tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62399281499704537822024-03-14T10:38:37.925-07:00The Hawaiian RandallsThe ups and downs of raising four young children in paradise.Genevievehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12363187727948670888noreply@blogger.comBlogger120125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239928149970453782.post-8153183548703471272014-09-15T11:07:00.002-07:002014-09-15T11:14:39.476-07:00May/June 2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I'm totally
behind with this blog but I'm going to try and at least document a few
important things that happened in the past year or so. In a nutshell,
my parents visited us in Dec 2013 which was awesome! Then Christmas and
Oliver's birthday were upon us (both were great). January 2014 brought
swim lessons into our life for the next 4 months and Tory started
coaching Parker and five other little 5 year-olds (and Oliver who tagged
along) in soccer. Penelope also started soccer. We had a great spring break in March (see the 3 previous posts for more on that). In March/April we
made the difficult decision to leave Hawaii and move back to the
mainland. May and the first half of June were spent packing and
finishing school while trying to enjoy our last few weeks in Hawaii.
Here are a few pictures of May and June:</div>
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Penelope at her cinco de mayo dance recital: </div>
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She loved her dance class especially since her friend La'akea was in it with her! </div>
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I got to do a mother's day tea with my Oliver at his preschool, it was so much fun!<br />
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Since
we had a big birthday bash for Parker and Penelope last year, we
weren't planning a friend party for their sixth birthday. But when we
realized we were moving just after their birthday we decided to have a
big swimming party so we could see all our friends before we left. We
reserved the pool, got a bouncy house, ordered a bunch of pizza and had a
great time! It really was fun. I think the highlight was having
Parker and Penelope's church teachers come. They LOVE the Bryces!!<br />
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As luck would have it, Parker and Penelope had a field trip on their
birthday. They got to ride a train and have lunch at the train
station. They were so excited, especially since dad came along as a
chaperone.<br />
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Then came moving day, we sold our house and moved out (that was so
easy to type and SO hard to actually execute!) so on the twins' actual
birthday, we walked out of our house for good. As it worked out, our
vacation rental wasn't ready til the next day so we crashed at our
friends' house (thanks again Youngs!) for the night. They were so nice
to take us in and Parker and Penelope thought it was so exciting to
sleep there on their birthday. Tory had seminary graduation that night so we went out to
dinner and when we got 'home' sans dad, our friends had made a cake for
the twins which was so nice.<br />
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After school the next day we finally got into our rental and felt a huge
weight lift as we unpacked in a great vacation rental at Ko Olina. We spent
just less than a month there and it was a perfect last hurrah for our
wonderful 4 years in Hawaii! <br />
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The last day
of school for my kids was quite sad for me. We were so blessed when it
came to good teachers this year. And knowing we wouldn't be coming back
to these schools made it all the more hard (for me). Here is Oliver
with Ms. Christine: <br />
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And here is Parker with Mrs. Hasebe: <br />
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And finally, here is Penelope with Mrs. Shirk:<br />
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We had lots of pool/beach dates with our friends before leaving Hawaii:<br />
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And this one kept us on our toes all through the packing and moving process!<br />
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So that is May and the first half of June in a nutshell! More to come soon.......Genevievehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12363187727948670888noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239928149970453782.post-37664381430063649192014-09-15T11:03:00.002-07:002014-09-15T11:04:29.724-07:00Spring Break 2014 - part III<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
After our hike we headed to Sea Life Park. For those of you that have been to Sea World, take that and divide by 10 or maybe 20 and you'll have Sea Life Park. Its small, but we still had a good time. We found a grassy area and ate our lunch, then headed to the dolphin show. The kids LOVED it! Especially Lily, she squealed at every jump, it was pretty cute. </div>
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Then we looked around, saw the few exhibits they have and 15 minutes later we headed over to the other dolphin show. We had some time to kill so we decided to take pics of our darling Lily:<br />
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Sea Life Park isn't Sea World but our kids loved it and it was fun to see them get so excited about seeing dolphins do flips and other tricks. It was a great outing for Spring Break 2014!<br />
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On Thursday I decided to bite the bullet and head to the other side of the island knowing that we wouldn't make it home for Lily's nap time. We first hiked to Makapu'u Lighthouse. We've done it before but not in a while and I love that its paved and we can bring our bob (stroller). It may not look it, but pushing that stroller up the path with 3 or 4 kids in it was no joke. I was sweating and huffing and puffing for the 5 minutes I pushed--I let Tory do the rest :)</div>
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For the most part, Lily did really well, on much of the way down she was tired of being in the stroller so I carried her most of the way but then I was done carrying her so she wailed in her stroller for the last 10 minutes, we got a lot stares as we hurried down those last minutes!Genevievehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12363187727948670888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239928149970453782.post-50092166441215821852014-09-15T10:59:00.000-07:002014-09-15T11:03:54.753-07:00Spring Break 2014 - part I<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A few weeks before spring break, I called to charter a train ride with the local railway society. They only offer runs on Sunday so in order for us to go, I had to set up a special run. We needed 38 people to make it financially possible or I would be on the hook for $200. I put it up on facebook and boy did I get a response. By the day before the ride we had 200 people coming. Luckily only about 100 showed up so we weren't packed in like sardines! We got there a little early and hung out with our friends and played on the train they have for kids to explore:</div>
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The train ride was 90 minutes and while it certainly isn't an amusement ride, it was fun. We waved to a lot of people, got to see Costco, Target, Ko Olina and best of all, the ocean! The kids had a great time and it was so fun to hang out with our friends on the train!<br />
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11/24/2012: We needed to get the the hospital by 7am, the c-section was scheduled for 9am. But it was black Friday weekend and due to the impending arrival of our 4th(!) child we knew we were going to need to (within the next year) do some room shuffling and we need to invest in some bunk beds. Kmart had a great sale on bunk beds but they didn't go on sale until Saturday morning. So......I persuaded my hubby to get up at 5:30am, we ran to Kmart, got the bunk beds, ran home dropped them off and made it to the hospital by 7:10am. The lady that checked us out at Kmart asked when I was due and I told her I was headed to the hospital right after paying for my bunk beds. She couldn't believe it and laughed and laughed. It made for a great story at the hospital too.<br />
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At the hospital I started to get prepped for surgery. The anesthesiologist came in and talked to me about whether I wanted to do an epidural or a spinal. I previously had done spinals but this time he recommended the epidural. With the spinal there is a time issue, once the medication wears off, you can't add more so if by chance they weren't done, I would have to go under general anesthesia. So I opted for the epidural. Getting it put in wasn't fun, I about passed out, but once it was in, I was ok. So they wheeled me into surgery (funny sidebar, they took me into the wrong surgical suite first, it was set up for a twin delivery later that morning, I was so happy to not be in that room having twins- been there, done that!). Then they got all set up and numbed me up, made sure I couldn't feel anything (that part is VERY important to me) and had Tory come in. He was dressed in scrubs and had a mask on, he fit right in. A few minutes later my doctor said "she's a big baby" and in my head I was thinking 8 lbs, then a minute or two later they pulled Lilyana out and she was big! We all waited for them to call out the weight and Dr. Bachman was right, Lily weighed 9 lbs 14 oz.<br />
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The rest of the c-section was not so fun, they eventually gave me some medication to help me 'relax' or in other words, I don't really remember a lot of the rest of the operation for which I am grateful! They were a little worried about her blood sugar at first but I knew she was fine. She has been a great eater from the get-go.<br />
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I sent Tory home that first night because I know he is never really comfortable in hospitals and sleeping there is even less pleasant than being awake there. I also wanted him to have a good nights' sleep since I would be recovering from major surgery. Well as luck would have it Penelope was sick in the night and Tory ended up being up a lot of the night. The other kids followed in sickness so none of them were able to come visit me in the hospital. Its a little sad, since Oliver was born in the midst of the swine flu scare, no siblings were allowed to come visit their moms and new babies. Then since they all got sick when Lily was born, they missed their chance with her. So I'll never have my kids come to the hospital to meet their new sibling. I guess there are worse things.<br />
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I stayed in the hospital until Tuesday and then headed home. It was naptime when I got home so Lily and I headed upstairs to take a nap as well. But I couldn't sleep and then Oliver poked his head around the corner. I told him to come meet his little sister. He came over and started to climb up on the bed. I instinctively leaned over started to help him up on the bed, big mistake! It seriously hurt my incision. Oliver wasn't all that impressed with Lily and asked if he could go downstairs. Penelope was scared of Lily at first but warmed quickly to her. Parker has been such a good big brother from the get-go. He just loves her, its been so fun to watch. They all love to hold her and think its so fun to get her to smile, laugh, etc.<br />
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I'm so grateful my little sister could come help out when Lily was born. One of my biggest stresses leading up to her birth was planning for care of my other children while giving birth. But Dantzel really came through for me, she flew all the way from North Carolina and totally pitched in and watched our kids and helped u s out for 10 days or so. I'm so grateful for family.<br />
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Lily has been an amazing edition to our family. I love how she has just completed our family and makes all of us happier. I can't believe year one is done but am looking forward to watching her grow up in our family!Genevievehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12363187727948670888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239928149970453782.post-30599302175171823202013-08-31T13:57:00.001-07:002013-08-31T14:00:59.919-07:00Lilyana: 9-months old<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Where does time go, is my baby girl really 9-months old? I've decided that I really like this age, Lily is just so much fun these days. She has been doing the army crawl since 6/7 months but in the last month she's finally realized that regular crawling is faster and less painful. She also learned to pull herself up on anything and is starting to cruise around the furniture. Lily has discovered the stairs and loves to climb them--we are in the market for a gate! She is on a pretty good schedule and gets up between 6:30 and 7am, takes 2 naps a day and is ready for bed by 7 or 7:30pm. She loves solid food especially when she can feed herself but boy she can make a mess! At her 9-month appointment she weighed 20 lbs and 12 oz. She has her 2 front bottom teeth which popped out around 6 months and two weeks ago her top two teeth made their appearance. Her eyes are still as blue as ever which makes her dad so happy. She loves watching her siblings, especially when they are running around, she will be so excited when she can join them! And she has recently discovered dogs, she gets SO excited when she sees a dog, its so cute to watch :) </div>
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Lily makes a beeline for the dishwasher anytime I open it, she loves it!</div>
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Her siblings love to hold her: <br />
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Enjoying the sand at the beach on the 4th of July:<br />
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Chowing down on a pickle: <br />
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When I have laundry going, I'll often find Lily in the laundry room watching the washing machine go round and round: <br />
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Here is the sweet face I get to see when I go in to get Lily up from her crib: <br />
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Don't grow up so fast Lilyana!Genevievehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12363187727948670888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239928149970453782.post-65341347832330801162013-08-16T23:08:00.002-07:002013-08-16T23:14:48.216-07:00Parker and Penelope's first day of KindergartenThe day Parker and Penelope looked forward to all summer finally arrived: the first day of Kindergarten. They were so excited! They were thrilled with their new clothes and shoes and backpacks. Here is Parker waiting in front of his class:<br />
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And here are Parker and Penelope together. They, unfortunately, are not in the same class. I did request them to be but the principal feels very strongly that twins should be split up. I'm not terribly worried about them being apart, I just think it would be easier (for me) to have them in the same class and they do love each other. We'll have to see how it goes.<br />
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Here I am with my oh-so-big kindergarteners:<br />
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With dad:<br />
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And here is Penelope in front of her classroom:<br />
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So excited to see what is going on inside:<br />
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Penelope got a little nervous when we went into her room but we quickly got her situated and said goodbye. This is where I teared up and had put my sunglasses on. I didn't want to scare her or give her reason to not be excited for the day.<br />
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Then we walked down to Parker's classroom and got him settled in<br />
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Saying goodbye to dad:<br />
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My last look at him before leaving:<br />
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Just over five hours later, I was picking them up. Unfortunately, the camera was on video so I didn't get a shot of Penelope coming out of her classroom but here is Parker with his teacher:<br />
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They both said they had a good day and told me lots about it. And they were both excited about going back the next day so that is a good sign. Here's to hoping the rest of the school stays this positive!<br />
<br />Genevievehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12363187727948670888noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239928149970453782.post-37770430902088733412013-08-14T01:01:00.002-07:002013-08-14T01:02:19.285-07:00Oliver started preschool!The day finally arrived. Oliver got to go to preschool instead of just helping drop off and pick up Parker and Penelope. He has been looking forward to this day for a long time! I'm so proud of him, he asked if I could come in 'just for a minute' like he does every Sunday when I take him primary but I told moms don't go to preschool but that I would be back and pick him up, he walked right in and sat down. My friend Heather was the mom helper and told me that for the first little bit he wouldn't look at anyone or answer questions but he finally settled in and got involved. He told me his favorite part was listening to the song "Going on a bear hunt" He also said he colored a bus (on a paper), ate a snack of yogurt and graham crackers, played with trucks and rode a bike outside while wearing a red helmet. All in all I think he had a great day. I wanted to get a picture of him and his teacher but the school is working hard to streamline pick-up and drop-off so I didn't get a chance. Maybe on Thursday. In any case, here are the pics we took before and at the beginning of Oliver's first day of preschool:<br />
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They each wanted a turn holding Lily in the picture so we did it.<br />
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I was really nervous letting Oliver hold her though. But no one dropped her, success!<br />
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Saying goodbye to dad:<br />
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Parker and Penelope start kindergarten tomorrow so they came with us for drop-off, here they are watching Oliver through the window:<br />
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Here's to a good start to a hopefully great year of preschool for Oliver!Genevievehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12363187727948670888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239928149970453782.post-5558224251471141292013-08-02T23:36:00.000-07:002013-08-02T23:36:31.388-07:00Parker<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Parker is a delightful 5-year old. He is such a good boy and has a strong desire to do what is right. He is, as we say, without guile. He is in swim lessons and LOVES them. He loves being in the water and is working so hard so he can swim in our community pool without a life jacket. What a change from a couple years ago when he first took swim lessons and cried through most of the lessons. Parker loves legos and spends a lot of time building things and playing with his men. He was quite obsessed with superheroes at the beginning of the year but it has been overtaken by a love of Star Wars. He sees things in black and white and always asks at the beginning of a book/story/movie if there is a bad guy and who it is and who gets the bad guy. He reminds me every morning to read from our Book of Mormon Stories and his favorites are always the ones with clear cut good guys and bad guys. He loves doing things with his friends and when we go somewhere he always asks what friends will be there. His good friends are Mikey Oleksy and Carson Young. He is so excited for kindergarten and is ready to make new friends. He doesn't love sitting down and working on writing and reading but once he gets going he tries so hard and is getting really good with writing his letters and numbers. He has memorized Articles of Faith 1-8 and he says really thoughtful prayers. He often tries to take on the role of parent and reprimand his siblings, I'll say to him "Parker, you are not the mommy, I am the mommy." He's my early riser and is up between 6am and 6:30am. He's very modest and gets dressed right away. He doesn't like to be sticky or dirty and washes his hands a lot. He is a good eater and loves string cheese, pepperoni, mac and cheese, fruit, pizza and water. He loves water and chooses it over juice or soda. He is not shy, yesterday at the grocery store he told the cashier "My name is Parker and I'm five." He has a naturally loud voice, I'm often telling him to use his inside voice. He learned to ride a bike without training wheels this summer and he's a natural! He loves riding his bike and goes so fast. He loves, loves, loves his daddy and always asks when he'll be home and what days he gets to stay home. We love having Parker in our family!Genevievehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12363187727948670888noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239928149970453782.post-63864770523262467602013-07-06T09:32:00.000-07:002013-07-06T17:44:28.658-07:00Let's go to the moviesOur kids have never been to the movie theater so I decided this summer we would take them! Monsters University seemed like the perfect movie: rated G, they had seen Monsters Inc., and it was coming out this summer. So we bought some movie treats, got dad to come home and work while Lily slept and we were off!<br />
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All in all the kids did well. Parker asked a lot of questions (with his not-so-quiet voice) and I kept having to shhhh him and tell him to just watch. And of course he couldn't make it through the movie without going to the bathroom once, he truly is his father's son. Penelope wanted to eat all the candy I brought before the movie even started and about 3/4 of the way through Oliver kept asking if we could go home! But, they still talk about the movie and act out their favorite parts. I think the outing was a success!<br />
<br />Genevievehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12363187727948670888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239928149970453782.post-44466136427490755742013-06-05T17:21:00.001-07:002013-06-06T23:13:51.624-07:00We have a six month oldI can't believe we are already here (plus a couple weeks). Lily is halfway to one, crazy! To mark the occasion Lily decided to pop out her first tooth (lower right) and she started sitting up unassisted (mostly).<br />
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At her six-month visit to the doctor she was just shy of 18 lbs which I thought was big but then we met a 6-month-old boy at church who weighs 24 lbs! Stranger anxiety has already set in, she knows when mom doesn't have her and gets very concerned pretty quickly. Luckily she still goes to dad!<br />
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She still LOVES being around her siblings and really loves when they interact with her or sing to her, its pretty cute. Here she is on the floor in the playroom, she loves being in there because that is where Parker, Penelope and Oliver generally are (plus there are fun toys to suck on!):<br />
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We have started solids but from these pics it doesn't look like we have taken the conventional route. Here she is gnawing on a carrot: </div>
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And here she is taking a little sip of mom's shave ice:<br />
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We have also started things like oatmeal cereal and peas but those just aren't as exciting so I don't have pics of them! <br />
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In honor of her turning six months, we got some professional shots of her done--ok, not really, my friend (who took pics at the twins' birthday party) has a little studio in her front yard and her family is raising money to go to Disneyland next year by offering photos shoots of kids for pretty cheap so we decided to take advantage. Here are a couple (of many) that I love:<br />
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Even though we live in Hawaii, I haven't really let Lily get in the water yet. I've been trying to protect her skin and what not but it was time to introduce her to the world of water (outside of the bath). Well she took right to it. We went to our pool last week and she loved just floating around in her toy watching the action. Then on Memorial day we went to the beach and she had a great time in the ocean with dad and mom. I think we may be raising a water baby!</div>
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<br />Genevievehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12363187727948670888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239928149970453782.post-51518142250081510592013-05-26T01:54:00.004-07:002013-06-06T23:14:34.250-07:005 years oldIt seems like just yesterday that I gave birth to a sweet baby boy named Parker and a darling little girl named Penelope but really it was five years (and 4 days) ago. I now have two 5-year olds. Where does time go? That first year, well, Tory and I joke that we don't like to talk about it. It was rough but we survived. And now, now I just love being a mother of twins, my twins. <br />
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To celebrate their big day we decided to throw a big superhero bash. We invited way too many kids, I stressed about what to do and how to organize the party but we did have a few flashes of inspiration. One was to have Tory's seminary students come help run the party and another was to have my friend Foeata (a fantastic photographer) take photos of the party. So without further ado here are some photos from the party:<br />
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The party was chaos but the kids seemed to have a good time and its taken Tory and I about a week to recover from it so I think it was a success!<br />
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Then on the Monday after the party I was the parent helper in their preschool class so Tory brought cupcakes at the end to celebrate their birthday.<br />
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Parker with his Star Wars cupcakes: <br />
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And Penelope with her Hello Kitty cupcakes:<br />
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And then on Wednesday, their ACTUAL birthday, they had their last day of preschool after which we took them on a little picnic:<br />
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Parker got a Lego Star Wars encyclopedia which he immediately began to pour over.<br />
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And Penelope got a princess carriage that makes bubbles.<br />
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I got to take Parker and Penelope clothes shopping which was so fun but I didn't take any photos. Then we headed home to go to the pool. Sadly, the pool was closed when we got there so we told the kids we would go home and open presents and here they are playing with them.<br />
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After dinner we had cake and then FINALLY the birthday festivities were over. They were certainly fun while they lasted but its nice to get back to normal. I'm so in awe that we have two 5-year olds in our house and so so thankful they are ours!<br />
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<br />Genevievehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12363187727948670888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239928149970453782.post-9954838418437223502013-05-12T03:28:00.001-07:002013-05-12T14:18:12.679-07:00An ersatz ode to two women on Mother's DayThis writer of this post is not the usual author, obviously; this is is her husband. Hopefully no one who reads this will consider my usurpation of this page for a day as a detraction of her posts, which I cherish; rather I hope you read it with its real intent: to describe my love for my wife and my own mother on this holiday.
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And no, this is not a poem; however, the verbiage here will seem somewhat over-done, as is my wont and the nature of an ode. Such rhetoric is used as a device to attempt to mask emotions I pretend not to have, but which do in fact overcome me from time to time.
This is the first Mother's Day without my mother, who passed away last July. I do not speak of this event to many people; and I share my feelings on this event, or my feelings about my wife, to even fewer people--maybe a handful. I do not pretend that my sorrow at my mother's passing is more than others in similar situations; I am fully aware that many suffer the same pangs and travails of me and my family. I merely enunciate my surprise at how this day has slouched slyly toward me and how sadly it is that this note is all I can present to far more deserving women.
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Written history will likely never have in its tomes a story about my mother or my wife. Neither of these wonderful women live or lived in the spotlight; neither attained a worldly view of high office, at least yet; neither have made a major splash in the pond of newspapers or gossip columns, at least yet; and luckily neither have been the butt of jokes or malevolence of a world that seeks to debase or degrade remarkable people. (I caveat with "at least yet" because, while I doubt my wife will ever be in a gossip column, I cannot say with all certainty that she will not attain high office or find her name in the newspapers: she is remarkable in every way.)
I state the above only to point out that while the ripples of the lives of my mother and my wife may not be longitudinally-long, ocean-stretching waves, their ripples surely have impacts wherever they went or will go, in this life and the next.
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<b>My mother</b>. She was as strong a personality as one will ever meet. She was, by her nature, the hub of our family: the rest of us were spokes that shot out from her whims, wants, and needs. This is not written in regret or disrespect: our family revolved around my mother, plain and simple. If someone were to ask if I ever met someone who moved mountains, metaphorically, then I would point to my mother. She created magic wherever she went: things happened that no one had ever seen or done before when with my mother; people were changed forever by her ideas and notions; and no one was ever the same once my mother's influence, indulgence, or ire was directed at them. No, she was not a harsh woman; but my mother would not allow anyone to speak ill or harm her family--including extended family and friends that were "adopted" into the family--and sometimes that ire was directed inwardly at a son or daughter who caused or could have caused the harm. She was firm and immovable when required; she was patient when necessary; and she was diligent, caring, and loyal always. Maybe that was why her many illnesses in the decade preceding her passing caused the rest of our family such difficulty: we became hikers without a compass and boats with no sails. No, we did not fall apart: if anything my mother had prepared us for such nuisances of life as she taught us perseverance, wisdom, and independence of thought. So new identities were formed, and in some ways mourned, for even though these new identities garnered other centers and other beautiful, celestial priorities, it was never quite the same without our mother as the center. I think all of my family felt the final defenestration of her as center in the last few years: there was something intangible about illness and probable too-early earthly departure that was constantly stripping away my mother's physical effervescence and ebullience; and we could not be her center, nor re-create the old wheel; all we could do was help her fight with any power she could muster. She lost her fight last July. There was no moment of silence anywhere. The world kept rotating; the stars kept shining; the devil smiled that such a person as my mother was no longer inhibiting his work; and a few people out of billions mourned. I know that those of us that mourn think of her often: when we listen to music, look at art, go to church, kiss our children good night, stare at the stars, watch the spring flowers bloom--anything really, can cause us to miss her. She really was a spectacular woman. I regret every day that I could not be there when she died. Sure, I knew every goodbye could be the last; but, I had the opportunity to be there and a bad reaction to flying medication kept me from her side--a silly human frailty caused me to miss telling my dear mother all the things she meant to me. Now, I can only hold them in my heart and, in quiet times, ensconce myself there for a few moments to touch those hidden memories. On this Mother's Day, probably more than any that follow, I feel a profound loss. I miss her deeply. I loved my mother and am inspired by her memory and life.
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<b>My wife.</b> As difficult as the last paragraph was to write, to figure out how to say what the living embodiment of all that is good and wholesome in my life is has proven epically (not a typo for "especially" though equally apropos) hard. I sometimes wonder what others think of her. I hear comments from friends about how wonderful she is; how perfect she seems; how hard it must be to raise this harem of hooligans (myself included, apparently). To those people I smile and say I know--and then think to myself, I do know that stuff, right? I say prayers grateful for her, but what am I grateful for? I recently read a poem about why is it that great women marry impossible men and it made me think that I am, with some chagrin, one of those impossible men. I rarely laud her merits aloud or exult my love for her to others, and even more rarely do I dote upon her. How grateful can I be then? I cause more consternation than I avert, and I undo some of the great instincts she has instilled in our children (What? McNuggets are not healthy?). So, at this writing I had to inquire within my rusty soul, what makes her so emphatically, irretractably, unequivocally, and assuredly, the finest person I know? My answer follows: She is an element of heaven sent to the world to demonstrate what it means to be a better person--in every way. She is intelligent beyond what most people probably comprehend; she has wisdom that rivals most of those that I meet; she is compassionate on those that the world tosses aside; she gives with no desire for fame; she dotes on her children with a transfixing love that envelopes them with every hug and kiss; she reads voraciously; to her, change is a requirement of life, not something from which to hide; she works out when tired; she eats healthily when no one is watching; she prays with fervency as if she literally knows the Father to whom she speaks; she loves and requires no love in return; she would give up happiness if it meant someone else could be happy; she inspires by both act and speech; she emotes and is not ashamed; she keeps and cherishes her friends; she can overcome anything through by attrition using her good attitude and kind heart; she is patient without overindulgence; she is religious without over-piety; she has her priorities always in place; and she loves me. And, there, for now, is where I stop. At some point, she decided to let me be a daily participant with her; and that is the completion of this circular logic today: because it is for her love and opportunity to go through life with her that I am ever grateful. My wife is a magnificent paragon of what a person ought to be and a light to guide many of us through darkness. For those who would rage against that dying of the light in this world, I say that my wife's example could be a beacon or ensign to use in the darkest days. Whatever she thinks of this corruption of her blog, I can, for this brief moment, aver that she is my best and closest friend. She is my love and adoration. She is the personification of all things that are beautiful on this earth. I may not always deserve her, but I shall never stop striving to be worthy of her love or gifts.
Genevievehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12363187727948670888noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239928149970453782.post-20080480567320890672013-04-26T20:03:00.001-07:002013-04-26T20:03:28.457-07:00Yellow day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today was yellow day at Parker and Penelope's preschool so we decided to all wear yellow:</div>
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Here is sweet Lily with her blue blue eyes that we are hoping will not change!<br />
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The kids (and Tory) love playing with Lily, they are so cute with her!</div>
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My sweet Parker, how I love this kid. He is such a joy. This is him at preschool playing dress-up during 'centers' ie play time.</div>
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Lily is finally in her own room. She started off next to me in our room (in a co-sleeper) and then graduated to our walk-in closet when she was 3-4 weeks old. And now, now she is in her new crib (well new mattress, the crib has been used before). My friend Kim made the darling ALOHA sign for one of my showers and the pink bedding and bumper (along with the mattress) is from my other shower. She loves her mobile and her siblings love it too. After some of her naps we just hang out in her room while Lily watches it and the kids take turns winding it. Its so nice to have her in her own space. When she is a bit older we'll move Penelope in with her and have a girls' room and a boys' room!</div>
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My friend Danielle made Lily this awesome tutu and so we had a little photo shoot this morning. I love her face in this first one. She was looking at Parker and I couldn't get her attention for the life of me!<br />
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It was 'Wacky Wednesday' the other week at Parker and Penelope's preschool. So we (I) decided there was nothing wackier than tie-dyeing shirts for the kids. They were pretty excited. <br />
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They got to bring a Dr. Suess book to class and they even made green eggs and ham of which Parker was brave enough to try. Not Penelope though, she said she'll try it when she is five (that is her new answer for any time I try to get her to taste a new food). Oliver thought that since he tie-dyed a shirt and wore it (and got a new Dr. Suess book) he got to go to preschool too. There were some tears involved at drop off that day, poor kid! <br />
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And just so you don't forget we have another kid:<br />
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Lily isn't a full-time thumb-sucker yet; however she does often find her fingers and/or fist to suck on and occasionally she hits pay dirt with her thumb. Either way, its great when she puts herself to sleep!<br />
<br />Genevievehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12363187727948670888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239928149970453782.post-5898141752652832232013-01-25T01:21:00.000-08:002013-01-26T13:17:16.499-08:00Guess who is two months old?I can't believe Lily is already 2 months old. She is a great baby. She is calm, eats and sleeps well, and is smiling and starting to 'talk' which is so so cute.<br />
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I've been amazed at how nicely she has just slipped into our family without too much upheaval. The kids love her and always want to try and make her smile. One of our favorite games is hide-and-go-seek with Lily. I go and hide Lily somewhere in the house and then the kids go find her. They think it is hilarious!<br />
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She had her 2-month appointment today and she weighs 14 lbs & 2.5
oz. and is 24.5 inches long. She is off the chart in weight. Her
doctor said he can get away with calling her chubby for another 6 months
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rolly-poly she is. She just started big and is such a good eater. She had 3 shots though and didn't really appreciate them, poor thing.<br />
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Happy 2-month birthday to my little Lilyana Kai!<br />
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<br />Genevievehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12363187727948670888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239928149970453782.post-37070143505608167562012-12-31T22:19:00.000-08:002012-12-31T22:19:09.705-08:00Good GiftsHere's a photo of my two favorite presents this year:<br />
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The one on the right arrived 4 weeks before Christmas and weighed a whoppin' 9 lbs and 14 ounces. We took a while to name her but finally settled on Lilyana Kai Randall. She is such a good baby and we already can't believe we were ever without her. <br />
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As for the present on the left, I have wanted a Vitamix for quite some time and finally I got one! I'm so excited to get to know and use it on a daily basis. If anyone has advice or recipes to share, please pass it along!<br />
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So I found a place here on Oahu and took him in. The tears started even before we walked through the front door. Then when it was his turn, he just wailed. I put him in the little airplane and fastened the seat belt. He struggled and strained against that thing the whole haircut while he cried-and NOT quietly. We were 'those' people. None too soon, the haircut was over and we got to leave. It might be a while before we try that again!<br />
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Now when people comment on his hair and ask him about his haircut. He says "I cried and I screamed." At least he owns up to his actions, right?<br />
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And just so people don't think I've only got one child, here's a photo of Penelope who has to put on her chef hat and apron every time she helps me make something in the kitchen.<br />
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This is Parker at the pumpkin patch. He was in charge of babysitting Kohola, the pet whale for his preschool that weekend so we took him to the pumpkin patch with us!<br />
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And here are the kidlets in one of our favorite hangout spots........Target! They LOVE all the Halloween stuff at the store. And I love it because the cart has plenty of room for the kids and anything we might buy.<br />
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Genevievehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12363187727948670888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239928149970453782.post-72481386951740568382012-09-16T22:30:00.001-07:002012-09-16T22:30:17.544-07:00Some newsI've been kind of waiting for a picture to post to make our little announcement but since I'm always the the photographer, its never gonna happen. So we are expecting baby #4, a little girl. I'm due the last week of November so right around Thanksgiving. We'll have lots to be grateful for this year!<br />
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The first half of pregnancy is not so pleasant for me to put it mildly so my kids have been doing too much of this:<br />
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Luckily I'm feeling much better now (just in time to gain lots of weight!) so we are more active and busy with life.<br />
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Penelope is enjoying the growth of my belly and thinks it really cool that I now have an 'outie' belly button. She wants to name the baby 'Butterfly' Parker and Oliver don't really notice/care that I am pregnant but when I asked Parker if he thought I was having a boy or a girl baby, he said it was going to be a fireman baby (he's really in to fireman and policeman!). Both Oliver and Penelope thought the baby was a girl and when I had my level II ultrasound we found out they were right. We are really excited to have another girl. It evens us out (2 boys and 2 girls) and more importantly Penelope will have a sister. I really wanted Penelope to have a sister and it looks as if that is going to happen!<br />
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<br />Genevievehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12363187727948670888noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239928149970453782.post-8007955751294801872012-08-08T22:05:00.000-07:002012-08-08T22:05:42.080-07:00First day of preschool (the 4-year old class)<br />
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Parker and Penelope started their 2nd year of preschool today. It was
so nice going back the school they had already been to. They knew the
drill and weren't afraid, frankly it was easier for me, knowing how the
school works. They were both excited to wear their new shoes, in fact
Parker's first comment to his new teacher was "look at my new shoes!!"
Penelope was really excited about her new outfit. Her pants were a
little big so I had to pin them. They knew a few of their classmates
and seemed to enjoy their first day. Parker was that kid who kept
telling his new teacher that "that's not how Miss Sharon does it"
Hopefully he'll get over that soon!! Here they are waiting to go in:<br />
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There is an historic railroad that runs near our house and we drive by it
all the time. Since Parker is really into trains I looked into riding it when we first moved here.
But it only runs on Sunday which doesn't work for us. Luckily, a few
weeks ago a friend of ours organized a train ride for a Thursday
afternoon. Since the ride was going to be 90 minutes and you are supposed to
stay seated the whole time, I decided to get Tory to stay home with
Oliver (it was going to be in the middle of his nap anyway). Parker,
Penelope and I packed a lunch and headed over to the train station. There
were a ton of moms and kids (all pretty much under 5) but we all got
loaded up and headed out. It was so fun, I'm glad I waited until the
twins were a little older, they were just fine sitting and watching the
countryside go by. The ride was a little long but all in all we had a great time!</div>
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