One smart kid

So Noa has to write in his journal every night, as part of his homework. Here's what he wrote last night: "I Like vechTUBOs and chrees. ThaYe re cooL. SOW CooL anD I Like aBos. Thae are GooD."


Translation: "I like vegetables and tress. They are cool. So cool and I like apples. They are good.


Here's the picture he drew to accompany this fascinating piece of literature:

That's him eating a carrot and "abo" (apple), under a tree, next to a swimming pool. I must be honest, at first her wrote, I hate "chrees" they're so "ogle" (ugly). I told him that wasn't very nice and go back and rewrite his entry. LOL Kids really do say, AND WRITE, the darndest things. I can't wait to show him this when he's graduating high school :) I love you, Bubba.

{mom}

Noa BKA Bubba

Here are a couple of pages that I finished for my digi-scrapbook. I hope you like it, cause I LOVE it!

 

Love,

Rina

iPod and Nemo....a mom's best friend :)

Today Popo was a little cranky and didn't know what to do with himself. It was way after his normal nap time and the kid was still awake (hence the crankiness?!) and running around like a chicken with its head cut off. So, I ran and grabbed our iPod, a pillow and a blanket...laid Popo down and turned Nemo on, via the iPod...he loved it! And...fell asleep watching Nemo on the iPod...do I feel guilty? Am I horrible mom? HECK NO! Quite the opposite if I do say so myself. A little Nemo never hurt nobody! LOL

Check him out :)

Here he is watching Nemo....

 

And then BAM! The boy is out like trout :) Ahhhhh, the part of the day I like forward to-hehe

  

 Oh yeah, and here's my pic of the day...isn't he handsome?

 

Love,
Rina

"You know I love you...right?"

Those were the words my Bubba (Noa) said, as I was being attacked by Zombies while he crouched in the corner of a dark room...too afraid to move! No this wasn't a dream, it's a game that Poli let us borrow and Bubba and I are absolutely hooked! I'm too ashamed to tell you just how hooked I am, you might question my parenting, more importantly, mothering skills :)

Anyway, in this game you play as the "Survivors" and you kill all the evil zombies while going through different stages/levels. It's amazing! I swear this game can get my heart rate up in NO time...screw the tread mill, I say! I'm getting side tracked...so Noa will only play this game if me or Mani plays with him (and Noa and I both agree that Mani sucks, so we don't like playing with him! Honesty is key in this family!). So at one point in the game, I get BOMBARDED by gross, deseased, infected zombies and Bubba runs away and hides in a shack close by and turns his flash light off so that he won't attract any zombies (more specifically, the zombies that are killing his mother-lol). So I'm hollaring at him saying, "Get over here and shoot them!". But he is too scared, I know he feels bad and he turns to me and says, "You know I love you...right?", melt my heart!!!!!! My baby is getting SOOOOOOOOOOO mature (for a 5 almost SIX year old-hehe). I seriously had to fight back the tears that were forming in the corners of my eyes, I didn't want my Bubba to see me getting all mushy and gushy eyed (ok let's be honest, I didn't want any distraction for fear that the zombies would corner me again-lol).

I love my Noa and I hope he NEVER gets too old to play zombie games with me :-)

A great day for a bike ride!

 

Today was fun, the kids and I went outside so they could ride their bikes and so that I could take some candid pictures! Popo was so fun to watch, he got his first bike for Christmas and he's been riding around the house but this was the first time he got to ride it outside. Boy he took off! 

I'm so glad I captured the memory in the picture below. I finally caught Popo not only sucking his thumb, but also holding on to Tui's hair. That's his ultimate comfort "thing". It's sooo cute!

I'm hosting a Grocery Smarts class tomorrow night! I can't freakin' wait! I seriously need to save money in any way possible :) I'll let y'all know how it goes.

Love,
Rina

My amateur photography :)

So here are some pictures from our Christmas party with the Deegan's (Aunty Lasi and Uncle Don). You like my amateur photography moments? Hehe I was snapping pics with Bert and Jon's camera, they bought themselves a Canon Rebel xti...pretty darn sweet! Now if only Teri would send me the charger for my camera...lol




Oh yeah, the above picture is of "THE present" hehe. Bert and Jon gave us a flat screen TV!! Yay! We are finally stepping in to the 20th century, good riddens tube television! I will so NOT miss you :) I used Pioneer Woman's "Seventies" action for this photo. I thought it'd be pretty funny to make the photo look like it was taken in the 70s, of a flat screen tv :)

Love,
Rina

Noa's First School Christmas Party!

 

Here are Tina, Noa and Iuli playing during recess

  

 Me and Noa patiently waiting for our table to be called to pick our treats to decorate Noa's Gingerbread house.

  

 The foundation :)

  

  

 So this is what we were working with

  

 Oh snap! Who's that hot lady right thurr...hehe

  

 My sis Meg and Iuli

  

 Noa, demonstrating how to stick candy corn on to your "house". Sure you would normally lay the candy corn flat...but you're probably just not cool like us to make them stick out...HAHAHA

  

 And here it is one side...

  

 And another one...

  

 Oh snap! Check the angle on that Candy Cane...the Lego's are "windows" per Noa.

  

 Great job son!

  

  

You go Tina!

  

 Iulers is too cute...great house!

As you can see, we had so much fun at Mrs. Rodas' Christmas Party. Noa had been bugging me all week about this party and making me promise every five minutes that I would be there. I would not have missed it for the world! I came really close to missing it though, due to the fact that I have been suffering from insomnia lately {for real}. BUT I am soooo glad that I got to go. Noa was excited that I was there and showing me around his classroom. Even better, I got to hang out with my nephew Iuli and niece Tina...HELLO, it couldn't get ANY better :) Ok I lie, it was even BETTER because I got to hang out with my girls, Meg and Nat. 

Merry Christmas y'all!

Rina

"Where did yo' sister go?"

And that's how Noa's FIRST joke started. I was doing some scrapbooking and Noa was bouncing on my bed. He stopped, walked over to me and said, "Where did yo' sister go?" (yes he said 'yo'). I said "I don't know??" and he replied, "To yo' MAMA'S house!!...BWAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA". I couldn't help but giggle. He then asked, "Mom, do you know what a joke is?" and I told him that I did. And then he said, "I love jokes". HEHE

Oh bless his little heart. My bubba got his first report card today...can I just say I am such a proud mama? Noa got ALL 4's (Which means he mastered that subject/skill) and he also got all S's (satisfactory) for other areas like "Obeying class rules", "Being obedient", and things like that. I swear I smiled so big my cheeks started to hurt!

I'm so grateful to have such an awesome kid. Not only is he smart and good looking, but he's FUNNY too! I love you bubba! I am most definitely looking forward to watching him grow up. Every day he never ceases to amaze me with how smart, talented and kind he is. He is such a big helper to all of us and such a respectful kid. I vow to support all of my kids in anything and everything they choose to do. Now, for the sake of my husband, I hope it's football that he chooses to pursue (while in school of course)...BUT if he so happens to choose ballet or to be in the school play, please believe we will be in the front row with blinged out posters cheering him on anyway!

I love you son and thank you for that joke!

The Ninja, The Witch and The Rugby Player

So originally the plan was, that Mani would get off early, get the kids ready, and haul them off to West Jordan to trick-or-treat and his sister Jen's house. (It's a tradition, we do it every year!) I couldn't go because I had to work, so I kept stressing that Mani wouldn't know how to put Tui's eyelashes on, or he'd forget to spray her hair with the glitter crap! What I was MOST worried about was that Mani wouldn't take good pictures =) Anyway, I decided that I'd get them ready and take pictures before I went to work, that way I would be satisfied.

I got the kids all dressed up and we headed over to Grandma's to take pictures outside. The weather was so not cooperating. More than once, we felt a sprinkle of rain =( But...I got some really great pictures. Unfortunately, Luapo (the baby) was borrowing a costume from one of his cousins, so he didn't have his costume on yet. Hopefully someone took pics of him in his real costume!

Anyway, when the kids got home they were so super excited to tell me all about their night! They had so much fun trick-or-treating and can't wait until next year to do it all over again =)