dear adrian, part 2

Dear Adrian,

I’m glad you are okay, but it made me sad to hear that when Malia gave you her apology letter, you crumpled it up and threw it at her. I also heard that you aren’t very nice to other kids and often don’t behave in class. I’ll pray for you.

Sincerely,
Malia’s Mom

(I didn't give him a letter, but it's what I would've said if I did. )

dear adrian

Dear Adrian,

I am so so so so so so sooo sorry for what I have done on Friday. I hope you feel better when you get this note. Now I know to never chase you again in my whole life and I will now chase other people like you. Because my mom tahgt me a lesson about that so do you forgive me? Write back soon! I hope you do!

Sirensly,

Malia

my daughter's apology letter verbatim. she was playing tag at school (which is not allowed), and somehow managed to push a boy and make him fall. even worse, he hit his head on something. luckily he was fine. i hope his parents are also forgiving. malia is on restriction from sweets and computer games. she also has to read more and do chores. i put some fear in her by asking her to put herself in adrian's shoes and thank God that the worst didn't happen. ugh, parenting!

big kids class

my boy recently transitioned into the big kids class. the one where it's officially considered preschool. they call it the rainforest class. so now he's doing worksheets in class. sometimes he does it, sometimes he just wants to play. he'll get there.

our fish died

malia: micah check the fish, is it dead?

micah: no...it's just upside down.

we've had our goldfish for a little over a year. micah named it mr. moosie. of course, they blame me for killing the fish. i blame the all the changes in the house that have been going on lately. rest in peace mr. moosie.

i love her

last week, malia was sick. this week, micah is sick. so i dropped malia off at school this morning. not the usual routine. malia is big enough now for me to just go in the drop off line and let her out. (i guess that could've been last year, but i like to hold on.)

she must have told me at least 5 times that she loved me before she got out of the car. she is the sweetest girl. don't get me wrong, she is a typical girl - attitude, roller coaster of emotions and manipulative ways, but she really has a big heart.

so as i saw her in my rear view mirror walking into school, with her big backpack, i realized that my baby girl is really a big girl.

i think parents know these things, but just have these moments when it really just hits you in the head. that was my moment this morning.

me being the leaky faucet that i am, just started crying, for a good 10 minutes on the way to work. i know i'm hard on her sometimes, but i want her to learn how to be tough. i'm also scared for her to get too dependent on me, just in case i'm not around one day. i see a lot of my mom and my sister in her, and that makes me happy.

i love her.

i think i'll just stick to picking up the kids from school.

trolley to the comic con

i've been in san diego for 21 years and today was the first time i rode the trolley. it was the kids' first time too, so they were pretty excited.

(can't you just hear me saying, "don't touch that, it's dirty.")

right when we got off the trolley, it was busy. a lego optimus prime was out on the street passing out free toys. i'm all about the free stuff at comic con, but it was super crowded.

everything had a line. we saw a lot of costumes, took pictures, watched fencing upstairs on the balcony, ate overpriced food, saw lots of cooly toys, and tried to get as much free stuff as we could.

can't pass up the star wars photo ops.

lots of walking involved. we were beat, especially after carrying micah when he fell asleep! at least they got free backpacks to carry their stuff in.

(why do kids like playing around pigeons? so gross.)

it was micah's first time at the comic con, malia's second time. costumes next year for sure!

first day of 3rd grade

malia started 3rd grade today. she was excited, but was a little sad she wouldn't have her same teacher as last year (whom she adored).

her new teacher's name is ms. campise. when i picked lia up, ms. campise said malia did well on her assessments for the first day, but was a little chatty. i'm not surprised. she's my little chatterbox.

is it bad that malia is wearing the same jumper that i bought when she started school there in 1st grade? it still fits but gets shorter as she grows taller =). hmm, cheap or frugal?

party faces

we went to a birthday party in coronado today. it was such a nice day for flying kites, blowing bubbles, riding bikes, and...face painting.

malia loves getting her face painted. the last few times, she's had a butterfly mask. so naturally, that's what she asked for this time.

as for the boy, he wanted spiderman. i thought he was just going to get a small one on his cheek. but daddy came by and suggested he get his whole face done. he loved it. and was happy to do his spidey pose.

monkey toes

this is what happens when the two monkeys go around taking pictures for fun. it's a weird, silly picture. i love it. (i chose this over the pictures of the mess they made in their room.)

fireworks on the 4th, youtube style

malia was sick all weekend so we didn't go out for independence day. we watched movies and played with toys. when 9pm came around, we could hear some fireworks close to us. but the big hill by our house was in the way. from upstairs, the kids saw one or two fireworks in the distance. then they complained that we weren't out watching fireworks. so i turned on the tv and we watched the fireworks show in DC. then micah said he wanted disneyland fireworks instead. (disneyland started showing their 4th of july fireworks on the 1st and someone had already uploaded it to youtube.) so there we were, the 4 of us, watching the disneyland fireworks on youtube. the kids were happy.