Clean your room

What does that mean to a child really? It could be overwhelming I realize, but I want the kids to at least attempt to clean their rooms. I've shown them how, but just like folding laundry, it takes practice.

So when I tell the kids to clean their rooms, they will say ok and disappear upstairs. Malia will put things wherever she can find room, but she's getting better at it. It's hard to organize her room when she has SO many little trinkets, stuffed animals, and paper everywhere. 

Micah's version of a clean room...closing the door. I guess he thinks if I can't see the mess, it doesn't exist. Funny guy.

Kermes

Annual Kermes at school.

they found my blog

the kids were doing a google search of themselves. the last time they did this, they found some pics of themselves. this time they found this blog. they loved reading about themselves growing up, which was entirely my intention of the blog.

ever since i joined instagram, i just stopped posting on the blog. but this inspires me to keep going, for them.

i'll go back and try to fill in what i've missed.

6th grade camp

My baby girl went off to camp today. It's a big milestone and one that was far from my mind when she was born. But it came out of nowhere, and I couldn't avoid it. She was SO excited to go, she went to all the meetings, took notes, made sure I paid and everything.

 

Packing was the worst part of it all. I'm pretty sure we overpacked.



 

Here she is with her BFF Sammy, who told me she would take care of Lia. Cute.
 

 

 

I didn't cry until I got home from work. Micah was sad too, but he didn't cry, he just hugged me.



Wicked

Malia has been into musicals lately, so I took her to watch Wicked. First time for both of us. I read the book, but it had adult content so I didn't let her read it. But the musical is family friendly.

We sat in the dress circle which were pretty good seats. I Loved it, the cast was so talented. More importantly, Malia loved it. We went out to the side after the show to get some autographs from the cast.

Looking forward to our next musical together.

mother's day

 

we always start celebrating mother's day the day before with my sister. we had busy schedules this year, so we just met up for dinner at project pie in eastlake. our first time there and we loved the pizza. the kids really enjoyed creating their own.

i don't really like getting flowers, so roel gave me an ipad mini. he said it was mainly for me to read my books on. micah was so happy about it. he downloaded a bunch of games and used it every chance he could.

on sunday, roel's mom wanted to eat at the vip buffet in chula vista, so we stuffed our faces there. it was so hot after that, malia wanted to go in the pool. and the adventos joined us. so it was a fun mother's day.

before bed malia said, "this was a great mother's day."

funny photo

this picture makes me smile. lots of things wrong in this picture. i think i have a past post of micah vacuuming in his underwear. he complained that it would be a hard task vacuuming the rug, but once he did it, he didn't want to stop. he had to vacuum because he was eating chips on the carpet and spilled all over the place. malia didn't even notice micah vacuuming.

friday nights

 

malia has been asking for her own room since last year. and then we finally moved and she got it. but ever since then, she's been trying to come back in our bed. so she has designated fridays as the day they both get to sleep in our bed. they are big now so we have to sleep sideways, and it's uncomfortable for me and roel because we can't stretch our legs out, plus we get kicked, but we love it. that's all they get though cuz i have to make up for lack of sleep on saturday nights.

oral surgery consultation

 

malia's mouth has already cost a fortune. and it continues to cost me more money, but this time it isn't her fault. we were sent to the orthodontist because her teeth were crowded. but then the orthodontist sent us to the oral surgeon because her xray showed that she had a tooth up by her nose that wasn't coming down.

the 3D xrays at the oral surgeon show that the tooth up by her nose isn't vertical like it's supposed to be. it is horizontal and has made a hole in her cheekbone. the 2 options were: attach a chain to the tooth and pull it periodically in hopes it would come down OR just extract it. of course, she chose the extraction right away. but the first option was only a 40% chance of it coming down, so the extraction was the way to go. she will have her surgery in june.

first crush

 

i was dreading the day malia started liking boys. i thought i had more time since she is still immature for her age. but, i had my first crush in 5th grade as well. anyway, the boy's name is adrian. she told me about him while we went on a walk and told me not to tell daddy. i convinced her that it was a good idea for her to tell him, but she bargained with me and we decided that i would tell him.

roel said that when i told him, he had a lot of flashbacks of her in his mind of her as a baby and toddler. and he would go check this boy out. too funny. but i feel bad for roel because i still have my mama's boy.

update 5/26/14: i've convinced malia that she probably thinks of this guy as more of a BFF. yay!