Kenric & Lucy go Camping

Kenric took Lucy camping for the second time this past weekend. A few dads in the ward took their kids (minus the babies) over to a campsite in Kaneohe. Kenric said that Lucy did great. She was in bed asleep by 9pm and slept like a log all night (even through the pouring rain). Aren't they soooooo cute in the first pic? The bottom two pics are of Lucy and her good friends Hunter & Mackenzie. No complaints from me. What an awesome Dad! Love ya Kenric!
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Happy Halloween!

Yeah for Halloween! I know, it's boring that I did not dress up. I was actually getting ready to dress up in Kenric's Laderhosen to be a little German girl, when life took a little turn for the worse. I was getting ready to put the girls in their costumes to go trick or treating and then to a Halloween Party. I had the curling iron plugged in (it was pretty far back on the counter) so I could put a few ringlets in Lucy's ponytail. When I was out of the bathroom and about to get dressed, Lucy reached for something on the counter, not knowing that the curling iron was hot. You can probably guess what happend: she burned her forearm. She immediately pulled her arm away, and thought she had gotten stung by something (I guess) so she grabbed the wound and it pulled off the hot skin. It makes my stomach drop every time I tell the story. So needless to say, our night got postponed a bit by me running to Longs and Mc Donalds (I thought a shake might help). The rest of the evening was great. The last two pics are of Lucy in her Halloween parade at preschool.

When Lucy Goes To School...

When Lucy goes to school, life might just be a little easier for baby Katie... Katie got something a little less boring for breakfast on this occasion when she found Lucy's waffle that she didn't finish before preschool. Nice break from oatmeal and yogurt. I found Katie on top of Lucy's desk playing DJ, putting in a new CD. Maybe her taste in music differs from Lucy's.

Here is Katie Just chillin' in Lucy's chair with nobody to push her out or tell her not to eat the book.
...and she gets her pick of the dress up stuff. Katie loves it when Lucy comes home from school, but she does get a nice little break for a few hours while Lucy is away. Don't worry Lucy, Katie still loves you.

Call Me Cutie-Pie

Okay, so many of you might know that I'm not talented in the hair styling department... at least when it comes to long hair. That is because I only have had long hair once in my whole life, and I think the pregnancy hormones tricked me into cutting it last year. Bummer. So I'm trying to grow my own out, but somehow the stylists in hawaii don't know what a trim is! Anyhow, I can't do a messy bun, french braids or pretty much anything but a ponytail. I was proud of myself when I put some cute spiral curls in Lucy's hair before preschool today. As she was walking out the door with Kenric, I said "bye Princess Lucy, I love you." She replied "I love you. But mom, don't call me Princess Lucy. Call me Cutie Pie." Done.

Laie Trip

So what do you do when you bug-bomb your house and have to be gone the entire day? Drive up to the Super exciting Laie. Okay, it is exciting that there is a Temple and BYU-H... but that is it. Literally. Well, there is a Mc Donalds (yes we went there to). Here are some pictures of us girls outside the visitors center while Kenric was in the temple. Katie really wanted to get in the fountain. Fun times.

An abrupt ending...

We had a lovely time at Lanakai Beach (it's beautiful) until we had to leave all of the sudden. It was bound to happen. Lucy got stung by a jellyfish. I know, boring. We were all in the water and I saw the little sucker, so I recruited Kenric to get it out of the water with a stick. Katie, Lucy and I were rushing out of the water, but a wave brought it over to us. It attached itself to Lucy's knee, so she had to pull it off, resulting in a finger sting as well. You can imagine the hysteria, so we packed up and left. A few Barbie bandaids and a slurpee later, and she was fine. What a bummer.

Katie Turned ONE!

Yesterday, August 31st, Katie turned one. We had a few presents for her to open... and you can see she had a little help from her big sister. Thanks for the fun gifts G & G Sharp, G & G Russell, Jamie & Andy, Jennifer & Michelle. Lucy... I mean Katie :) loves them!

Happy Birthday Katie!

Well, she did it... Katie made it to ONE! Good job Katie!

What a Ham

Lucy is quite the Ham as you can see. We'll see what her preschool teacher has to say when she flashes her one of these looks. Hollywood here we come-- or not.

Lucky Charms

Well we all know that it's easy for kids of all ages to pick out the "good" part of lucky charms cereal. Katie is no exception to this rule. She eats all the marshmallows at lightning speed and then licks off her fingers. As you can see from the cereal on her high chair tray, she can pick out the marshmallows without a problem. She did, however, miss the one that was stuck to her face. I just thought it was too cute not to take a pick.

Americana

So here's the scoop on the 4th of July. We weren't super Americana when we went to Panda Express for dinner. Not your typical barbeque with hot dogs and potato salad. We had just got back from a trip to San Diego a few days earlier, so we didn't really plan anything. After dinner we made our way over to some fireworks overlooking the ocean. Enjoy pics of our patriotic little munchkins.

It's been a long time...

Yes, I openly admit that I am a slacker. I mean it's hard to justify blogging when I have the worlds largest stack (don't worry--they're clean) of laundry in the corner of my room and other little projects that I can't seem to get done. And, when I think about posting a blog, I look at my friends first to see what they're up to and get sidetracked. So this one doesn't have a theme, just some pics of my three favorite people.

Our first zoo trip, finally

Well, I'm now an official dad: I took Lucy to the zoo. Grandma has taken her twice before and is always talking about how much fun it was. So last week when all 3 MINIs were out, Lucy & I packed a lunch and went to the Honolulu Zoo.

It didn't stink as much as I remembered from when I was little. We saw flamingo's and Lucy practiced standing on one leg. We saw crazy loud Lemurs, but they weren't singing "you've got to move it, move it." The monkeys put on a good show, and Lucy informed me that she wasn't scared of the dark when we entered the reptile tunnel.

We finally made it to the African section way at the back of the park just in time to sit on some boulders and eat lunch. While we ate we got to watch the giraffes, zebra & rhino hang out together. We saw the lion, tiger, elephants & gorillas, but they were all being really boring & stayed asleep. Like her dad 20 years ago, Lucy enjoyed hiding out in the enormous Banyan trees. She even learned how to drink out of a camalback (and hasn't stopped trying to drink out of it since we got home).

Of course, the highlight of the park was the playground at the end, where she got out the last few kilojoules of energy and I gave my old-man feet a rest. I think we'll go back again soon.