what we did on father's day

i've been sidetracked because malia is on vacation.

on father's day, we took roel to watch toy story 3 first thing in the morning, so we avoided the crowd. we didn't watch it in 3D for micah's sake. it was tough enough having him sit through the whole thing. the only thing that kept him seated was me telling him that the garbage truck was coming back. and yes, i cried during the movie. a couple of times actually.

after that it was off to the mislan household for some good food. and then dessert with my dad and the adventos at golden spoon. the kids got to feed the koi fish. that was their favorite part.

malia on her bike

just got back from rohr park with malia. they have a 3 mile trail for joggers/walkers/bikers that goes around the park and golf course. so malia rides her bike and i jog or walk depending on how fast she goes. after 30 minutes, she was tired. and that's about all i could take too. thank goodness we don't do the whole thing. instead, we go so far and turn back. my legs are SO mad at me!

we're going to try to do this more often now that the weather is warmer. today was our 2nd time. let's see how long it lasts. (btw, that's the bike i got on craigslist for $15. pretty sweet, huh?)

no more earthquakes please

when the earthquake hit last night, we were all holding each other in the bed. it was the first time micah really felt an earthquake. the last couple of times he was running or playing. but this time he was in bed ready to go to sleep. when the earthquake stopped, his eyes were big and he asked me,"what was that ma-mom?" "the pictures are shaking," he said. i told him that it was an earthquake and we were okay. then malia starts talking non-stop about earthquakes and asking a bunch of questions. then tells micah it was scary. ay, malia joy. micah went to sleep when i kept reassuring him that we were okay and held him. and malia stopped talking, after a while. i woke up at 2am when i heard micah crying. he was having a nightmare. he was calling my name, and then he said, "earthquake." poor guy. i hope he has forgotten about the earthquake already. and i hope we don't have any more.

happy baptism birthday micah

it's also my dad's birthday, so happy birthday to him too! i picked up micah from school and he had red lips and teeth from a popsicle he ate. they celebrated flag day. we went to the mall to pick up food and he rode one of the cars. he was happy about that because i don't usually have quarters when we go there. after that, we went to the bakery to get a small cake and the garbage truck was there. so of course, he loved that. jos and family came over to celebrate.

grandpa with the grandkids

no people aloud

yesterday, after we came home from a birthday party, malia wanted to go to the park to ride her bike. i told her that i needed to change first if she wanted to go and to play quietly downstairs or in her room because micah was sleeping. she went outside in the backyard to ride her bike. i told her to come inside because i needed to go upstairs to change and no one would be watching her. she said she didn't want to come inside and continued to ride her bike. i told her that we didn't have to go to the park if she was just riding her bike in the backyard. she whined that she still wanted to go. ugh, the aggravation! i got mad at her for not listening and sent her to her room. so she came in, gave me a look, stormed into her room and closed the door. (wow, the teen years are going to be fun!)

after maybe 5 minutes, i heard the door open and close again. so i went over there and saw these notes, one on the door and one on the floor.

i love the no people "aloud." wrong word to use, but she spelled it right.

when she finally came out, she said sorry and changed her attitude. we had a good time at the park and went grocery shopping afterwards. goodness...girls!

my talent show girl

(finally got these up, not the HD videos though, but it'll do.)

malia performed in her school talent show last thursday. she sang 'almost there' from disney's princess and the frog. i know she's not shy, but she did get a little nervous in the beginning. maybe because there were kids literally right in front of her. i was the one with the butterflies in my stomach and my heart was racing. i could never be one of those stage moms who do the whole performance on the sidelines.

this performance took place before malia's turn. it made me smile, you'll see why.

the teacher band, 'think positive', performed too. apparently the entire school has bieber fever.

obsessions

i had mentioned before that i thought girls were born with knowing how to have attitude. so now i think boys are born with the trait of being obsessed with things. micah's top 3 obsessions right now are star wars, garbage trucks, and cows.

well, it's hard not to be obsessed with star wars because who isn't? but micah will turn the simplest things, like a push pop or a pastry, into a lightsaber. then we'll role play. one of us is usually "darf vader" and he'll try to whack me. i always have to remind him to be gentle because he can really hit hard. malia is always the one who ends up crying if they are having a duel.

the garbage truck obsession is a little odd. he likes cars and construction vehicles, but really gets excited about garbage trucks. he says he likes them because,"they dump." nice. almost every day we hear,"i wanna watch garbage trucks on the computer." so there he is, watching garbage trucks and toy garbage trucks on youtube, with his toy garbage truck in front of him. it's a relief for me that he knows how to use the mouse now, i no longer have to sit and watch the exciting garbage trucks. and of course he throws a fit when i tell him he's had enough time on the computer.

he loves the old macdonald had a farm song, so the cow obsession is not so off the wall. he still watches the baby einstein 'animals on the farm' dvd, but refers to it as "the cow movie." one day, when he was home sick, he must have watched it 4 times in a row, then i had to tell him that was enough. he still watches the cow movie sometimes but has moved on to cow videos on youtube. this one cracks him up. he could watch it over and over. it's sad that he always wants to buy the milk with the cow on it, but we can't because he's allergic to it.

my silly boy. hopefully his obsessions will lead to something great in the future.

mean kids

that's the downside of school. there are mean kids. these are the kids that teach your kids how to tease and insult other kids. of course, tv has some influence, but if it's being done at school they think it's okay to do.

malia is singing in her talent show this morning and told me that a boy in her class kept telling her that she's not the best singer. it's a good thing that she has enough confidence in herself to not let that bring her down.

mean kids. i spend a lot of time teaching my kids not to be them, yet i was probably one of them and now it's coming back to haunt me. yikes! i'm sorry :(

we surprised the kids with a trip to disneyland on friday. well, they found out when we were almost there. i could only take so much of hearing, "are we there yet" and "where are we going?"

we went straight to the jedi training academy. the kids were so excited to see darth vader 'in person.' then of course we had to go to the store that sells star wars merchandise. malia chose to make her own lightsaber. we thought of it as her present for getting the presidential award. micah only chose a jango fett car.

then we went on buzz lightyear astro blasters. malia rode with roel because she knew he would get a higher score. yes, the difference in scores is pitiful, but micah & i got them back in the toy story mania ride.

in CA adventure, the green army men go around and do a little show with drums. they do some crowd interaction and asked for volunteers to do a freeze march. malia was happy to volunteer. she was the smallest one.

we also managed to get some pictures with woody and jesse. it seemed like we did a lot of toy story stuff, which is good since toy story 3 is coming out next month.

the kids and i went to a bugs land while roel held our place for the parade. micah wanted to ride the ladybug boogie. it's just like the tea cups but seemed really harmless, even for me who has motion sickness. so many little kids were riding it. well, i was completely wrong. that ladybug whirled us around so fast, i couldn't control it. malia and i were dizzy, but micah liked it. thank God for the heimlich caterpillar train that goes like 2mph!

we ended the day with the pixar play parade, our first time to see it. pretty cool, especially to hear the kids say, "did you see the real lightning mcqueen?!"

see you next time disney, it was fun!

a new cousin

happy birthday to m&m's new cousin, joel ayden, born this morning. such a cutie! m&m have only seen pictures and video, but can't wait to meet him. he shares a birthday with their ninong jojeann. such a great day!