The dreaded call

"Um, Mrs. Uluave, this is Mrs. Lamone, school counselor at Laie Elementary."  My stomach hurts.  "Well I have Tevita here with me in the counselors office because he punched a kid in the nose and gave the guy a bloody nose."  My stomach really hurts.  "Well he is here with me and I have been trying to figure out why he punched the little boy in the nose and he just is not answering me.  He is just talking like nothing ever happened.  He does not seem mad.  I do not really understand what is happening here.  This is really a first for me.  Usually I can figure out why they would punch a guy in the face".  Umm, I am still frozen.  My stomach still hurts and I am still trying to comprehend what the school counselor is telling me.  Now believe me, I was not completely shocked to hear that he punched a guy in the face.  He is a sore loser.  If he gets embarrassed he gets angry.  But for no reason???  I had to get to the bottom of this.  So when I picked him up from school I asked him how his day was, and then how recess was.  He just spit it all out "Well, recess was fun, well not really, well I just punched the boy in the yellow shirt in the face.  Oh, no not the face.  It was the nose.  I just punched him in the nose and the red one went everywhere."  I was poking and prying hoping he would give me some reason, but really there was no reason.  He just was being BEN 10 and fighting all the bad guys and the poor little man in the yellow shirt happened to be the victim.  So the afternoon was spent making cookies and a card, and the evening was spent begging forgiveness from the poor boy in the yellow shirt.  Here is the card.  Tevita drew a transformer, two hearts and a butterfly on it.  Of course what any little boy would want a picture of, right?

And the two boys did make up, high fived and hugged.  But I hope many more afternoons are not spent making cookies and cards.  And for the record, Tevita is no longer friends with Cartoon Network or Disney XD.

One year older and wiser too

I have been so busy lately doing nothing.  Am I the only one that feels that way???  By the time the day is over, and the kids are not fed, and the house is not clean, and I have not even showered, I am exhausted!  I feel like my days have turned into constant battles with Tevita lately about every-single-itty-bitty-thing. 

But, I did turn the big 3-0 and I am actually so excited.  I think this next decade is going to be great!  A few days before my birthday I went to update my drivers license and went from this  (barf)

to this......  so much better!

and that same day I got a fortune at Panda Express that said this.....

and my beautiful sister Sharon gave me beautiful Japanese Straight Perm for my birthday which just made my life SOOOO much easier.   I would highly recommend this to anyone.  So, here we are.  Out with the disgusting license picture that I would have to look at every time I opened my wallet, improved finances (we just refinanced our house--YAY!) and some beautiful straight hair. 

Just like Tim McGraw said that the next 30 years will be the best years of his life-- I totally agree.  I am looking forward to this year.

and three more words to look forward to...

kasha & mim

(more to come)

The good news and the bad news

I picked Tevita up from school today and I asked him how it was.  His answer:  "Well it was good and bad.  Well the bad news is lunchtime.  It is so boring and I got the hiccups."  I asked what the good news was, and his reply, "I don't know".  "Well, what did you do today?"  I pried.  "I don't know."  I asked him if he read any books, again he said "I don't know". 

Ummmm.... I think we have a problem!!!  I don't know, I'm just sayin.

The good news is he knows that he is a boy and has a penis.  And in his own words, "I am a boy because I have a penis.  Well girls don't have a penis.  They just have two butts".  And this little bit of information he has passed onto Malia who now informs me of this every time she goes to the bathroom.  Even in public restrooms.  I cant help but crack up a little every time she shares this information with me.

And some more bad news.  Shalye wont stop throwing up.  On me!  And the couch, and the floor, and the bed.  Its been almost twenty four hours now and she has not kept anything down.  I have to admit I love the cuddly, sweet, huggy baby she becomes when she is sick.  She just wants to cuddle all day, which is the perfect reason for me to come home, hop into bed and hold her.  But it totally breaks my heart when I see these droopy eyes staring at me. 

And some more bad news.  Our wonderful, sweet, beautiful, fun, babysitter Skyann (the one who posts all the photos and movies on facebook for your enjoyment) just moved back to Utah today.  She will be so missed just like all the others are.  My kids have been so blessed to have some AMAZING people in their lives to help me out.  I have been so blessed to know the girls watching my kids are not just babysitters, but family who have fallen in love with my babies.  I know they are safe and in good hands when I go to work.