Christmas PJ's

Since the kids are going to be at their dad's house through christmas, they opened their traditional christmas eve pajamas the night before their flight to Seattle. They're all pretty cute. :)

It is going to be really strange this year. My husband is in England, my kids are in Washington...I'm thinking of just staying home and pretending it's just another day. Maybe it will keep me from moping too much.

Happy Halloween

Ivan brought the kids by tonight so I could see them in their costumes. I tried and tried to talk Ana into something cute and girlie. For the longest while, she only wanted to be a fireman, but she finally decided that she would rather be a dinosaur. Juicey is, of course, the Grim Reaper, again...and Isaac is a clone trooper. I gave them the entire bag of candy I bought, and then turned off the porch light and am going to have a quiet evening by myself.

Obama or McCain?

We had fun in the store. :)

Isaac Saves the Day

Ana, Alyse, and Lexi were playing with a fishing pole that had a little practice casting fishy-thing on it. They were far too good at casting, though, and the fish flew off and landed on the roof. They ran into the house so Isaac could help them, and up to the roof he climbed. He is part monkey after all. Well, he climbed right up onto the roof and found the fish. I was more scared than he was. He was just grossed out by the moss on the roof.

Ana's First Day of Soccer

Aw, my baby Cheetah had her first soccer practice! She did great...well, as great as a 5 year old can do. She looked cute anyway. Which is most important right?

Isaac is 8

We had Isaac's birthday at the park yesterday. We had a great bbq, thanks to his dad, and then lots of cake and ice cream. I'm realizing how spoiled my kids really are. He got a DS, a game for the DS, Mario Kart Wii, Lego Indiana Jones for the Wii, plenty of cash, and loads of other gifts. We had a pinata too, but it wasn't a very good one. One hit, and it broke, but fortunately it was filled with enough candy that no one complained about not being able to hit it. Then, of course, the silly string came out along with the water balloons. It was a great day, and I can hardly believe my little Hawaii boy is growing up so fast.

First Day of School!

Last week was the first day of school for the three heathens. Ivan and Isaac started on Monday, but Ana had to wait until Tuesday. They were all really excited, and Ana was so independant, it almost killed me! She didn't even want me to walk her in to school. She only wanted Isaac to take her. I did walk her in anyway, but I didn't get hugs or anything, just knuckles.