The Superfantastic Beeders

There's always time for....

2012-01-28T21:59:00.000-08:00

Not sure what was wrong with my boy this morning. When I took him to a pool party, he whined and said he didn't want to swim...so we left (actually I didn't even take swimming suits he was acting so weird about it). While we were leaving though, across the street were some of his school friends calling for him to come play with them. It was magical how the whining immediately stopped and he could join the battle ranks like nothing ever happened...

Who knew that guns were so curative, well, other than perhaps the NRA! So all in all a super fantastic, playing with guns (again), day!P.S. We did a lot more than play with guns today, I just didn't take any pictures of it...Wouldn't want you to think my 7 year old is gun obsessed (that would be bad parenting).....errr, yeah, not gun obsessed perhaps a better word would be concentrated!

Racial tensions?

2012-01-27T22:44:00.000-08:00

Today I took Buddy and his friend from next door to go to a Chinese New Year's Celebration! After all that awesome drum thumping and fantastic dancing (with dragons even), do you think it's too late for Buddy to be Chinese? Seriously, it was awesome, and he couldn't get enough of it. He ran into some friends from school and they chased the dragons everywhere....or were the dragons chasing them? It was really hard to tell. Anyway, with all the acrobatic/ninja like moves, serious dance moves and constant drum beats, I'm just wondering if it'll look weird next year when one of the dragons is being piloted by a blond haired, blue-eye'd boy? Hope not, cause we're in!

Seriously, I think this one is adorable, he's just showing the love to his posse'...

To think that this morning the most exciting thing on our to do list was this...

So all in all a super fantastic, dancing our dragon tails off, day!

Promise fulfilled...

2012-01-25T22:30:00.000-08:00

Yesterday Shane fulfilled his promise to Buddy about going on the roof, I got a get out of going on the roof pass by default of illness. Needless to say the boy was more than ecstatic....

He does really seem on top of the world doesn't he?

I sure do love that little guy! So all in all a super fantastic, loving life, day!

Germy?

2012-01-24T19:20:00.000-08:00

Buddy has been kind enough to share his cooties with me. The accommodating fellow also got to pick my entertainment while I'm recovering on the couch....I shouldn't complain since I'm actually watching a movie instead of cartoons. This movie is full of ET ripoffs and a full break-dance sequence in a McDonald's parking lot (wasn't the 80's fantastic)?

In other news, we got a Chrsitmas present in the mail today (what can I say, the mail system really sucks here). Buddy has been creating all day, which is making me think that Christmas is so exciting, it really should be spread out over the year!So all in all a super fantastic, got a case of the blah's, day!

Hookey...

2012-01-24T00:15:00.000-08:00

I told Shane to keep Buddy home one more day to save the boy from an embarrassing diarrhea explosion at school today (hey, it's traumatic when all your friends point at your poopy pants and laugh....I'm not traumatized anymore by the way). Thankfully, the only uncontrolled fecal explosions during their walk today came from the birds and not Buddy...

I'm thinking he had a good time hanging with his dad...although the first thing he said to me when I got home was that Shane didn't take him on the roof to play! Really, playing on the roof? Who does that kid think he lives with? Oh yeah, a bunch of push overs, I promised to take him up after school!So all in all a super fantastic, keeping it clean, day!

It stinks in here!

2012-01-22T19:16:00.000-08:00

Buddy has been quite sick over the last few days. Thankfully, a month ago I bought a subscription to Kiwi Crates (a ready made activity/experimenting set that comes in a cute packaged box every month) cause their timing could not have been better! Yesterday, we received our package, but Buddy wasn't up to it quite yet. Thank goodness today he was up for some old fashioned, mouth fashioned closed, fishing (seriously, who's not up for that)...

Then of course there was the all amazing floating tricks...

Oh, were we suppose to be learning something with our crate, my bad, we forgot to read the instructions. We'll go back to our regularly scheduled activity...

So all in all a super fantastically, seriously stinky, day! I

Backfire?

2012-01-21T00:19:00.000-08:00

Some things you might be interested in knowing before you entertain guests. First you can never be too clean...

Next the goofier you're dressed is directly proportional to how much fun you are having...

Let's not forget we are inside a house, in Hawaii...translation, it's warm (winter coats are definitely not necessary)! Lastly, many hands make light work, or a light mess...

Ummmm, yeah, pretty sure that next time we won't be entertaining guests with the Ivory soap explosion in the microwave, since I believe we all now have Ivory soap particles floating around in our lungs! It's nice to have clean lungs and all, but I'm thinking that might not have been the best way? The silver lining is that my entire house smells like Ivory soap, oh wait, I hate that smell! I'll just end it with the Budster had a fantastic time, as always. So all in all a super fantastic, entertaining, day!

Stud muffin...

2012-01-19T23:26:00.000-08:00

Today, while Buddy was leaving school, he was grabbed by one of his classmate (Lillianna) and she asked him if she could be his girlfriend. His answer was a resounding yes (according to him, she's been really nice lately). Hmmmm, now I'm wondering what happened to Jasmine and Hemi? Seriously, this kid has a problem with commitment, or maybe not enough of a problem. In other news he stole my Big Mac...

Ok, it's not really news. It's kind of embarrassing that I'm not one of those health nut moms that never feeds her kids crap, but I worked all day....so what do you expect of me (I'm talking about the only picture I have, not the fact that my kid had a big mac)?So all in all a super fantastic, growing up too fast, day!

Asking for it....

2012-01-18T23:03:00.000-08:00

I'm so proud of my boy. Today Buddy was invited to go play with a friend at his house. The friend wasn't home yet and we were told to just go in his house and wait. After two minutes of waiting, he decided that it was a perfect opportunity to do this...

That's my boy...the model thief. Is it weird that we rifled through someone else's dirty laundry? Nah, but then again I'm proud of my boy for pretending to be a criminal, so maybe my judgement is a little skewed!So all in all a super fantastic, photo shoot, day!

Homeschooling 101...

2012-01-17T23:31:00.000-08:00

Today Buddy stayed home sick from school, so me, being the good mom that I am, gave him school at home. First he warmed up his cold crayons so we could put them to good use....

Errrrrm, yeah, that's my boy putting the crayons to use in a battle.Next up, we learned that cleanliness is next to Godliness. No better object lesson than our dirty microwave. Thank goodness I had a bar of Ivory soap just laying about begging to be used to clean. What, you're not suppose to put Ivory soap in the microwave...

Ummm, I thought it was suppose to clean my microwave not explode all over it! What kind of crap experiment was that?

Oh yeah, an awesome one!!!To round out the day, after our history lesson about the Donner party, we decided to try out cannibalism. After all, a good teacher always has visual aids and treats...

Now that's cannibalism I can live with (too bad I can't say the same about the turkey). So all in all a super fantastic, learning?, day!

Play time...

2012-01-16T23:35:00.000-08:00

I went to work today, apparently so did Buddy...

Shane said that Buddy entertained guests for about 6 hours...from the mess I would've guessed that they were at it for a week! It's good to be a kid, after work today, I wish I were one! So all in all a super fantastic, playing hard, day!

I spy...

2012-01-15T22:34:00.000-08:00

This is Buddy at church today, in Relief Society (which he calls by it's proper name The All Women Class)....

Anybody else spying his Sunday dress (that would be his fancy Tom and Jerry pajamas). I guess I should have specified to him that church is a day wear event. How about spying the fact that he's holding the baby that I always get to hold? Stinkin' boy is getting more baby hungry than I am lately and stealing all the babies before I get to! I'll have to start warming up before class with some baby grabbing exercises! Next time Buddy, next time.So all in all a super fantastic, stealing babies and we like it, day!

Rioting riot....

2012-01-15T00:48:00.000-08:00

In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr's birthday, the kids went on a peace march at school...

Some were more peaceful than others! In other news, we found a 1,300 piece Lego tank at the store today. Not sure whose bright idea it was to buy it, but pretty sure I have the most excited kid in the neighborhood. Of course I won't embarrassingly mention that Buddy is too busy to help me build the tank because he's playing with the army guys and their weapons first (maybe next time I'll forgo the tank and opt for a GI Joe?). Well, at least he's not playing video games, wait it that worse than encouraging violence in the workplace? Ummmm, yeah. So all in all a super fantastic, peaceful, or not so peaceful, day!

Working lunch...

2012-01-12T14:33:00.000-08:00

For the first time ever, I got to sit at the popular table for lunch! Of course wherever Buddy sits, is where I consider the popular table, but I'm not biased! Buddy was more than excited and wanted me to share all my nursing stories (which, of course are always filled with the important things like poop, pee and farts) with his classmates. I'm pretty awesome, what can I say? So all in all a super fantastic, workin' it, day!

What have I done?

2012-01-09T22:04:00.000-08:00

Recently I got a part time job at the local hospital, volunteered to become Assistant Cubmaster( with the understanding that I will replace him in May when he officially retires), and started the process of an online nursing program to finish my Bachelors degree in Nursing (not to be confused with my Bachelor's in University Studies which is universally worthless). Well, at least I have this to keep me sane...

Or was that insane? Well, here's to hoping for the best, and glad that at least one little guy will keep me company! So all in all a super fantastic, I'm already tired, day!

Black belt in surfing....

2012-01-08T23:51:00.000-08:00

Hmmm, and I wonder why back is always hurting? No worries mom, this is an old picture that Shane had on his phone. Unfortunately, all the fantastic pictures I snapped today weren't saved because I forgot to put the digital card in the camera! Doh! I guess we'll have to go feed the sharks again tomorrow so I can record it, because the first rule of nursing is... if it isn't recorded, it didn't happen....that explains so much in life!So all in all a super fantastic, slipped discs, day!

The sticks, and the eggs have it...

2012-01-07T23:30:00.000-08:00

Buddy and I didn't do our blog yesterday because we were too busy entertaining our houseguests. The houseguests that slept in a fort we constructed in the living room just for slumber land (I won't mention where someone we know and love ended up seconds after the guests fell asleep...thank goodness for my king sized bed). To show the kids a good time I gave them each a stick and showed them a tree, I know, I'm such a great hostess!

So how do you bide your time with your boring mother after having an awesome overnighter with some friends? You break out the eggs...really you try to break out the eggs...

(Miraculously survived)

(Fail)

(Fantastically crunching fail)Thank goodness Buddy has some fantastic family that sends fantastic books chock full of good ideas as Christmas presents, cause who doesn't like to smash a few eggs? Seriously, we might have been stuck holding those sticks all day otherwise!So all in all a super fantastic, cracking up, day!

Gigglebox....

2012-01-05T21:04:00.001-08:00

I think Buddy must be pretty content with his lot in life. He's frequently singing and dancing, and then last night he giggled in his sleep. Yep, that's right, he climbed into my bed at midnight (which he usually does) and then promptly fell asleep and started his own little giggle fest. Unfortunately, he didn't remember what he was dreaming, which made me second guess that maybe I was just dreaming it. Nope, the giggle fest was confirmed by Shane. Then, tonight during dinner, we laughed so hard we pooped our pants, or rather one of us pooped our pants. Actually, I'm fabricating that part of the story, one of us laughed so hard, the poop came out and then proceeded to roll down someone's pant leg and landed on the floor (no questioning my genetic influence with that maneuver). Like I said, it's the good life...

So all in all a super fantastic, to save someone from embarrassment later in life, let's remember I didn't say who pooped, day!

Decisions decisions....

2012-01-04T21:02:00.000-08:00

Buddy told me he got married at school today! Seriously? Here I thought he was enrolled in a regular, run of the mill public school! I figured since he got married today then he wouldn't have to rehash his 30 minute debate with himself from last night about whom he should marry. Guess the nuptials didn't really solve anything, or perhaps it solved too much, since he admitted he was previously married to Hemi (go-cart racer in Utah from his kindergarten class). Hmmmm, 7 and already showing some polygamist traits? Maybe I should investigate Shane's family tree a little bit more. Shane is from Utah after all! But then again, what girl could resist a boy that cleans up like this...

Errrmmm....
So all in all a super fantastic, just so you know, Buddy "married" me today too (I'm such a lucky girl), day!

School days, cool days!

2012-01-03T20:38:00.000-08:00

In anticipation for school starting tomorrow, Buddy decided to escape for one last day of freedom...

Apparently he's a little sexist and isn't quite so happy about a girl leading him to the aforementioned freedom! Just kidding, he's not sexist, he's upset his boring mother wouldn't let him leave the beaten path (lame mothers)!
So all in all a super fantastic, school really is cool, day!

Why!!!!

2012-01-02T20:07:00.001-08:00

Buddy went to the beach with a friend today (without me). Apparently he got into a sand ball fight (ouch) and by the looks of the scrapes on his chest he got into a tuffle with some rocks. Of course he showed the rocks in the end, or carried them home in his end...when he took off his swimming trunks in the shower there was quite the rock collection gathered in the seat of his pants! Anyway, after he got out of the shower, he rummaged through my makeup drawer and emerged answering the age old question why you never see makeup kits for little boys....

They don't want to look "made up" , they want to look like lumber jacks , or perhaps in Buddy's case, a sideshow clown? Jeepers, to think when I bought that blush I immediately had buyers remorse. How wrong I was! It really does do something special to the cheeks!
So all in all a super fantastic, silly, day!

Sabbath Day...

2012-01-01T22:49:00.000-08:00

Buddy is just doing his part in keeping it holy!
So all in all a super fantastic, at least we went to church first, day!

BANG...

2011-12-31T21:54:00.000-08:00

Is it any surprise we're ringing the New Year in with a bang?

Now would you be surprised if we did some banging flash dance moves and recorded them for posterity?

While we were having the last meal of the year we were listing what we were thankful for. Guess what was number one? Nope, not me or Shane...the stinkin' BB guns! We finally got listed in spot number 3(after the laser tag). Of course when I told my boy my feelings were hurt, he changed his mind and said we were really number zero! So there we have it, we're big fat zeros!
So all in all a super fantastic, happy New Years, day!

Snips and snails....

2011-12-30T23:45:00.000-08:00

So all in all a super fantastic, being a boy and loving it, day

Grandmas....

2011-12-29T21:33:00.000-08:00

Thank goodness for grandmas, and I don't just mean Buddy's . Today I had to go to see the Employee Health Nurse at the Waimea hospital to do some labs/paperwork for a part time gig I have lined up, and Buddy luckily(although not in his opinion) got to tag along. Thankfully for all involved, (well most everyone involved) the lady that shares the office with the Health Nurse happens to be an awesome grandma, even if it's not his grandma! Buddy now has some awesome connections that hooked him up with this...

Yep, that is a certification titling the Budster as a Lego Master, so now we have it in writing, so you can believe the hype! In other news, is it wrong that Buddy made his own dinner and has consumed 5 cuties already and still has this plated up?

So all in all a super fantastic, can you say diarrhea, day!

Parents...

2011-12-28T23:15:00.000-08:00

I do believe my parenting has sunk (or risen, depending on who you ask) to a whole new level...

In additional news to my awesome gun buying abilities, I have honed in on my embarrassing potential. While we were driving with the radio on, I was bopping my head along for all of 2 seconds, and was promptly told to stop my embarrassing ways! Poor Buddy, he has no idea of the embarrassing road ahead of him, when will he learn?
So all in all a super fantastic, embarrassed, day!

Camping in the red light district....

2011-12-27T17:55:00.000-08:00

After Buddy went on his Cub-o-ree camping trip, he's been begging to go camping again. After all, that was tons of fun, if you like being in a torrential rainstorm. Which, thank goodness, Buddy happens to. No rain this time, just lots and lots of wind. I'm talking about blow you away kind of wind. Most people had their tents tied to the trees and nearby buildings. I'm more of a naturalist I guess, or I didn't have a rope, so I improvised with some nice heavy rocks!

Ask any boy, rocks rock! We played at the beach, since it'd be silly not to since we were on the aforementioned beach....

I would make fun of Buddy for bringing those ski goggles to the beach, but I'm thinking of inventing a pair for the beach! He ended up being the only kid not crying about getting sand in his eyes....my genius, now to steal his idea and make lots of money! Wahahaha (that's my evil laugh).
When we were done with the beach we decided to adventure around the park. That adventure led us to a pole in the middle of nowhere. Of course Buddy, being the boy he is, quickly hopped on the pole. Then he said "mom, do you want me to pole dance for you?". I haven't read a parenting book in a while, so I'm a little rusty. I just couldn't quite come up with the appropriate response to that one!

Then we climbed a tree to watch the sunset. Well, it was a good idea, until I realized we had a great view of branches instead of the sunset. Oh well, the sun sets every day and how often do you get to climb one of these behemoth things?

Buddy then adopted himself into a nice Hawaiian family and roasted marshmallows with them. That would be before and after a few rounds of laser tag (thanks Santa)...

When we woke up this morning (let me mention someone slept like a rock, whilst someone else fretted a little too much about the windstorm), our neighbor caught an eel. It was awesome, Buddy not only got to see and touch the eel, but watch his head and spine being cut out! Yay, now his dream has come true...

Now what good is an eel head if you don't have a stick?

That's better! Now that we've returned home, we invited a friend over to do some expansion work on the trench under our house...

So all in all a super fantastic, vacation, day!

Connected...

2011-12-25T21:35:00.000-08:00

There is nothing like being at a family party more than 2,000 miles away!

Buddy and his cousin Keyon hung out all day. At one point they were building Lego's separately together! Then they started texting each other. When dinner came, Buddy sat down with his phone beside his plate and then began frequently checking his phone. Yep, that's right, my high roller, all important 7 year old was expecting a call.
In other news, have you ever seen a kid so excited about getting a book?

Although I really don't blame him. I mean, have you read the greatness that is Captain Underpants, and have you met us?
Lastly, we are well on our path to shooting our eyes out...

Good thing Shane and I are such great parents that we are more concerned with recording the momentous occasion for posterity than actually helping out the poor kid, but you've gotta draw the line somewhere!
So all in all a super fantastic, Merry Christmas, day!!!

Shephards gone wild?

2011-12-24T23:07:00.001-08:00

I wonder if hanging out with all those sheep has affected their brains?
In other news, we're climbing the walls waiting for Santa...

Of course we had to borrow someone else's walls, because putting foot prints on your own doesn't seem quite so in tune with the Christmas Spirit of giving!!!
Now if only someone would fall asleep so some serious Christmas magic would begin! Aghh, who am I kidding? He is the Christmas Magic!!!!
So all in all a super fantastic Christmas Eve, day!

The therapist....

2011-12-23T23:08:00.000-08:00

So next week I start physical therapy for the third time in my life(no worries, just getting old, and my body is telling me that exercise is really bad for your health, who knew?). Thankfully I have my own little therapist that helps me do my ADL's (that'd be activities of daily living for my non-nursing friends). Yep, he helps me dress, he helps me stand, and most importantly he helps me remember to party....

Cause that's the most important thing...oh,and people... parties and people(at least that what I tell Buddy to make him think I'm a good mom). Now if I could just send a memo to my body about the partying thing, that would be fantastic!!!!
Earlier today Buddy entered a staring contest with this little guy...

Word to the wise, don't bet against the plastic elf!!!
So all in all a super fantastic, partying it up, day!

The Golden Rule...

2011-12-22T21:19:00.001-08:00

So you know this one right? Do unto others....

As you would do unto you?

(That's my boy "busting his balls", don't ask me, I think it's a boy thing)
Now I'm just waiting to do unto the person that bought this for Buddy...

Yep, that's the little pied piper himself not only serenading me in the loo, but also on our 45 minute walk today. No really dad, let us repay the favor!
So all in all a super fantastic, doing good, day!

Awkward...

2011-12-22T00:16:00.000-08:00

What? Doesn't everyone else's kids sleep with a mask on? Furthermore, don't all parents tell their kids that the mask is really a ninja mask, when it has some seriously girly undertones and their child refuses all things girly? Just don't ruin it for me, we've got a good thing going here!
So all in all a super fantastic, sleeping in, in style, day!

Superhero's...

2011-12-20T21:44:00.001-08:00

I woke up this morning with my knee hurting a lot (all this time I always thought the disclaimer on workout videos to see a physician was more of a suggestion than a requirement). Anyway, since I was hurting Buddy took over as primary caregiver, he made me breakfast, gave me lots of hugs and then changed into his "superhero" outfit to do some vacuuming...

Yes, he wore his Cub Scout uniform yesterday, but he insisted he wear it again today. I guess he's been reading the helpful section in the Cub Scout manual. Since he was on a helpful superhero roll, he decided to have some friends over and put in the trench under the house that I've been needing placed (you never know when you'll need a trench in a pinch)...

Is it odd, or is it just a fact of life that in all the pictures I got, the boys are always resting and the girl is doing all the work? Hmmm, I guess the sooner she gets used to that fact of life, the better off she'll be with adjusting to the real world?
Anyway, they had a fantastic time, strike that, a super fantastic time. They only came out of the trenches for food, water and bathroom breaks (although Buddy was asking for special peeing permission to just let loose under the house....all I can say is that I am so greatful he asked)!
So all in all a super fantastic, saving the world one hole at a time, day!

The Ruse...

2011-12-19T21:27:00.000-08:00

Ever wanted to check out the local fire station and feel awkward about just showing up at their door? It's amazing what doors will fly open if you mention that you're in with the Cub Scouts of Pack 120!

(By the way, those guys were so awesome and deserve lots and lots of cookies....probably not made by me though, they deserve something actually nice).
Now I'm wondering what other doors are going to start opening with my name dropping?
Christmas at the White House might be kind of cool. By the way, not to rub it in or anything, but did you notice someone's still wearing shorts in the middle of December? OK, you got me, I was rubbing it in a little bit, but does it make it all better when I mention I know a Cub Scout in the Aloha Pack 120?
In other news I started my 60 day body ripping regime. I'll post pictures only if it works....yay, something to look forward too, pictures of my blubber! Yippee!
So all in all a super fantastic, firemen rock, day!

Lessons learned from Brooke Shields...

2011-12-19T00:50:00.001-08:00

Today while we were waiting for some friends to come over for dinner, Buddy decided to make himself more presentable. He sweetly asked if he could use my mascara and lipstick. I figured no big deal, I'm not using it, and then he presented me with this...

Seems he must have had an 80's icon as his inspiration, or is it just me? I'm pretty sure he won't be doing a repeat makeup performance anytime soon since he cried like a baby taking off his "makeup" in the shower. That's when I had to tell him that that was the price of beauty.
In other news, the friends helped Buddy put new flooring in his room....

Heck, I didn't know they were contractors, all along I just thought they were just regular run of the mill kids...Actually, I have to confess, Buddy did the redecorating all by himself, he's getting pretty good at it. First his face, then his floor and now this...

Awesome!!!
So all in all a super fantastically, bushy eyebrows, day!

Believing the disbelief....

2011-12-17T00:46:00.000-08:00

I just got busted by Buddy in my Goodboy ruse. Let me explain, Buddy was in bed, with his eyes closed and silly little me thought he was asleep. With Buddy asleep and my bedtime getting near, I thought it would be a good idea to let Goodboy on the loose to do some nighttime sailing. Dun...dun...dun, enter the Buddy boy who catches me mid water scene creation. Then he tells me he knew the elf wasn't real because he did the unimaginable and touched the elf, the elf that according to the book would loose his magical powers if touched by a human child. I told Buddy that perhaps he didn't touch the elf long enough to necessitate the loss of magical powers. Instead of comforting what I thought to be a distraught child, I got "no mom, I touched him a lot to make sure his powers would go away". Hmmm, seems this kid is too smart and is on the verge of disbelief. Of course right now he's refusing to touch the elf, who is oddly sitting beside a boat, on the off chance that the elf is real. One word for that kid.....STINKER. You want to know what we do to stinkers at this house?

That's right, we regift them for Christmas. What? You don't? Interesting.
So all in all a super fantastic, fall asleep already kid, day!

Playing in the rain, well, kind of....

2011-12-15T01:26:00.000-08:00

In other news, tomorrow is Buddy's last day of school for the year. To celebrate we ate a few Christmas trees, cause that's what normal people do. Afterall, all that fiber is good for the digestive tract...

It's so good in fact that we made enough to share with a bunch of 1st graders. Believe me, those 1st graders could use all the help they can get with their digestive tracts from the sounds of things!
As far as Goodboy goes, he got sick of Buddy asking where the angel for our tree is and delegated himself to the position....well, after he played with some sticks, cause why wouldn't he play with a bunch of sticks...

Lastly, Santa just bought my Christmas present online. Ummm, it's a workout regime that I bought for myself under the ruse of Santa because, let's face it I'd be pretty ticked off if Shane gave it to me (even if I wanted it, I think that behavior is embedded in the female genetic code). So when you read this Shane, thanks for the fantastic gift, it was just what I wanted....well, other than a baby, but I couldn't find any of those online!
So all in all a super fantastic, getting what we want, day!

Rain, rain, stay and play?

2011-12-14T00:28:00.000-08:00

Rainy days are always such a bore, being stuck inside with nothing to do....

Oh, were we suppose to stay inside during the tropical rainstorm we had today? Well, those boys did need a good bath after all! As for Goodboy, I guess he decided it was game day with the boys!

Too bad Buddy's missing all the fun, wouldn't you know it, he's passed out.....in my bed again. I won't fault him though, a recent wind storm started pulling the rain gutters away from the house and it sounds like we're living in a haunted house. Of course the aforementioned rain gutters are torn away right outside Buddy's window to give him the most advantageous sound effects! So lucky!
So all in all a super fantastic, rainy, day!

Lap of luxury....

2011-12-12T23:45:00.000-08:00

While Goodboy is living a rough life of dive bombing off the roof to save the family from certain death by boredom...

Buddy is living it up.....in my bed, good thing it's a king and so spacious. Ummmmmm, did I mention that's my bed?

In other news, Hemi's mom emailed us her letter from Santa. It was a video that you could cut and paste names and pictures as well as pick and choose settings...like you need to be nicer, you need to share, you need to stop picking your nose. Let's just say Buddy loved it and began sending letters out, unfortunately he's a bit narcissistic or has a good sense of humor and sent out letters telling the recipient that they were naughty this year! I guess everyone needs to shape up or Buddy is going to be receiving the mother load from Santa's workshop this year!
So all in all a super fantastic, living it up, on the nice list, day!

Parents?

2011-12-12T00:57:00.000-08:00

This is what happens when you hang out with your dad...

That'd be a cabbage patch doll turned into a knight. (Cabbage Patch doll compliments of Shane, manning it up by turning it into a knight, by Buddy).
Of course this is what happens when you fall asleep, compliments of your mother...

(That would be Saran Wrap on the door frame as a nice treat for when someone wakes up). I hate to brag, but I think this kid has it made!
So all in all a super fantastic, wrapping it up, day!

Helpful?

2011-12-11T00:48:00.000-08:00

Everything is better when you have a friend to help you out...

Especially when you have a little something on your face...

In other news we went to the Waikoloa parade today, followed by a huge payoff of Buddy's love of older women!!!

Yep, Buddy won a present in the raffle....or rather, flirted his way into receiving a present under the ruse of a raffle, errr, make that 2 presents!
As for Goodboy, he's been helping his friends out today too...

So all in all a super fantastic, helping hands, day!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

2011-12-10T01:18:00.000-08:00

Goodboy must have known that Buddy was missing all that fluffy white stuff on the ground...

I may need to have a word with Goodboy and remind him that when snow melts it turns into water, when marshmallows melt it turns into a cleaning bill! Buddy has been loving all the tricks Goodboy has been doing and I'm so glad we got an exciting elf instead of a boring one that just sits on the shelf!
In other news...

This picture doesn't really have anything to do with the post, but our friend Alan took it while he was here on vacation and sent it to me today. It's so beautiful I had to share, plus it really makes me want to get into the ocean....well other than it's nighttime and the local shark frenzy time, other than that, I totally want to go.
So all in all a super fantastic mess making day day!

Back to our Roots...

2011-12-08T23:50:00.000-08:00

So in honor of Buddy's Native American roots....

Did you notice Goodboy's bow and arrow, borrowed from Buddy's shelf. Anytime we have a Popsicle stick and dental floss laying around (you'd be surprised how often that happens), Buddy insists I make a bow and arrow. He thinks they are so fantastic he invited the neighbors over once to make them too, ummmm, they weren't quite as excited as Buddy...go figure. Of course once they see the creation that Goodboy made with his borrowed bow and arrow...

They may change their minds!
Now for our totally unrelated picture montage....

I know, we really need to work on that sense of humor some more!
So all in all a super fantastic, cowboys and elves day!

Under where?...

2011-12-07T23:13:00.000-08:00

So Buddy woke up to a little of this...

and a little of this....

He was so excited about all the mischief that "Goodboy" got into, he proudly sported his 'stache to school and then had me show my iPhone pictures to all the non believing boys and girls. Let's just say that by the time he was done telling about his elf, he had a believing audience...it didn't hurt he had the pictures. All day long he's been talking about what kind of mischief he thought Goodboy would get into tonight! Buddy even wrote a letter for him to take with him to the North Pole. Buddy sweetly wrote this...

(Dear Santa, Can I have some BB guns and some targets too and a tank from Toys' R'US? Love, Buddy)

Yep, that would be my boy requesting a BB gun, of course I couldn't help but channel poor little Ralphie with this response....

Of course Goodboy had to be the barer of bad news, because Santa always says yes!
Anyway, now that Goodboy has returned from the North Pole he has peed in the toilet without flushing (who knew Santa's Elves pee'd green) and made a mess of our toilet paper. Then he decided to do a little redecorating (although personally I think he has been reading a little too much Captain Underpants), see for yourself. Sweet little this...

Turned into this...

I don't know about you, but perhaps this is taking it a little too far?

Great, now he's encouraging the reinforcements, reading Captain Underpants, while dressed as Captain Underpants....

Hmmm, seems we may have an uprising on our hands!
In non-related elfin news, Buddy has finally mastered the slide whistle...

I think the 'stache totally helps!
I also think he's finally making headway with getting a sense of humor...

So all in all a super fantastic, well, at least Goodboy is wearing underwear, day!

Our own Good Boy!....

2011-12-06T21:55:00.001-08:00

Thank goodness for technology these days! Lately I've been seeing my friends on facebook posting all the cute things that their elves are doing. Yep, I'm talking about this particular species of elf...

How the heck did I pass 39 years of my life not knowing that an elf existed just to cause havoc and mayhem! Although, I believe Buddy was a bit optimistic when he named his elf "Goodboy"!
In other news, we trimmed Santa's beard...

Then we defied gravity, cause we are that good!

Unfortunately, Goodboy isn't being that good right now and is already starting his shenanigans...

(No worries Charlie and Kathy, that picture is an extra one, the other one is hanging safe behind a frame on our wall....or is it safe?)
So all in all a super fantastic, this is going to be good, day!

Captain Cheesey....

2011-12-05T22:40:00.001-08:00

Meet the world's newest superhero, he can swim long distances in a single breath...

He can stretch wider with a single stretch....

When he has an extra cheesy power boost, he becomes lethally charming and YOU WILL fall into his adorable powers...

He believes in truth, justice and all that is covered in cheese!
So all in all a super fantastically powerful day!

Planning ahead....way ahead...

2011-12-05T00:14:00.001-08:00

I think all this island living is really getting us in touch with the environment. We recycle, we save electricity and water, today we kicked it up a notch with our "greenness" and went to the green sand beach...

When we were done with that, we watched Shane jump off a 40 foot cliff. Unfortunately, Buddy hasn't gotten the lecture about "if your friends jumped off a cliff" cause as soon as Shane popped his head out of the water, he was raring to join his dad. Ummm, yeah, that's not going to happen, at least until his 14th birthday. It is now official and you are officially invited. On October 29th 2018 we will be having the bash of all bashes at South Point to jump off a cliff. Glad I'm getting on top of his birthday party planning this time!
So all in all a super fantastic, jumping, day!

Whittlin' Dixie....

2011-12-03T23:20:00.000-08:00

This morning Buddy woke up with a bellyache, so we did what any normal "bellyaching" kid would do and went to the hardware store to find a cure....

I believe the cure must be whittling with sharp knives, cause I didn't hear a peep afterwards. Of course the fact that he lounged around all morning watching movies about Santa and his workshop only fed into his whittlin' desire to carve out "two cars, a doll and a sheep" for our neighbors. Ummmm, not sure where the sheep fits in, but I won't interrupt the genius at work.
Later we invited above mentioned neighbors over to look at our awesome blocks of wood, and then created a homestead for the uncarved sheep...

Yep, we're awesome, but we're not just whittlin' Dixie, or are we?
So all in all a super fantastic, cured bellyache, day!

Parenting 101....

2011-12-02T00:48:00.000-08:00

This afternoon, the school nurse called me to tell me that Buddy got a black eye during recess (it's still a great mystery how it happened). So, I did what any great parent would do, I went boogie boarding with some friends that are visiting. Of course my thoughts were of this cutie patootie ...

Of course those thoughts were along the lines of...too bad Buddy has to go to school, he's missing out! It wasn't as bad as the nurse made it seem on the phone anyway, wait was I helping my cause with that statement?
Anyway, after such a trying day at school, I treated my boy right! I let him ride up to Mauna Kea (that'd be the world's tallest mountain) in the back of our friends rental Jeep. Did I mention that the Jeep was 4WD, and convertible? Did I also mention it's freezing on top of Mauna Kea....and the convertible top remained down?...

The boys had to make a pit stop to play with technology and throw some rocks! Thankfully not at the same time ....

What is it about boys that they see a large cliff they insist something must be done about it?
We reached the top, got lightheaded and the giggles (which was coldly fantastic)...

Then I had an epiphany that I'm really more of a warm beach person than a cold mountain person (wait, that's not new news either, dang must be the lack of oxygen still affecting my head)!
All in all a super fantastically, glad I'm warm again, day!

Where?

2011-11-30T23:57:00.000-08:00

Buddy is blending in very well these days!!! Maybe we'll start publishing books like Where's Waldo. Except they'll be Where's Buddy, that or we could rename Buddy, but that might be strange. I'm ready to make my million, now if I could talk Buddy into posing for pictures in odd places....Ummm, nevermind, I think I'm ready!
So all in all a super fantastic, where's Buddy, day!

Creature from the black lagoon...

2011-11-29T22:19:00.000-08:00

This surfaced at the beach today...

I'd steer clear from the beach if I were you!
So all in all a super fantastically freaky day!

Eclosed?

2011-11-28T21:19:00.000-08:00

You know, there's ebay, email, ecommerce and now our family has had an episode of eclosure?

At least that's what the "experts" at google called it when a butterfly emerges from it's chrysalis (and I always believe everything I read....what, the earth's not flat like in the pictures, strange). Anyway, back to the story, my son who is part Native American (unbeknownst to me, if you don't believe me, just check out his war paint), completed his butterfly releasing ritual. First the butterfly must conquer his captor at a game of Don't Blink...

Believe me, there are some seriously dire consequences if the butterfly blinks! Then the butterfly practices doing a half nelson to make sure he will survive in the wilderness (wait was I talking about Native American rituals or have I sunk into another wrestling post?)

Lastly the ancient practice of sharing with a friend, you wouldn't believe how difficult this one is to complete...

So all in all a super fantastic, eday!

Love....

2011-11-28T00:02:00.000-08:00

Buddy wanted to use these pictures for his blog today, I'm assuming he wants to show his tigeresq moves...now that he's a tiger cub. That or he wants to show you my awesome dental hygiene, quite impressive if I do say so myself!
So all in all a super fantastic, clawing our way to the top, day!

The fearful daredevil...

2011-11-26T18:54:00.000-08:00

This morning, I knew I was going to be in for a doozy of a day when Buddy declared he wanted to change out of his shorts and into pants "so [he] could be a daredevil". Somehow I forgot 10 seconds after I helped him change, that he was my kid when he fell and started crying...

Yep, that would be a "stunt" fall with fake crying for me to send on a video to my mother. I believe he spent most of the time at the playground posing with fearful faces trying to frighten my mother on his "daredevilly" attempts. First up, the slide of death, a terrifying four foot slide down to a scary cushiony bottom....of death of course...

For the encore...

Next up the swing of horrors...so horrifying...

Lastly the terrifying tree of torture...

It's such a shame he's always so serious...

We should really work on that!
So all in all a super fantastic, devilly day!

Handyman...

2011-11-25T21:19:00.001-08:00

No big deal today, we invited over a neighbor and built a house...

Of course, Buddy was gung ho on crafting all the things for the house, but wouldn't be caught dead in a picture of it...cause houses are for girls! He was so excited about building things he even volunteered to make a doll for the house, although when I asked him if he wanted a doll he dry heaved a little. The neighbor's dream house included Justin Bieber and Buddy is definitely a dream builder...

I'm just wondering when Buddy is going to step in and replace Ty Pennington on Extreme Home Makeovers? I mean, he even includes a free cake with each home purchase, I haven't seen Ty do that!

So all in all a super fantastic, making dream(s) (houses) come true, day!

Thankful...

2011-11-24T20:41:00.000-08:00

We are thankful for friends who will still pick us up, when we are feeling down...

We are also thankful for nice neighbor's that share their turkey, when one of us doesn't know how to make one. We are perhaps even more thankful that they are super smart and had one of these in their front lawn...

So after I tore Buddy away from the neighbor's house, seriously I'm pretty sure he's ready to move into their house, we called Shane's family. He was sporting his famous Buddy McPhee look and with a little encouragement from aunt Hayley, he pulled his tooth out live, on face time...

Buddy the ever pleaser, got so many high praises for pulling out the tooth on camera, that he tried for a good 10 minutes to pull the other(not even nearly loose) tooth out(without success mind you). I'm pretty sure he'll be going to bed tonight wiggling the other tooth to work it out of it's precarious position so he can record it for more accolades!
Now that Thanksgiving is over, we can concentrate on that lesser celebrated holiday...you know the one we decorated for a week ago and already have presents wrapped and waiting under the tree.
So all in all a super fantastic, very thankful, day!

Rancid...

2011-11-23T21:14:00.000-08:00

What's loud and stinky and you can't see it?

Do you not know this kid at all? He stayed home sick today with his dad. Really there is nothing worse than a sick man...except perhaps two sick men (OK, one's still a boy and can eek by on his charming looks)...

Especially when his charming looks pretend he's dead and laying in a coffin box. How sweet....ly disturbing that is. So neither of the boys did too much today, other than whine and ask for food (yep, that'd be both of them whining). Buddy did do some pirating...

That'd be illegal pirating or downloading for you laypersons that don't understand my joke (I'm talking to you mom). The good news though, is that during our huge day of rest/death, Buddy found a new cartoon called Kick Buttowski, think farting cartoon, now think AWESOME!!!
So tomorrow is turkey day, we're going to hang with some neighbors.... some neighbors that luckily have plenty of kids to play with, cause that's what we're thankful for. That and poop, but we already covered that.
So all in all a super fantastic, resting up, day!

Nanny McBuddy...

2011-11-22T22:09:00.001-08:00

Buddy had his yearly checkup today. While we were waiting in the exam room (over an hour, not that I was watching), he showed me a new look he's been sporting lately...

He calls it the Nanny McPhee, next thing you know he'll be sporting a hairy mole (he wishes...I'm sure his little brain has been trying to come up with something). As for the checkup, he's in tip top shape, especially his mouth. I'm pretty sure the doctor didn't have a chance to get a word in through the whole thing (same goes with the nurse, the receptionist and the others in the waiting room). Seriously, that boy can talk, maybe when my sister breastfed him she passed on her jibber-jabber gene by accident?
So all in all a super fantastic, talking our ears off, day!

Writer's block?

2011-11-21T18:08:00.000-08:00

Buddy has two new playmates over right now, they've already had a marshmallow fight and constructed their fort (not at the same time, that might be a little messy), but they are in the middle of creative genius land (and I wholeheartedly approve). While I was waiting outside Buddy's classroom this afternoon, patiently waiting for the dismissal bell to ring, he came out to read a book to me that he had made for Thanksgiving. He and I sat out on the bench outside his classroom and giggled up a storm, which of course made the other kids curious and join in. Pretty soon Buddy was reading his book to 5 hysterically giggling first graders, oh yeah and one mom who acts like a first grader. His teacher came out to see what all the commotion was about, here's the commotion....

They say you can't judge a book by a cover, but you can from this one. Here is the hero of the story walking into a pole (a la yesterday's post picture)

Sweet, innocent, thankful for presents? For a second I thought I must have raised a spoiled child, then I saw what he was really thankful for...

What can I say, he's hungry for knowledge?

If people can wear fur, shouldn't wearing a turkey legged shirt be socially acceptable too?

OK, this one may need translation...I am thankful for the people that I live in (he better be cause his host body had to get some corrective surgery due to the big headed people(person) that lived inside.

Nope, not a doubt in my mind this kid has inherited my sense of humor...poor kid never had a chance at being a snobby aristocrat.

Translation for the fuzzy picture.. I am thankful for the poop that I love. Hmmm, I love a good poo too, but I'm pretty sure I won't be hugging it anytime soon!

Here's Buddy's shout out to the turkey's that are frequently crossing the road around here (insert corny joke here, after all this talk of poo, I'm kinda drawing a blank).

Glad he made a note in his comments that he loves himself!

This is the back page cover art of all the people living inside of people saying bye.

Here is the back jacket cover page, if you can't tell what it is....well, you must not hang out with us potty humor folks if you don't get it, but it's Shane on the potty and Buddy nearby farting and waving the stink away!
So after his teacher read it, she told me she was glad I read it first, cause if she had read it, she would probably have made him redo it. Oh, the sadness of having regulated/regimented schools. I was actually surprised she would have made him redo it since she lets him eek by with doing comic strips for his writing assignments instead of journalling, but I guess everyone has their limits...Well, other than me....and apparently Buddy.
So all in all a super fantastic, writing our hearts out, day!

Gobble gobble?

2011-11-20T22:25:00.000-08:00

Tomorrow is Buddy's "special" day at school. Which means he not only gets to turn on and off the classroom lights (woo whee, exciting), but he gets to provide the snack...

Hey, I may not know how to bake, cook, or basically do any domestic chore (other than cleaning, cause my OCD has that down pat), but I can sure impress a first grader (pretty sure I won't pass muster in second grade, but I'll take the kudos while I can)!
Or maybe if he keeps running into these...

anything will pass the muster?
So all in all a super fantastic, using our heads, day!

Crazy Horse...

2011-11-18T22:47:00.000-08:00

Today Buddy invited his favorite neighbors over to do a repeat of yesterday's fort building. Since he had a fort, he decided he needed a horse to traverse the distance to and from the fort...or actually, he decided to be a horse! I did my usual job of taking pictures to commemorate the occasion and when we were looking at what pictures we were going to use today in our blog, I found these treasures...

When I pointed out his eyes in the picture, he said, "What? It's cause I was a crazy horse". So there you have it! In other news, we made a marshmellow catapult...cause you never know when you're going to be attacked by a chocolate bar and graham cracker...

Who knew pencils and a shoe box could be so lethal?
So all in all a super fantastic, anybody seen my horse, or is a snowcone?, day!

When you give a boy a caterpillar...

2011-11-17T22:17:00.000-08:00

I'll be honest, sometimes it's hard having just one kid. I'm always the designated playmate, and playing cowboys for the bazillioneth time in one week kind of gets a little stagnate. So while the Budster was at school I ran across this little jewel...
http://www.allfortheboys.com/
Heck, I was so inspired, I made a list of all the cool things we could do today (ummmm, my list had 20 things and we only did 3). I told Buddy all about our awesome crafts we were going to do while we were walking home from school, so we started immediately collecting leaves and flowers to do a hammering project. I think it was our lucky day, cause did we not only collect a leaf, but we collected this too...

When we got home, we started making some crafts, of course with our side kick, well at our side...

I think this caterpillar must be a boy, cause he immediately inched over to this...

So we made some straw rockets...

Built a fort...

After we were done with that, we noticed that the caterpillar must be close to making a chrysalis, cause seriously it was pooping and eating up a storm (which made someone have a case of the giggles). So being the Eco friendly people we are, we took the caterpillar back to where it came from... so we could get more leaves (come on, you wouldn't think we were that responsible to put it back did you). So of course when you go for a walk with your caterpillar, you have to walk past your favorite neighbor's house. Now when you walk past the neighbor's house, you have to stop and talk. So when you stop and talk, you have to invite them on the walk, or that would be just plain rude. Then after you get home from the walk, you have to continue the fun, or that would just be plain boring...

So to end your fantastic day, you climb into your fort to sleep (with your lantern of course), invite your favorite dad in to join you, and then read to him from your ridiculously large edition of "The Sailor Dog" that you found in your school library....

So all in all a super fantastic, can't wait to do it all again tomorrow, day!

Painting 101...

2011-11-16T18:49:00.000-08:00

The first step to a great painting is having a great partner (you didn't know that all the famous artists always worked in pairs did you? There was Pi and Casso, there was Mo and Net and my personal favorites Van and Gough)...

Unfortunately, sometimes during the creative process, the canvas you were provided with isn't turning out to be as awesome as you are...

Seriously, who is this kid's mother, and why is she just sitting around taking pictures of the shenanigans?

Speaking of shenanigans, remember when Buddy learned this...

It appears that he's starting a new fad...

It's definitely not the first time he started a craze. Just last year he started loving Sonic the Hedgehog and I had to find vintage stuff from EBay? Now Sonic is everywhere!!! I mean everywhere, I'd like to think it was due to my boy's seriously awesome trendsetting ways. Also, I'm still waiting for our thank you card to arrive from the Sonic the Hedgehog industry. It is the polite thing to do after all!
So all in all a super fantastic, painting our way out of a paper bag, day!

Up, up and away...

2011-11-15T22:14:00.000-08:00

Are you humming the Fifth Dimension's song about a beautiful balloon, cause unfortunately I am, and now it's stuck...GREAT! The other day, Buddy (the hoarder) and I went through his toy box to get rid of "baby toys"(that'd be you Elmo) and broken toys. I'll pretend the whole process went smoothly and didn't include a little someone pulling out EVERY SINGLE ITEM and declaring it his "favorite". Anyway, while we were sifting through we hit the jackpot, or the jackpot hit us...

Yep, that would be a balloon helicopter from Christmas 3 years ago (I'm not impressed that we still have it mind you, I do live with 2 hoarders, I'm impressed it actually still works). In other news, Buddy and the neighbor boy started playing sweetly with paper airplanes. It started with just a distance competition and progressively got dirtier and more destructive, ending with piling a bunch of dirt and rocks in a crumpled up paper ball and throwing it across the street. Hmmm, boys, it's an art form to be able to turn even the simplest games into such mass destruction!!!
Maybe tomorrow we'll do it all again!
So all in all a super fantastic, flying high, day!

Education....

2011-11-14T22:10:00.000-08:00

My boy, he's no dummy, he really knows to enjoy this island living....

I was jealous I didn't have a button down shirt on so I could do that too, just kidding...kind of! I tried to actually take his shirt off so he could cool down even more on our walk home from school, but I was told he was in his regulation uniform and the outfit could not be separated. (I told you it was Cub Scout craziness around my house... I'm sure there is an author of rule books out there somewhere smiling at Buddy's tenacity for uniform regulations!) Anyway, we had our socializing hour...I mean cub scout meeting tonight and we found out about a jiu-jitsu class that may be right up Buddy's alley (our should I say up his alley, down the block and around the neighborhood), heck I'm even excited for Thursday to check it out!
So all in all a super fantastic, following the rules, day!

Half Nelson

2011-11-13T18:15:00.000-08:00

We've been making sure that Buddy has lots of exposure to all the careers out there...you know, it's never too early to start. Lately, Buddy and I have been practicing our wrestling maneuvers. Let me rephrase that, Buddy has been practicing his wrestling maneuvers...

Yep, I definitely see a future! Although, I think I have discovered why so many wrestlers wear those silly little masks...to cover up the fact that they are laughing their heads off (how can you take a career seriously when you're laughing all the time, right)! So here's to my boy and the move we erroneously named the half nelson (it sounded right at the time, and it's fun to say)!
So all in all a super fantastic, I think I need thicker pillows, day!

Plethora...

2011-11-12T23:32:00.000-08:00

Ever since Buddy joined the cub scouts, it seems like beyond the daily choice of always wanting to wear his cub scout uniform (we have it now settled to one day a week), it's raining cub scout paraphernalia around here....

I would say it's getting kinda ridiculous, but Santa is encouraging the shenanigans (and who am I to argue with Santa)....unfortunately Santa forgot to tell Shane the plans for the package that came in the mail today!
So all in all a super fantastic, everything's coming out Cub Scouts, day!

Extremes...

2011-11-11T23:02:00.000-08:00

It seems my kid just want to take his modeling to a whole new level as evidenced by this...

and this...

In other news, we put up our Christmas tree yesterday. What can I say, Buddy asked and I didn't have a reason not to (cause seriously the fact that Christmas is still a month and a half away didn't really seem like a good reason). So today we pulled out our regular crew of cowboys (that would be Daisy Mae, Billy Bob and Mr. HairyButts) to admire our handywork...

Let's just say that they thought we were amazing. At least until Mr. HairyButts started having bowel problems that threw someone into a fit of giggles and our praises somehow got lost in the shuffle, or should I say... explosive kerfuffle.
Since today is Veteran's Day I need to give a shout out to Buddy's favorite people...the military. I can't even imagine a tenth of a sacrifice that the men and women of the armed forces give to protect and serve our country, not just them, but their families. I appreciate all that they do for this great country of ours (which might get a little greater if everyone else votes for Huntsman next year, but that's just me). I'm proud I'm related to so many servicemen...Not to brag or anything, but did you know my dad served in the AirForce and served in the Bay of Pigs...well if you consider it serving when you go on a plane ride and that plane U-turns back to home somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean (Oh, wait, was I suppose to be bragging? Just kidding, I'm very glad that story ends this way, instead of something else).
So all in all a super fantastic, thanking our Veteran's, day!

Impressive?

2011-11-10T10:36:00.000-08:00

So what do you do before school to impress the girls? Why you show off your awesome hanging skills, and then take turns from your perch spitting into the mud pit below...

I knew you'd be impressed! In other news, for the three day weekend I'm taking the boy camping at a beach, should be awesome!!!!
So all in all a super fantastic, hanging around, day!

Abusive?

2011-11-08T20:15:00.000-08:00

Is it child abuse or grandpa abuse, you decide...

While my dad was here he taught Buddy the fine art of Indian burns, complete with hand spitting! Awesome, I don't need to adopt another child, I just need to have my parents come babysit more often!

Oh, how I wish they would come more often, Buddy can always use more playmates!!!
So all in all a super fantastic, roughing up grandpa, day!

Spawn...

2011-11-06T17:58:00.000-08:00

I've heard of snow angels, and possibly sand angels...but sand devils? Whose kid is this?

Maybe he belongs to this lady?

Or perhaps these unsuspecting tourists?

Now if someone could explain the sand baby...

I think we'd be set!
So all in all a super fantastic, figuring out our lineage, day!

Trapped....

2011-11-05T21:32:00.000-07:00

Ever wonder how to keep a 71 year old and a 7 year old occupied for hours on end?

Wonder no more, and you're welcome for that. It seems like the Bobbsey twins have reunited and it is oh so good...

If this doesn't look like mischief, I don't know what does...

In other exciting news, my favorite set of old geezers got to go on their first helicopter ride with my favorite pilot...

Thankfully all went well so everyone can remain my favorites!
So all in all a super fantastic, filling our time, day!

Hybrid...

2011-11-05T01:08:00.000-07:00

Today I took my dad to a rain forest. I think we discovered a new breed of plant, it has the stalk of a seven year old but the face of a fern, when you got to close to it, it would defend itself by putting out a toxic gas! Freaky!!!
All in all a super fantastic, new discovery, day!

Aloha....

2011-11-04T00:38:00.000-07:00

My parents are here and we are very happy...

and we are ready for our biscuits and gravy in the morning! Wait, is it rude that I asked my mom to make me breakfast in the morning...the first day of her vacation? Hmmm, I'll pretend it was all Buddy's idea!!!
All in all a super fantastic, is it breakfast yet, day!

Squish!!!!

2011-11-02T22:57:00.000-07:00

I'm a mean mom, if you don't eat all your food...

I squish your head!
So all in all a super fantastic, head squishing, day!

What do you wanna talk about?

2011-11-01T21:49:00.000-07:00

So today Buddy called his "girlfriend" Hemi (you know, the go-cart racer that lives in Utah), he was so amped up about talking to Hemi that he had to stop by the neighbor's house and tell them his plans on the way home from school! Buddy even has a picture of Hemi at his bedside so he can tell her goodnight every night....of course he also has a picture of the neighbor's baby (I'm not sure what he tells her every night). Anyway, he talked to his "true love" for a full 45 minutes. They had a very deep, very meaningful conversation in which I heard "I don't know what to talk about, what do you want to talk about" approximately every 30 seconds(I told you it was deep)! Afterwards, my sweet little angel...

Went promptly to the bathroom, and then rooted around in the trash can for some prohibited After-Halloween contraband...

Well, at least he's thorough.....

Thoroughly freaky anyway...

So all in all a super fantastic, thinking of more things to say, day!

Mirror, mirror...

2011-11-01T00:27:00.000-07:00

It's totally normal that Buddy insisted that he do his own makeup, right? Today at school, after lunch, they got to put on their costumes, a certain little someone was taking so long that his teacher had to go and check on him. She said she hadn't had that good of a laugh in a long time, there he was just applying his makeup (wait should I man up the terminology to face paint?)in the mirror.

I think effect achieved, at least if the effect was dirty army guy with goofy face!
I'll mark this Halloween as a total success (and not to rub it in or anything, but totally warm too, note someone even took off his shirt during the festivities).

Next year we're thinking Captain Underpants may be more fitting our environment (hopefully someone will still think Captain Underpants is awesome a year from now cause he has underwear...cha ching, costume done!)
So all in all, a super fantastic, smell my feet, day!

Not just another pretty face....

2011-10-30T21:11:00.000-07:00

It's amazing what a girl can get away with in the world of Buddy..

Of course, in return she has to deal with this part of the world of Buddy...

Not sure which one of them got the short end of the stick on that one!
So all in all, a super fantastic, lovin' it, day!

Birthday Bash, did you hear that crash?

2011-10-30T00:39:00.000-07:00

When you turn 7 there are several important things to remember. First, always stretch before your guests arrive to celebrate...

(You definitely want to be limber)
Next, you want to run as fast as you can, bonus points if you can get lift-off with Dumbo ears...

Sometimes taking some time out with a friend, can really make the day special...

Of course, you always want to remember to take time out for yourself, cause parties are really exhausting...

Although you don't want to discredit yourself from the big job of coaching from your resting spot...

It's almost as important as making sure your mother didn't buy those silly little relighting candles...

Like I said, silly mothers!

A lot of people forget the important jobs of licking the frosting of the cake decorations, and without completing that job, the trash can just might be a little bit heavier...

Lastly is the dreaded job of opening presents, it's a tough job, but somebody's got to do it...

After you've completed all your chores for the day, if you put on some face paint, you may just blend into this little boy heaven...

And that my friends is quite applause worthy...

So all in all a super fantastic, growing too fast, day!

Feet in a can...

2011-10-28T22:28:00.000-07:00

I didn't even know I was serving canned feet for dinner.
So all in all a super fantastic, birthday bash of the universe in T-12 hours, day!

Dress Rehersal...

2011-10-27T23:31:00.000-07:00

Ever wonder how to turn a bucket and pipe into a Tank (come on, you know you've googled it!)

Wonder no more...

I'm just wondering if those flip flops are standard issue?

So all in all a super fantastic, hup..2...3..4, day!

Sponsorship...

2011-10-26T22:05:00.000-07:00

I think Buddy may have a new sponsor (at least you would think so with his new frequent love of posing with his newly made items emblazoned with the Lowe's logo)...

He would work for peanuts, but pirate ships are so much cooler!
So all in all a super fantastic, workin' it, day!

Fine....

2011-10-26T01:01:00.000-07:00

Yesterday the boy and I had a parent-teacher conference, which I think would really make it a parent-teacher-student conference, but who am I to judge grammatics? Anyway, Buddy is at the top of the charts for everything except.....handwriting. The poor boy has been doomed from the get-go...Is this the part where I embarrassingly admit that when I worked for AirMed I was told by my nurse manager that I needed to print my name after my signature because it was that illegible? Nah, I'll just blame his father like I do for everything else! Anyway, back to the story, so the teacher was coming up with ways to improve his fine motor skills and suggested Lego's. Ummmm, seriously, we play with those everyday. If that's suppose to help, I think Buddy and I will shortly be accepting awards for most improved penmanship!
Today Buddy was sick so I kept him home with me so he wouldn't spread his cooties to everyone else, plus he has to rest up for his awesome birthday bash on Saturday! So while he was home we tried to work on our fine motor skills to make his teacher proud...

Well, at least we worked on skills, they just happened to be our goofy skills which I believe have been honed perfectly! Tomorrow we're working on our skills of tricking out our car to look like a tank for the Trunk O'Treat this weekend cause we're that awesome (and slightly obsessed with all things military).
So all in all a super fantastic, coughing it up, day!

Window Washer...

2011-10-23T20:50:00.001-07:00

Do you see all the dirt on this cute kid's mug?

Side note, you really should have seen his feet! I guess there is downside to always wearing flip flops! Too bad I didn't snap a picture as Shane was running the boy to the bathroom for a shower after Buddy "watered our jungle" err....something like that!
So all in all a super fantastically clean (it is Sunday after all), day!

First time for everything...

2011-10-22T22:14:00.000-07:00

Today was Buddy's first day ever of being babysat (do you still call it that when your kid is about to hit manhood any second?) by someone other than family. I think it went fantastically well. To reward him for his awesomeness, I asked him to lay out a bed of nails...

Tomorrow is another first, well for me, so I know not as exciting, I'm teaching a RS Lesson (how I survived 21 years of RS without doing one before is a mystery). I tried it out on Buddy and the neighbor girl, she's 5. They're a tough crowd, they told me they were bored right after I told them what the lesson was about. Hmmmm, hopefully tomorrow will fair better. Although, I wouldn't mind telling everyone they can go play with Legos.
So all in all a super fantastic day!

Thankful...

2011-10-21T00:05:00.000-07:00

We haven't felt any more earthquakes today, and today Buddy is touting the awesomeness of the earthquake. It's amazing what you say when friends are around isn't it? I won't mention to his buds that he was curled in my arms for 30 minutes crying and afraid to go back in the house yesterday. Nope, today he is a man (at least until the next one hits).
So all in all a super fantastic, not feeling it day!

Perspective...

2011-10-20T01:12:00.000-07:00

Today I was escorted into Buddy's classroom with several little hands over my eyes and on my legs, pushing me into the right direction. I believe this was the direction I was going to...

After school Buddy was doing school work in his room and I was doing mommy work in the living room (OK, I confess I was watching "Friends") when a huge earthquake hit. It's really hard to gauge how big it was, seeing how our house is on stilts I'm going to guess that most everything feels pretty big. The ceiling was shaking and it was actually hard to walk, once Buddy and I finally got outside, someone broke down and cried for a really long time. To cheer him up we went to a talent show at church and Buddy showed off his mad dance skills, it worked like a charm. We have been hit by 24 earthquakes now, patiently waiting for Mauna Kea to start erupting. No worries mom, we haven't really felt any since that first one and the lava should be so hot it should be a slow trickle instead of a ka-boom, although I will admit I hope it aims to the east when it blows, just sayin'.
So all in all a super fantastic, shaky, day!

Appleade?

2011-10-18T23:22:00.000-07:00

So I know that when life hands you lemons you're suppose to make lemonade....but what the heck do you do when life hands you apples? Thank goodness one of us here knows the answers to life's unsolved mysteries...

Yeah, I'll just pretend I'm totally awesome, and not let you in on the secret of what snack we were trying to make. Let's just say culinary skills are not my foray, but Buddy still loves me which I'll take any day over mad kitchen skills!
In other news, I volunteered at Buddy's school for the book fair. Hmmmm, a book fair on an island without any book stores (I'm not lying) had me right in the middle of my own little heaven. Now that we are the owners of the complete series of "Captain Underpants" Buddy is in heaven too!

Now a word from my sponsor...
http://www.trails-end/estore/scouts/email_referral.jsp?id=17266040

Please support my boy and his pack for all the fantastic things that they do! Even though we live in Hawaii you can order online to have the treat mailed right to your doorstep and the proceeds still go to the Aloha Pack 4120!
OK, now back to our regularly scheduled programming. Lately we've gotten into light writing. We're pretty awesome, just sayin'...

Tonight we amped it up a bit and did some light writing with our bikes...
I would like to take full credit for the awesomeness, but really people if it looks cool and technology is involved, you can be rest assured that Shane is the mastermind behind it...

So all and all a super fantastic, lighting it up, day!

Condensation and the attack of the Third Eye...

2011-10-15T17:38:00.000-07:00

Yesterday Buddy and I had plans for a jam packed day!!! I'm assuming that he was just trying to help me space things out a bit when he woke me up at 6am to get ready for school. First up was a field trip to Kalopa State Park where I got to be a chaperon. When his teacher asked him who he wanted to be in his group, half of the class ended up standing in my line. Thank goodness there were 4 other parents to divvy the kids out to because my 3 were already a handful. Even in the rain, we walked the trail at a snails pace so we could check out every...single...thing on the ground. Ummmm, yeah, there's a lot of ground...

Here's the group of rebel rousers... don't miss the girl with her arm around the Budster (she's the one he said was his BFF, also she made it on Buddy's top 2 list)...

Next up in our jam packed day was heading up to Honaka'a for some fantastic camping. We had a campfire, roasted marshmellows, hung out with other kids, and then headed into our tent to get some zzzzzz's. Then the heavens opened up and it rained and rained and rained and....well you get the point. Buddy was snoring nicely and slept until 5:30, while I was, of course, up all night and frequently checking that we were still keeping dry on the inside (we did although not many others faired so well). When he woke up, he asked if he could go out of the tent and play with the other kids. Somehow that kid missed that it was raining cats and dogs outside our thin protective layer, or maybe he just didn't care, oh wait, I think I know the answer to that one. Last night, they did a skit at the campfire. Buddy was the only Tiger cub to go on the campout, and when it was their turn to do the skit, Buddy said he was nervous and didn't want to go. At least he was refusing until 2 of the older boys offered to hold his hand and let him stand between them. Yay those boys...

They're good stuff!
Afterwards we seperated into new dens depending on our age and decided to have some good ole' fashioned fun...

One bee sting, 4 aching feet and 5 loads of laundry (seriously I don't know how that happened, really it was just overnight), we have returned home. Now if we could get rid of this thing that's been lurking around trying to scare everyone!

So all in all a super fantastically fun day!

Show stopping....

2011-10-12T22:57:00.000-07:00

Due to my amazing mama skills, or lack thereof, and my pure desire to escape getting wrangled into Buddy's newest episode of play that involves the usual gang of cowboys, legos, military personnel and dive bombers, we decided to make movies with a few glow sticks that we bought for the camp out on Friday...

Yep, they work, good thing we're such awesome people to check out the glow sticks for the cubs! They'll be thanking us later I'm sure!
So all in all a super fantastic, can't wait till Friday, day!

LOL...

2011-10-12T01:25:00.000-07:00

Today Buddy started filling out his invitations for his birthday party. Yes, we are inviting way too many kids and yes I'm already slightly freaked out! But Buddy's really excited so I'll just go with it. Anyway, while he was putting the names of his classmates on his envelopes, he gave me and Shane a rundown on the kid's personality and whether they were a good kid or not...plus a little bit more if the answer was not (you do not want me to get started on who is a tattler and who kicks under the desk when the teacher isn't looking). When Buddy got to a girl named Jasmine, he smiled and said, "she's my BFF". Ummm, since when did my kid start talking in text lingo? Last I heard he was in first grade!
In other news, Buddy and I are gearing up for our campout with the Cub Scouts on Friday, which entails making sure our tent is in working condition. Seems to be working and has two kids already installed, what a bonus...

So all in all a super fantastic, OMG LOL ROFL (mom if you need translation call me), day!

Last Day Off...

2011-10-10T23:27:00.000-07:00

I think we had a pretty good last day off. Of course it wouldn't be complete without our "social hour" aka Cub Scouts tonight. Unfortunately I don't have pictures of the social hour, which I have to admit kinda rocked. I'm sure Buddy is more than excited to go back to school...Ummm, yea...
So all in all a super fantastic playing day!

Sightseeing...

2011-10-10T00:25:00.000-07:00

Buddy got a new haircut , or should I say shave cut. It got us quite a few looks while we were strolling around a resort today. It even earned us a seat right next to some dolphins. At first I thought the lady that gave up her seat was just giving it to Buddy cause he's a cute kid (look at him, I'd give him my seat)...

A few stares into it though, I realized that she thought my son was suffering from a terminal illness. Oh well, at least we saw some dolphins, and compliments of this thing...

Buddy saw a little bit more (or a lot bit more, seems he got a little more interested in the hotel patrons than the ocean).
So all in all a super fantastic, seeing, day!

The Weather Man with a case of the hairballs...

2011-10-09T00:26:00.001-07:00

This morning the boy woke up wanting to do "experiments". Well actually he said spearmint, but I'm pretty sure he didn't mean he wanted to eat a bunch of gum to freshen his breath, or, maybe he did and we wasted the day by making tons of different prototype paratroopers...

Thank goodness Buddy is well on his way to becoming a meteorologist, who knew his finger was so fancy (Let me assure you I did)!

This picture is just a bonus to show you the nice blue sky and lack of snow on the ground (I'm only laughing about the snow in Utah on the inside)...

After our "spearmint"ing with the paratroopers, we discovered that you could blow bubbles with flubber...

Who said surfing the web was a big waste of time?
After all our awesome fun, Buddy disappeared for a while with Shane. When he reappeared he had a lovely present for me...

If you think it looks like a disgusting hairball, you would be absolutely right!
Ahhh, the things we do to get our kids to cut their hair...

Of course, once again I'll interject that it were up to me, Buddy would grow out long locks in a cute little surfer do. But that's just me and my imagination, truly his horrid cowlicks (compliments of me) would make him just look silly, and that just wouldn't do!
So all in all a super fantastic, cutting it, day!

Buddy Beeder's Fantastic 30 days off...

2011-10-08T00:16:00.000-07:00

This blog post was written entirely by Buddy:
This 30 days off(OK, its really a 10 day break, but to Buddy it's 30), I went on my first helicopter ride on Blue Hawaiian. It was the best ride of my whole life! You should go there. If you don't, you'll miss out on the fun. My dad is the coolest dad ever, cause he flies Blue Hawaiian Helicopters. But he says it's really tiring. So that's all I have to say. I love my mom and dad. OK, that's really all now. Bye.

Addicted?

2011-10-07T00:04:00.000-07:00

Anyone else feel the need to not only force their child, but the next door neighbor's child outside for a picture in a rainstorm?

Do you think I have a problem? In other news, Buddy's Cub Scout Pack is starting off their popcorn fundraiser (sorry it's not as cool as cookies), but we'd totally appreciate a purchase. Here's the link...
http://www.trails-end.com/estore/scouts/email_referral.jsp?id=17266040
We would hate to see Buddy's weekly "party hour" as he refers to them, disappear due to lack of funding.
So all in all a super fantastic, picture perfect, day!

Booyah!

2011-10-06T01:11:00.000-07:00

Maybe it's just me, but I wouldn't want to cross these two, they look like they might rough you up a bit if you start playing with their pool toys!
All in all a super fantastic, cool like that, day!

Pillow Talk...

2011-10-05T01:15:00.001-07:00

It's really hot here so we usually sleep in our skivvies (sorry, too much information?). Which is no big deal, unless you decide to use your pillow case to do a nighttime potato sack race in your skivvies.

I vote I'm never using that pillow again! I'll save that case for when my brother comes to visit!
So all in all a super fantastic, stinkin' it up, day!

Tarzan....

2011-10-03T23:07:00.001-07:00

Today we got in touch with our inner Tarzan...

Yep, that's my Tarzan so comfortable with being up in a tree, he's laying down!

Of course, I do believe my boy is a bit more Romeo than Tarzan (seriously all the boys were playing together and here is my boy showing off for the ladies)...

So all in all a super fantastic, wild man, day!

Crafty...

2011-10-03T00:57:00.000-07:00

Today we woke up on what I am assuming is the crafty side of the bed....

That or no matter how much I tried with my awesome mama skills, Buddy wouldn't watch any TV today (was that out loud?). In other news, Buddy only lasted till 11 pm last night in his attempt to stay awake all night. When he woke up this morning he was wearing the saddest face saying he wanted to try it one more time. So tonight is attempt number two. Yep, I will be going to bed at my normal scheduled time, I may be a good mom, but I'm not that good. We'll see how it goes, let me rephrase that, Shane the Saint will be seeing how it goes!
So all in all a super fantastic, building it, day!