Aulani

 We had our second official staycation at the Aulani hotel, where we stayed overnight with the Hew family, Uncle Alika, Aunty Brittany, and Uncle Maikai.  It was a fun filled weekend as we arrived at the hotel at 10am, went to our "villa" to check it out and get settled, then headed to the pools.  Previously, we thought Callie might not be as "into" the water as her big sister, but this weekend disproved that theory, as Callie was loving every minute of the pools and water fountains.  We'll definitely be going back there, in fact, we already have our next staycation planned for May with the Yamashitas

Karate

Recently, Sadie attended a trial karate class with her cousin Chase.  Although there was not much "karate" going on, the kids did do some exercises such as: bear crawls, duck walks, sprints, and a game where the the sensei's belt was a "snake" and the children were to jump as it came near them.   They also practiced bowing, and some kicking and punching.  Overall, it seemed she enjoyed her self and on the way home we had the following dialog:

Me: Did you like karate?
Sadie: Yeah I liked it
Me: Did you have fun at karate?
Sadie: Yes I did
Me: Do you want mommy to sign you up so you can go again?
Sadie: No, I don't want to go again
Me: Why don't you want to go again? I thought you had fun….
Sadie: I don't want to go again cuz my feet going get all dirty again

Hahaha! I wonder where she gets her fear of "dirtiness" from?! :)

2014!

The "baby in her" is disappearing :(

Sadie now loves bracelets, rings, and necklaces

"Calvin" taking a bath 

Baby pushing a big baby

If you can't find Callie --- this is where is! 

Cautious one-finger-petter

This is how a princess smiles…. 

Like this too….

Or like this 

Paisley's princess birthday - 6 years old! 

Princess Callie w/ Gramps

Educational time as Bishop museum

Sadie's surprise performance

Sadie shocked everyone when she walked up to the "open mic" at WBP's Thanksgiving luncheon and volunteered herself to sing a song. When the time came though, she froze, but her going up there gave cousin Chase the courage to do his planned performance, and once he was done, she did her's.  Not quite a "song" but more like a one liner ;)

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Callie is also growing up way too fast and learning new things everyday.  Her favorite things in life right now are: ice chips, bananas, and gnawing on carrots.  So far she's a very good eater -- we have yet to find something she doesn't eat, lol.  She's a very good sleeper at night, but not much of a napper.  She also seems to be very "vocal"…..the noise level when all 4 kids get together will soon be unbearable!

We are getting ready for Xmas, and this year the kids are excited every morning to find their "Elf on the Shelf," who Sadie named Abbie. (Thanks Aunty Jenn!)

We joined in on the Yamashita's tradition of going to the Gingerbread house festival this year.  We all had a great time, but realistically I think mommy had more fun than Sadie.  Next year, we will be seasoned pros -- we just have to remember to bring some extra candies, cereals, crackers that'll make our house stand out from the houses with just the normal jelly beans, gum drops, and gummy bears!

Pre-chaos

Building the frame

Sadie being Sadie - sneaking a few unauthorized bites

Finished product!

No time to blog!

Back to back birthdays, fall break, Halloween, and in a blink of an eye Thanksgiving will be here!  

Looks whooooo's ONE!

Happy birthday Callie (aka: Cal-bear, Cal-cal, K-bear, Chow-chow, Calvin!)!!  The last year has gone by so fast, and I can't believe my baby is not a baby anymore!  She's been through some ups and downs, but she's a happy and healthy girl :)

October 

November

December

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August (Calvin)

September

1 year old!

Happy 3rd birthday, Sadie

The theme of Sadie's 3rd birthday by request was Doc Mcstuffins.  In the days leading up to her birthday we counted down and talked about what she wanted for her party.  Her requests for this year's celebration were for:

1. a big party

2. grammie to make a purple cake

3. everyone to sing happy birthday to her

4. Doc Mcstuffins candles 

5. a purple party hat

Pretty easy to satisfy :)  Daddy, Mommy, and Callie also surprised her at school and brought Jamba Juice for her whole class, which she was thrilled about.  It was neat to see how excited she got this year, as I think this was really the first year she kind of understood what was going on, lol.

3 year check up (10/2/13):

Sadie is in good health, however her 3 year old "stats".... were quite surprising.  She no longer is in the 80/90-percentiles for height, she is now 3' 1.5" = 55% and her weight is up at 29 lbs = 32%.  Today was also the first time she had her blood pressure taken - 78/49! (sounds low to me, but i guess that's normal for a child).  She enjoyed her visit with the doctor and took it all in as the nurse took her height, weight, bp, and temperature.   She walked in with her Doc Mcstuffins stethoscope around her neck, which gave the staff a good laugh.  She also made me laugh and think "wow she really knows what's going on these days" when she asked me on the car ride there "mommy...the doctor going give me shots today??"  Luckily for her, her temperature was slightly high, so they said she could told off on the shots till next week at Callie's 1 year appointment.  (Poor daddy - he will have 2 crying girls after they're done next week!)