ʻOhana DJ Visit

HOLY COW. Itʻs been a while. LOL. What can I say?! Itʻs been a pretty busy summer. Most summers are that way, especially for our family I guess. That also means I have a lot to post about, I suppose, haha!

Well... The first EXCITING thing that happened over the summer was when the DJs came to visit us (everyone minus Haweo & Unko Daryl)! They were here for 4th of July, and it was SO fun. We ate wayyy too much food (ohhh but it was so delish! haha!) & laughed wayyy too much, haha. Iʻm so glad they were all able to come and hang out. We donʻt get to see our Hawaiʻi ʻohana very often, so whatever time we are able to spend with them is extremely special.


These are the cupcakes that Faryn, Aleʻa, & I decorated on 4th of July LOL. I know what youʻre thinking... those are freaking AWESOME!!! Yep. I know. (hahaha)


Liko watching the firework show!


Keaka with her Tutu, watching the fireworks from the garage


The remains of one of Davidʻs homemade.... "firecrackers"


*Sparklers*


Likoʻula with her sparkler!


BOWLING! PJ, DJ, & Kaya girls.
(L-R, F-B: Kels, Rjani, Stac, Faryn, Tani, Leʻa, Keaka, Talia, Kulia, & Liko)


Liko & Keaka... 2 partners in crime LOL


Keaka & Liko LOVING the swings at the park! Liko told me: "This is the best day EVER, cause we came to da park, and we went on da paddle boats, and we got to swing... Life is so much better over here." LOL!!! Sheʻs too funny.


Keaka making her way down the giant slide all by herself!


...and here she comes, all smiles!!


The cousins that were left after Kulia, Tani, and Kelsy all left. haha...
(L-R: Talia, Me, Keaka, Liko, Faryn, & Aleʻa)


Likoʻula pushing Keaka in the stroller... LOL. What a good big cousin she is!


It was so fun having them here, and we miss them so much already! Lucky for us, we get to see Tani again this weekend!... which will result in another blog post, haha!

"Aunty Keaka-lani's Cooking Show"

Keaka LOVES to help out in the kitchen-- whether it be washing dishes, putting dishes away, or cooking. I decided to try letting her decorate some cookies, and now that easily ranks as one of her favorite things to do! It's so fun to just give her a bunch of sprinkles and watch her carefully put them on each cookie... so cute.



Sneaking some sprinkles.... naughty lil girl!


"Uh-oh!" Spilled some sprinkles...


Picking them up


POURING the sprinkles on!


... and MORE sprinkles!

Making sure all the sprinkles are stuck on the cookies! "Poke, poke, poke!"

"All pau, Mom!"


Watching them bake in the oven...

So excited for her cookies!!!

Ta-da!!! Yummy, decorated cookies! (the ones on the right are chocolate chip, haha)

Ready to dig in!!! :) Can you tell how anxious she was to eat them? Haha!

Show Me Your Eyes!

Keaka had her 18-month checkup with her doctor a few weeks ago. I seriously hate taking her to doctor appointments, cause she gets so scared (mostly angry, hahaha), but I know we gotta do it to make sure she's healthy and all. Her doctor is awesome, though. I think if he didn't have to listen to her heart/lungs during the checkups, she'd like him a lot more!

After he checked her, the nurse came in to give her a booster shot. As soon as girlfriend saw the nurse put on the blue gloves, she started crying lol. Poor thing. And the second she got her shot-- BAWLING of course; she was in major pain. HOWEVER, she told the nurse "Thank Youuuuu" through all her crying! Hahah! It was soooo cute.... and sad.... haha. We all just started laughing LOL.

As soon as we got home, she ate some ice cream (yes, she gets spoiled on shot-days), took a nap, and woke up in a wonderful, happy mood!

One of our favorite "tricks" that Keaka does is when we ask her to show us her eyes. She does it to EVERYONE. Keaka's been doing this for a lonnggggg long time now, and we realized that we didn't have it on video, soooo.... Once she woke up from her nap on the day of her appointment (and since she was in such a fabulous mood), we finally shot it, and here it is!

Keaka, say goodnight! Time for... singing?

OH MY GOODNESS, it's been way too long since I've last updated. Boo me. But at least I can say I've been somewhat too busy to! We FINALLY moved into our own place.... far, far away from the parents, all the way across the street and two houses down! HAHA! I know, I know, that pretty much means we're still neighbors, haha! It's great though, the babysitters are CLOSE! :) I've also started back up with my hula classes, which I'm so happy about! I have a small group of girls right now, and they're well on their way to becoming beautiful hula dancers. But I'll write about that in another post!

Anyways. Although Keaka has her own room & her own bed that she loves, she still loves to sleep with David and me. A lot of times she'll easily sleep in her room; however, other times, Keaka's bedtime ritual looks something like this:
1. Get tired and fussy.
2. Wait for Mommy and Daddy to get tired before wanting to go to bed.
3. Lie down on Mommy & Daddy's bed for a few minutes, until they come and lie down, too.
4. Stand up, start singing a song and dancing for a good 15 minutes.
5. Lie down & finally go to sleep.
It's really, really funny. David and I get a good laugh from her "hula" and "interpretive dancing" on a daily basis, and especially at bedtime. Here's the vid of her doing her thang last night. Keep in mind this is only 1 minute 45 seconds long, or about an eighth of her entire performance. Sorry ahead of time for the horrible quality-- camera phone + dim lighting = this vid. haha. Enjoy!