Moving on up....

Buddy starts 1st grade tomorrow! I would like to say we're excited, but he wants to be home schooled, and summer went too fast for me! The other day we were doing his homework (I give him some math and reading everyday) and he answered some seriously hard math questions. His response, that is after making sure I did a whoop and holler dance, was that Mrs. X (his kindergarten teacher) sure did a great job for him to answer such a hard question. Hmmmm, are you kidding me?
Oh well, all in all a super fantastic, growing up, day!

The Cure for what ails ya...

Yesterday we finally got an all inclusive pass to visit the doctor's office (really, it was a big deal)...

Fantastically, our new doctor's clinic is located right across the street from a cemetery. First thing out of the Budster's mouth "well that makes sense, in case the doctor needs to take the dead bodies over". Hmmm, appears that perhaps we shouldn't have been so excited about actually getting an appointment if the doctor has dibs on the best grave sites. Now that Buddy is on antibiotics I forced him to leave the house (at least to do something other than ride his bike). Today we took Kevin to Waipio Valley...


Buddy took his usual stance...



Kevin took his...

That's him sitting on the beach looking none too excited.
It was a great day of fun, but I do believe the mile hike back up the hill may have aged us a bit...

No big deal though, Buddy was sure to call my mom and complain about having to hike while he was sick! What a horrid mom that kid has!
All in all a super fantastic, finally hitting the beach, day!

Racial Slurs 101...

Buddy came into the bathroom while I was taking a "mommy break" to tell me that "Chinese peoples eyes go like this (at this point he's pulling the corner of his eyes back)because their brains are so smart". Well, I guess if your going to make a racial slur you should add a positive note to cancel it out? I have absolutely no idea where he got that from, I don't think he even knows anyone Chinese. He does know we looked at adopting a Chinese baby and Buddy turned that down because "I don't want no Chinese speakin' baby, I want a baby that speaks English(Buddy Beeder 5/2011)"! OK, really we truly can't afford to, but I like to prefer to say that it's cause we're partial to the English speakin' babies (here I thought they only knew baby talk). So that's it for my racially insensitive kid. Today was a day of bike riding, bike riding, bike riding, then the neighbor girl came over and Buddy put on a show...

Let me assure you, it was quite the show, then afterwards, you'll never guess what we did. Yep, that's right more bike riding!
So all in all a super fantastic, slurring, day!

Sea sick...

Buddy's had a headache for 5 days now with a low grade fever. Being the care-free mom that I am, I googled all the possible horrible diseases that my child could have. Today I called all the family practice doctors within a 40 mile radius (don't get me started on how ridiculous finding a doctor here is) trying to get someone to look at my sweet boy to reassure me that he was OK. Really he was, he was a little tired, but otherwise his normal goofy self. Finally around 5 o'clock I figured out what horrible illness was plaguing my child. I'm an awesome nurse, just throwing it out there, I'm also throwing it out there that I'm glad we actually didn't find a doctor to go to for fear of being looked at as one of "those mothers". Ummmm, yeah, Buddy was congested and now his nose is running, relieving his headache. That just reconfirms my belief that an ocean play a day will keep the doctor away! So here is my favorite patient that's in for a serious Netti pot treatment tomorrow...

So all in all a super fantastic, looking forward to our ocean therapy tomorrow, day!

Flashes....

Buddy has had a headache for 4 days, miraculously he was healed this afternoon when he decided that he wanted to go to a neighbor's house to play. Ahhh, the healing power of play. Hopefully he'll be better tomorrow so we can check out the beaches(that would be the beaches that were closed due to shark sitings today). So since someone hasn't been in the mood to be my model, let's flashback shall we? Well, really you have no option other than to log off and leave me to my flashing by myself.....wait... what?
These are from 3 years ago when I was trying to be fancy and take nice picture for our Christmas cards. Buddy wore the sweater for this photo shoot only, then took it off and told me to throw it away! Why? "Sweaters are for girls", oh, didn't you know? (By the way, I haven't bought him a sweater since, except for his manly pirate sweater, but like I said, it's very manly!)

Not sure how this popped in there, but it's funny, so here it lands! I'm sparing you of the ones of me with my smothered face-you're totally welcome by the way.

Take that Kiddie Kandids, we'll take our own Halloween pictures minus the fake background...

I had to include these picture, check out the facial expressions on my dad. I didn't include them all, but let me just say, they tell a story of a little boy torturing/whacking his grandpa on the head, and it's fantastic...

These are totally a bonus, not sure whose bonus, but here they are...



That's it I'm outta here!

I'm sure you didn't enjoy the stroll down memory lane as much as I did, but I had quite an enjoyable walk!
So all in all a super fantastic, reliving the past and ignoring the whining, day!

Hot Lips Houlihan....

To heck with cooling down your forehead during a bout of fever, you gotta cool down those important parts first! Just ask little Casanova here!

All in all a super fantastic, cooling down, day!

Early Bird....

So I haven't been blogging lately because the computers have been overtaken by 3 boys! So today I'm blogging before the day is close to being done (maybe that means everyone can go to sleep early, since heaven forbid anything fun were to happen and I can't blog about it). Yesterday the boys watched a video about planking (that stupid craze where people are just randomly laying on things and taking pictures). My fellas did a one up on the planking, which they are calling plonking....

I tried to get Buddy to plonk on the edge of our lanai, but he thought that was a little dangerous, hmmmm, who raised him to actually have rational thoughts? Today we tried our best to put some sun on Kevin...

I don't think it worked too well, oh well, we always have tomorrow to bake him to a crisp! (I know you're totally jealous I'm not your step-mom too so I can devise ways to get a sunburn on you). Then we went to the dentist. All I have to say is holy crap it's difficult to get a Dental appointment on this island. (Note to self for next life... get a dental degree, get over the disgustingness of mouths [I know I stick my hands in way grosser places, but those places don't have teeth], and live it up in Hawaii). We really liked the dentist, thank goodness since it's the only one with an opening for the year of 2011...


Unfortunately, someone has a small mouth and big teeth coming in. Hmmm, I always thought Buddy would look cute with braces... and glasses, maybe I can think of some more things that he can be tortured with in his early pubescent years!!!! Yay, for cute Buddy.
So all in all a super fantastic, clean teeth, day!

Aloha....

I have a migraine (thank you estrogen for the sudden surges that leave my head ready to burst and my uterus with an aching emptiness, it feels great). So I'll make this short, and possibly sweet...First up, after only 6 short months, Buddy finally went to his own class at church. They gave him a lei of yarn and sang an Aloha song while he wore a bonnet on his head, quite the introduction....Oh, and I had to buy him an airplane game(make that 6) on the iPhone, but I'll try to not pretend I'm bribing my child to go to church...

Next up, Kevin caught the critter that's been living (and pooping) in our shoes...


Lastly, I made a shirt for my neighbor that's expecting next month. It's my first attempt at craftiness (at least craftiness that actually requires material), so it didn't turn out to be quite as bad as I was expecting (heck, Shane was even impressed, I don't think he's ever been impressed with me, except for, well, we'll just leave it there)...

So all in all a super fantastic, head splitting, day, I'm out!

The Bee's Knees

Well, at least he has a matched set, and has appropriately marked them so you will know exactly what not to do! I feel like we're in Cosmo (the magazine), cause I'm about to show you a do...

So all in all, a super fantastic (except for the falling 3 more times on our knees), day!

Adventures....

Today I took the boys to the beach, sounds like same ole', same ole' right? But it wasn't, there are a couple of beaches that are only accessed by taking nice long hikes to... therefore nice and secluded. We adventured to the beach at Two Palms today (seriously that's it's name cause you park at two palm trees to hike in, oh so functional and pronounceable, which I appreciate). I imagined this beach a nice secluded paradise.... ummm, if you enjoy rocks being pummeled at you by large waves, then it was a total heaven. Let me introduce you to one of the worshippers of this new found heaven...




I'm sure you had no idea it was Buddy. Just add some water and that boy will play in about anything...

Crazily Buddy played in the black sand beach for quite a while (seriously it was hot). While we were there though I decided to do something for my mom for her birthday (seeing how I didn't buy her a card or send a present, oops)...

Yep, I'm a pretty awesome daughter, oh and if you've seen this already on Facebook, too bad, the sand was really hot to touch so I'm going to slather this picture everywhere! Unfortunately on the hike out, Buddy tripped and fell onto some lava rock and banged up his knees. It was really no big deal, but the blood dribbled everywhere making them look gruesome, so he begged to not to have to take a shower when he got home until Shane had seen them. After the appropriate "oohs and aaahs" by said Shane, I took him to take a shower. I have no idea how he lasted in his suit for the hour before Shane got home, the boy had rocks falling out of his backside like no tomorrow (and I'm not talking about small rocks either). So now we're all clean, just in time to make a new mess tomorrow.
So all in all a super fantastic, rocky, day!

They say it's your birthday!!!

Happy Birthday Mom!!!!

And we ain't just whistlin' Dixie over here (that's my southern tribute to my mom)!
You're the best mom in the universe and we hope you live another super fantastic 71 years!
Love,
Danni

Exhausted....

Yep, you guessed it, another day of bike riding. I'm not sure my tookas can take anymore. Of course matters weren't helped (for me anyway), when the older boy across the street taught Buddy not only how to ride in dirt to make dust clouds, but also stand up while riding. Thankfully today we had an impending engagement (i.e. playdate with some friends down in Kona) so our bike riding had to be cut short!! Oh how my backside is greatful for playdates!!!!

Our playdate consisted of some serious swimming at the Kona Pool, while we were waiting for our friends to arrive Buddy was basically attacked by two 5 year old girls. They were pulling him all over the keiki (that's kid) pool, all I can say is what a ladies man! He's sensitive too! While we were driving home we were talking about his birthday party (yes, it's several months away, but it sure is fun to talk about). We were talking about all the friends we could invite. Here is a little back story, there was a girl in Buddy's class that he says tormented him daily. He does not under any circumstances like Elise. Every day he would come home and tell me what she did to him that day. Well, back to the story, so we're throwing out names of kids to come to the party and he says "Elise", noticing my surprise at the name, he explains "well, she has a crush on me, so she can come". My boy, growing way too fast!
So all in all, a man's man, day!

Cool Cats....

Kevin and Shane have been playing computer games A LOT on their day off!!!! Sadly (although, in my reality, thankfully), Buddy's laptop died, so he and I have been doing a lot of this...

Bike riding that is, not the cheesy posing, although there was a lot of that too! So today we continued our good times, this time we brought along a friend and our ski goggles (you never know when you'll run into a snowstorm in Waikoloa). Never mind that Buddy is wearing his pajamas for the third day in a row...

Seriously, you think his mom would dress him at least!!!! Sheesh!
Oh well, Shane guaranteed that we will do something tomorrow (he must have finally gotten my memo that we live in Hawaii)!
So all in all a super fantastic, changing our clothes, day!

Ham...

I'm starting to think that Buddy may have a career in comedy...




I'm proud to call him son, even if others are slightly embarrassed to claim any relation (I'm talking to you Kevin).
So all in all a very super fantastic, hamming it up, day!