Holiday Ideas

then the conversation quickly turned to animals on a farm since tonight is jarom's farm show performance at school. to know he doesn't have any girlfriends yet

jarom's comment when describing keahi's hair vs. his hair. then he ke telling iz and me to stop laughing

me: the golden rule means you treat people the way you want to be treated.......)

why is popeye smoking? i thought he was supposed to be healthy

keahi: he noticed popeye's pipe on my shirt and had to point out the contradiction of the spinach and pipe smoke

i don't like this broccoli. it tastes weird

mommy: "your breath smells fine. why does mine smell bad? i just had orange juice and you just ate salami

jarom: i'm super fast

mom: what's faster than super fast

darn. he picked up on that one

daddy is so strong. he's like a muscle man

keahi: after seeing a picture of iz carrying the stroller down some stairs. i love that he used the description "muscle man" and that he's picked up our turn of phrase "or something

keahi: his elaboration on my asking how he felt when he said his belly hurt. love the detail

can you imagine a hole that big

flowers be

mom: oh

this is a picture of sassa the shark and that's the bow on her because bows make girls look pretty

please bless every living thing that they find food. please bless the sharks that they can have a time swimming and getting fish

keahi: his thoughtful prayer at dinner. at night he blesses every living thing to sleep too. i'm not sure how this works

jack lives in a tall building just like ours. but it is not a lovely color. is a lovely color

capital and lower case b

on saturdays we watch shows and in the case of hurricanes we can have chocolate

madagascar is the largest island off the coast of africa. it has rainy parts and lots of drier parts

high brow potty talk

water fall out

when the hurricane hits the house it will be to smithereens

great. now i've lost t of what we were supposed to be talking

keahi: he just rando y dropped this jewel after quiet reading time. i guess he's been fantasizing all the things he'll do when he grows up. maybe i should cut back on all the treats i eat

march 3

iz: isn't this book interesting

jarom: yeah.

me: that's very astute of you

that i'd have remembered it a year after the test

august 3

may 23

jarom: keahi. tell me the girls you like

keahi: what

jarom: tell me the girls you like

keahi: mie

jarom: correct. who else

keahi: mommy

jarom. yup. who else

keahi: the family

jarom: the family isn't girls

keahi: i know. i meant the girls in the family

may 21

jarom: mommy

mom: what do you know the hindenburg

jarom: don't you know? the blur

mom: what blur are you talking

jarom: don't you know the hindenburg? the blur

mom: ummm

may 20

jarom: do you know what i have

mom: ummm

jarom: besides that

mom: a nice home? a mohawk? lots of blessings

jarom: what else

mom: i don't know

jarom: laugh vision

mom: err...what's that

november 9

keahi is more man than me

august 29

mommy

i love that he used the word interjection

july 29

look

jarom: yup

july 19

keahi: "hey

me: "yes

keahi: "indeed

indeed

march

jarom: soooo

logi bad conclusion

december 21

me: on this day eight years ago daddy and i got married

keahi: eight years ago?! i wasn't even born yet. i was years old

december 20

i'm going so fast....i lapped him

november 23

daddy: "aw

jarom: "crap

keahi: "jarom

november 23

keahi: "tell me i'm at mariokart

jarom: "you're at mariokart

keahi: "thank you

jarom: "you're welcome

oct 29

daddy: "jarom

jarom: "nooooo. i put my fingers in my bum-bum

september 8

august 23

keahi: "why are those people smoking? it's not healthy

me: "i don't know. what do you think

keahi: "ummmmm...maybe they want to look cool

me: "maybe you're right

shapes and stuff

very astute

august 16

keahi: "mommy

august 15

mom: "look at that sign--hot dogs/draft beer cents

keahi: "hot is good. dogs is good. draft is good. but beer is bad. why did you say that

sometimes when we're all in the van i forget that keahi is listening to everything iz and i talk

june 8

keahi: "i'm tired of walking i go on the buggyboard now

me: "keahi

keahi: " miles

may 23

me: "keahi

keahi: "yes. it means super stupendous

while reading a book together i thought i'd check to see if he understood a word he just read. obviously

may 13

keahi: "mommy

me: "really

keahi: "because they tasted poisonous

oh dear. maybe the botanical gardens wasn't the best place

april 5

no winning

april 3

march 30

keahi: "ouch

jarom: "sorry

keahi: "it's okay

break in talking until jarom starts crying

keahi: "sorry

jarom cries some more

keahi: "i'm sorry

jarom: "it's okay

i guess a guilty conscience is pretty easy to salve

march 18

daddy: "jarom

jarom: "ummmmmm....yes

jarom: "daddy? say 'can i sleep on you' again

daddy: "can i sleep on you

jarom: "ummmmmm....no

march 18

keahi: "mommy

march 17

keahi: "how do you write 9

his knowledgeable parents: "ummmm...no idea

keahi: "maybe x's

march 15

jarom: "i need desitin. i'm stinky

keahi: "desitin doesn't help you smell nice

it turns out jarom wasn't even poopy

march 10

did you know the doctor hurt me

march 6

keahi: i'm faster than that

keahi: ummmm...extremely fast

feburary 7

iz: keahi

keahi: no

iz: do you think daddy is handsome

keahi: nnn...yes!

what a silly boy. he totally knows exactly what he's doing

january 9

keahi: "mommy

mommy: "mmmhmmm."

keahi: "what did i say

january 5

mommy: "who's this?"

jarom: "that's jarom

mommy: "why is he crying

jarom: "he's crying because....he wants craisons

january 5

december 26

hmmm....i can't decide what i want to eat

keahi: acting just like us as he carefully perused the menu--much of which was in

december 26

keahi: "what are valves?"

iz: "they control the flow of blood in the heart

keahi: "but what are valves

iz: "i just told you. they control the flow of blood in the heart

keahi: "no

iz: "oh. they're flaps of skin

keahi: "okay

november 14

mommy: "do you know how old you are

jarom: "i'm older

mommy: "yes

jarom: "i'm....

daddy: "say i'm years old

jarom: "i'm.......one thousand

november 4

hey

keahi: his defense of me when one of his friends ke banging his head against me

october 26

but she hardly even knows him

michael: a year old boy's outraged response to mahana and johnny lingo getting into a canoe

october 19

it does not taste bad

keahi: after picking his nose and eating it

october 18

my tummy feels like the stomach walls are crashing together and something is trying to get through

october 15

october 12

october 3

keahi: mommy

keahi: ummmm

october 3

mom: look at the pretty hat mosaics on the subway wall

keahi: yes

ever the punner

october 2

may i have a tiny little bit please

jarom: after throwing his soup on the ground he lost dessert privileges but after this plea he got a tiny little bit of a bite

october 2

mom: jarom's what's wrong

jarom: keahi took away my tigger shooooooees

i keep thinking that jarom is so behind where keahi was at this age but then he surprises me and gets all articulate

september 28

me: "i had people tell me i looked really nice today. i think it's the new boots."

iz: "oh.....you look nice today

i wasn't fishing

september 23

september 18

mommy: "what's that a picture of

keahi: "it's the big bang. and then it goes all the way back to the big crunch. it sucks the universe in to the big crunch

he really loves those astronomy books

september 18

mommy: "he's in a meeting

keahi: "what's a meeting

mommy: "when a group of people meet together to discuss something important

keahi: "we are a group of people and we're together and eating dinner is important so we are having a meeting

september 18

september 15

september 12

this isn't cutting. it's fringing

september 9

september 9

keahi: "mommy

mom: "not

keahi: "what month

mom: "i have no idea

keahi: "but we have to get on a plane when popo misses us

september 9

keahi: his response to me telling him no shows this morning. where did he get the phrase "in the case of" from

september 7

mommy

september 3

september 2

bear right: prospect park west. then turn left: 2nd st

keahi: on the way home from the park he decided to be my personal gps. so

august 29

arron hieatt: when you get a student and a guy from the health department the talk tends to get biological and technical but it's still basically potty talk

august 25

why is he going on this street

keahi: we took a car service from our old place to our new one and the driver took a different route than we'd done in the past. no cabby's putting one past him

july 31

keahi: "mommy there's dirt on my water bottle

mom: "it's from the beach. we need to wash it out

keahi: "no

hmmmm. future lawyer

july 30

july 29

help us be kind to one zero

july 13

keahi: "what are you doing

mom: "i'm cleaning up my mess

keahi: "why did you make a mess

mom: "i made a mistake

keahi: "why did you make a mistake

keahi: "yes

mom: "well

keahi: "jesus doesn't make mistakes. heavenly father doesn't make mistakes

mom: "sigh. you're right

i think we've got a budding lawyer on our hands here

july 12

keahi: "giant jellyfish crush slime

daddy: "really? what kind of slime

keahi: "real slime

july 9

july 3

keahi: "i won! what do you say mommy

mom: "congratulations

keahi: "yes

i guess i've drilled it into him pretty that the appropriate thing to do when someone wins is to congratulate him/her.

june 15

dinosaurs are extinct

keahi: i love the way his mind tansitions from one thing to another. at least he understands the word extinct

june 12

jarom

keahi: after reading tons of insect books and going to animal grossology at bishop museum

june 12

mommy: "keahi

eyes

keahi: "i see

mommy: "my eyes are brown

keahi: "but the center is black. . .and i see lo of keahis

june 6

mommy

may 16

it's not a stick. it's a lumber thingy

may 13

but we do sit in the basket. mommy