it's finished!! and i. love. it. i want one. i think i'll make them for the whole family... um.... next year. it's not too early to start next year's list, right?
merry christmas!!!
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Monday, December 15, 2008
better late than never
saturday we finally got around to decorating the house for christmas. sure, we're leaving in two days (TWO DAYS!!! I'M NOT READY!!), but we wanted to have a little something of our own to look at till we leave. the kids had fun making the ornaments and paper chain for our little silver tree:
the shepherd (above) is the new addition to our nativity this year.the kids also had fun with the angels and the santas for the mantle. yes, we are missing one stocking, and i'm supposed to be working on that right now, as a matter of fact. so, i'd better head off and be productive for a bit. merry christmas, everyone!!!
movin' on up!
i totally invited myself up to "help" josh & kim move into their beautiful new house - i really wanted to see the kids, and especially meet daniel, who is 10 months old and mobile and loves to bounce and dance and loves me, too, by the way. thanks, guys, for accomodating me!! we are SO EXCITED that you are SO CLOSE!!!!! love you!!!!!!Friday, December 5, 2008
December Fun
So Bess decided to leave for the weekend (OK, so Josh and Kim and the kids are moving back to the midwest and she's helping them out). Kawelo has been sick, but is showing signs of life recently. He started dropping toys behind the entertainment unit, and I pulled it out to find a treasure-trove of lost toys ... I made the comment to Koa that it's like getting new toys (there were cars, a Power Ranger, plastic animals, and all of the pegs that go into one of those blocks that you hammer down - among other things). A little while later I heard him saying that Santa brought him new toys and left them behind the TV...
We grabbed Little Cesear's on the way home, and during dinner Kalei lost a tooth! We stuck it in a baggie, and the Tooth Fairy needs to remember to leave her something special. (The last tooth Kalei lost, he kind of forgot to make the swap and she was a little disappointed upon waking, so we had her go to the bathroom while we frantically searched for something to exchange. Unfortunately we had no cash in the house at the time, so I grabbed a Chinese dollar and slipped it under her pillow just in time ... we played it off by telling her that the Tooth Fairy had to travel all the way from China, and that's why it wasn't there when she woke up. Kalei is pretty proud of her Chinese dollar, but I'm not sure how many times that trick will work!).
Tonight the WKU bookstore did a promotion where if you donate a new or gently used book, you get 30% off of your purchase. I've been an employee for almost 3 years and still don't have a hoodie, so after talking with the kids about how it would be nice to help out children who don't have as many books as we do, we chose a few and headed over to campus. The holiday openhouse also included face-painting (Koa got a turtle and a butterfly - he's secure in his manhood, while Kalei got a cat in a Santa hat that said Meowy Christmas and a snowflake), story time, and a visit with Big Red (Koa actually went with Kalei and gave him a high five, which is a big step if you remember his Build-A-Bear experience).
We grabbed Little Cesear's on the way home, and during dinner Kalei lost a tooth! We stuck it in a baggie, and the Tooth Fairy needs to remember to leave her something special. (The last tooth Kalei lost, he kind of forgot to make the swap and she was a little disappointed upon waking, so we had her go to the bathroom while we frantically searched for something to exchange. Unfortunately we had no cash in the house at the time, so I grabbed a Chinese dollar and slipped it under her pillow just in time ... we played it off by telling her that the Tooth Fairy had to travel all the way from China, and that's why it wasn't there when she woke up. Kalei is pretty proud of her Chinese dollar, but I'm not sure how many times that trick will work!).
Friday, November 28, 2008
giving thanks
grandma invited us up to spend thanksgiving in warsaw this year, and we were so happy to oblige her. the kids had a great time (kawelo is missing his new best friend, my aunt beesa), and we forgot to take very many pictures (the above is the best photo particle i could scrounge). oh, well, the story of our life - sometimes we're really good at commemorating the memories, and other times our brains fly right out the window about it. it was good to spend thanksgiving with family, and black friday in a small town (small crowds!!). we are so thankful for all of our dearest family and friends! happy thanksgiving and black friday, ya'll! Monday, November 24, 2008
critic's corner
WARNING!!! if you are going to see the twilight movie, and have not yet done so, do not read this post unless you want to be irreversibly biased!!
saturday night, i went to see twilight as a sort of "congratulations!" to myself for all the craftiness i'd produced lately. i had heard mixed reviews from others who had already seen it, and went in with an open mind. i guess i would have loved this movie if i was a teenager who had no convictions concerning character development. i thought the guy who played edward looked the part all the time (although, seriously, he should pump some iron) and acted the part about half the time (edward is 100 years old and has a mind that moves about a thousand times faster than humans' - he should talk in coherent sentences - like a grown-up!). i really disliked the actress who played bella. i thought she looked the part, but her interpretation was "bella with a 'tude." bella is supposed to be non-confrontational and extremely mature - this girl did not get that memo. and maybe she thought she was being intense, but it just boiled down to a lot of staring. also, i thought the actor who played jasper was totally wrong for the part. number one, he's supposed to look old enough to be in college. number two, giving someone blonde highlights does not make them a blonde. number three, his interpretation of jasper's uncomfortableness around humans looked like a 12-year-old with stagefright, or someone who's just realized they ate a whole pan of super-lax brownies. there were also a number of small things that bugged me throughout the movie (body language, positioning, awkward silences), but too many to list out here. so, overall, i was disappointed with the movie and i'm not sure what to expect if they screenwrite the rest of the books. on a side note - i did not like jacob in the books, but thought he was adorable in the movie - pleasant surprise! unfortunately, there were not enough pleasant surprises for me in this movie, and i would have to give it a thumb's down.
saturday night, i went to see twilight as a sort of "congratulations!" to myself for all the craftiness i'd produced lately. i had heard mixed reviews from others who had already seen it, and went in with an open mind. i guess i would have loved this movie if i was a teenager who had no convictions concerning character development. i thought the guy who played edward looked the part all the time (although, seriously, he should pump some iron) and acted the part about half the time (edward is 100 years old and has a mind that moves about a thousand times faster than humans' - he should talk in coherent sentences - like a grown-up!). i really disliked the actress who played bella. i thought she looked the part, but her interpretation was "bella with a 'tude." bella is supposed to be non-confrontational and extremely mature - this girl did not get that memo. and maybe she thought she was being intense, but it just boiled down to a lot of staring. also, i thought the actor who played jasper was totally wrong for the part. number one, he's supposed to look old enough to be in college. number two, giving someone blonde highlights does not make them a blonde. number three, his interpretation of jasper's uncomfortableness around humans looked like a 12-year-old with stagefright, or someone who's just realized they ate a whole pan of super-lax brownies. there were also a number of small things that bugged me throughout the movie (body language, positioning, awkward silences), but too many to list out here. so, overall, i was disappointed with the movie and i'm not sure what to expect if they screenwrite the rest of the books. on a side note - i did not like jacob in the books, but thought he was adorable in the movie - pleasant surprise! unfortunately, there were not enough pleasant surprises for me in this movie, and i would have to give it a thumb's down.
crafty fun
this past weekend was a tad crazy - i had my very first craft shows! ....back-to-back! one was friday at the university's student union, and the other was at an elementary school on saturday. james kept the kids both days - i think he was a bit eager to get back to work today! both shows went well - i sat next to friends and laughed and learned a lot. i was also invited to be in another craft show in december (one that you are either invited to or apply to be a part of), so that gave me a nice ego-boost and will give me something to work toward.... cause i'm sure i'll have nothing to do between now and mid-december, right?
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