today, we had two notable adventures: one i anticipate reliving every year, and one i never want to experience again. i finally looked at the information kalei's new teacher gave us last thursday and realized that there was an actual school supplies list in there! (amazingly, not much was required for kindergarten - just tissues and hand sanitizer.) luckily, i take advantage of the 1 & 5 cent back-to-school deals every fall, so there were just a few things we needed to go out and buy. shopping for school supplies was very exciting for kalei and kawelo (who liked to squeal and point to anything brightly colored), but sad for koa. koa would really like to go to school this year. thankfully, he's easily distracted and fruit snacks and capri sun cheered him up, and he's old enough to understand that he gets to go next year. the other adventure was horrific. picture this: it's 11:00 p.m., you decide to take the trash out, as soon as the door to the garage shuts behind you, you realize that the door is locked, you're shoeless, your neighbors are all asleep, and there is not a spare key anywhere outside your home - not hidden outside, not at the neighbor's - nowhere. oh, and your husband is halfway around the world. that was me about half an hour ago. after some intense praying and about 15 minutes of banging on kalei's window (that's right - 15!!), she woke up and let me in the garage. (again, picture this: me, standing on our a/c unit, knocking on kalei's window until my knuckles are raw, feeling like wee willie winkie as i'm yelling in her window for her to wake up. ...on second thought, maybe i'm glad all the neighbors were asleep.....) i was so worried that i had freaked her out, but she just let me in with a quizzical look and went straight back to bed. i love that girl! what an exciting day we've had! almost as exciting as james' trip out to china, but i'll let him write about that on his blog. the important thing is that kalei is so excited about starting first grade tomorrow, she doesn't seem to be permanently damaged from her late-night ordeal, and tomorrow is a whole new day with its own adventures that will include having keys made! yes!! bring it on!
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Are you surviving??! I've thought about you a lot today -- its the first day in awhile that I've been home long enough to think about anything :) Work is going. . . I'm getting used to the idea of being gone a lot. Josh isn't! I hope he survives these few weeks of watching the kids while I work. Just want you to know that the locking yourself out thing - that sounds exactly like something I would do!!! Thank heavens we have a key pad for the garage, or I know it would have already happened several times - good luck with the rest of your adventure. By the way - what is James' blog?
thanks for the support, kim!! :)! james' blog is http://james2008olympics.blogspot.com/
Glad you got in and that Kalei was able to save the day. Sani would have probably ran and hid in the closet.
Oh, Bess, that is horrible! I totally feel the panic you must have felt. Hey, it's got to get better - that was the low spot and now you're looking up.
bess i'm so sorry! but you're such a good sport - i can already see you laughing about it. as i was reading, it didn't even occur to me to do what you did. i'm glad it worked out. hope kalei has a great first day of school!!
That is so funny! I mean, probably not really funny as you were actually trying to get in, but I can just picture this sleepy little girl getting out of bed to let in her mom who locked herself out! Ilima probably would have been annoyed with me. :)
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