8/18 Back to School

August 18, 2008

The children have returned to school today. Anuhea's in 6th grade and has started middle school. Agh! When did we get so old?! Okay, I don't feel old, but having a child in middle school does things to your ego. Nalani's in 4th grade and Hokulani's in 1st grade.

We found out that the children won't have school tomorrow because Tropical Storm Fay is likely to turn into Hurricane Fay tomorrow. Yikes!

8/14 Clean Bill of Health

August 14, 2008

I went to the doctor for my 6-week postpartum checkup. He said everything's good, and I can get back to doing WHATEVER I want to. Yeah!!! What I really need to do is exercise. For those of you who know me, you'll know that I don't especially prefer to exercise. I hope I can at least do some. I can't wait to get back into my pre-pregnancy clothes.

8/8 The Olympics

August 8, 2008

The Olympics Opening Ceremony. . .we were looking forward to it all summer. Then we looked forward to it all day. We even allowed the children to stay up to watch it since school hasn't started yet. Finally, at 7:30pm we started watching the ceremony on TV and after only 15-30 minutes the POWER WENT OUT!

We were so surprised. We worried about our food and lack of air conditioning. However, after finding out that the power would likely be out until 11pm we sent the children to bed. The power came back on around 9pm, and we saw some of the parade of nations, but it went out again after 15-30 minutes again. Then it came back on for good around 10pm or so. By then, I went to sleep and Jason stayed up to watch TV.

We missed the entire ceremony--I mean the good stuff with all the performances. http://www.nbcolympics.com/ Luckily, we were able to watch the highlights online. It was amazing! All of you who got to watch it. . .LUCKY!

Also. . .in Chinese, the number 8 is "ba". Today is 8/8 so it's baba. Baba is also how you say father or dad (with different tones from the number 8), so today is Baba day or Father's Day. Happy Father's Day to all you fathers!

WALL-E

August 6, 2008

At the last minute Jason suggested we go out to watch a movie. We were all excited, but it's not often that we get to go to the movie theater to watch movies. We watched WALL-E (Waste Allocation Load Lifter-Earth Class). Everyone enjoyed the movie. Jason appreciated that it was fun, and that it was teaching about taking care of our resources.

http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/wall-e/

I was disappointed that I missed almost all of the movie. I watched the beginning of the movie, but had to take Leiohu out because she was fussing, and I had to change her messy diaper. Then she cried for a long time. I think she was feeling uncomfortable. Just when I thought she was calm enough for us to go back into the theater, Leiohu would start crying again. Finally, I got her to fall asleep and was able to go back into the theater for the end of the movie. Ugh!

These were everyone's favorite things about the movie or our favorite parts of the movie:

Jason--I liked that it had an environmental theme. People can't just exploit and ignore the environment.

Carmel--I didn't see enough of the movie, but I liked when WALL-E and EVE first introduced themselves (by name).
Anuhea--I liked M-O (Microbe Obliterator)!

Nalani--I liked the part when he was on land and was playing with the fire extinguisher.

Hokulani--I liked it when M-O had to check out WALL-E when WALL-E went to EVE's ship.

Leiohu--(We think she didn't like the loud and dark theater.)

Leiohu's 1 month!

July 30, 2008

Leiohu is one month today! We're so excited that she is a part of our family, and are amazed that one month has already come and gone.

She is much bigger now: from 7 pounds, 11 ounces to 9-1/2 pounds, and from 20 inches to 22 inches.