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Parent Moment: Leila's first crush

Story time!! OK so Leila has been little miss speller- sounding out every word she sees (signs, books, shirts, anyything!!). She will ask you how to spell at least 235 different words a day (or so it feels like).  I had noticed that she kept asking me how to spell JT...and I was like "is this is trick question?"  I gave her the look like   you know how to spell it so stop asking!  But it would keep coming up on different days.  So one night as we were waiting for the boys to finish their shower I asked her who JT was. She grabbed her head and said "MOM I can't stop my brain! I keep thinking and thinking and then my brain changes to LOVE!" I was like "as in love like how you love your family?" Her reply- "No like boyfriend and girlfriend!! But I don't want a girlfriend cause I'm a girl and I don't like girls but I like a boyfriend!" I could almost hear my heart beating as my chest began to get hot and the voice in my head was s...

Pregnancy: What I've Learned

This one is for my precious daughters ... Lately I've been thinking so much about kids; Having them, bearing them, raising them.  I'm so amazed with the female body and everything that women go through physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually in this process. It's just amazing.   I've always wanted to write a pregnancy post but I never felt qualified enough ( I still dont ), and I didn't know exactly how I wanted to go about it, and yada yada yada....I don't care anymore.  Got so much on my mind about this topic that I need to record it before I forget most of it. Hopefully it will come together in some cohesive way that makes sense. Most importantly,   I want something to reference back to one day when my kids are having kids ( wow that thought just scared the crap outta me lol ).  I'm sure I'm going to keep adding to this list, but at least it's a start. I want to make sure I get at least a few important things down and ha...

Keiki Update: First Month of School done!

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Oh man...the kids have been in school for over a month now! Fall break is coming up :) Thought it was time for an update. LEILA GIRL Strong 5 year old.  She's memorized my phone number and is very very proud of it. She LOVES school. <<She was awarded the Geneva Giant of the Week for her Kinder class #dasmykid! She goes to bed easily and wakes up easily...hope she keeps it up going into her teen years. Her teacher LOVES her. She LOVES school lunch. She gets chocolate milk everyday. She is still sassy and such a crack up.  Is awesome at doing her "homework" aka online learning program that Sefa also does.  She is an awesome helper and awesome cleaner! I love watching her play with his her younger siblings.  She's still a good eater....sometimes too good SEFA DAWG My favorite 4 Year old.  He is loving preschool. Teacher said he has trouble keeping his hands to himself... little monkey Has to sleep early (8pm) if we wa...