!) Warning: You might wanna PASS, if she ever asks you to stop and smell the roses with her.