Harry and his blankey.

Harry and his favorite blankey.

Harry never really needed or cared too much for his pacifier and blankest...that is until about a month ago.  We can't go anywhere with out his Wall-E blanket...or pacifier.  I was really hoping we weren't going to have another baby attached to a binky...but for some reason all of the sudden he HAS to have it.  I wish I knew what changed...

He is so cute with it.  He rubs it on his face, and caresses it with his fingers, he smells it and hugs it oh so tight... it's precious.

A visit from Little Reese.

Emma, Cody and Little Reese came out to Hawaii last week.  It was so fun to see them, and play at the beach.  Reese has gotten so big since the last time I saw her, she is a total delight to be around.  She has the cutest little personality, and infectious smile...I already miss her so much.

This was the best picture I could get with the cousins, they were so not cooperating for Auntie!  I wish they could've had more time to run around together and play together.

Playing in the sand with Auntie Emma.  Clark always enjoys going to the beach, but I think he had much more fun playing with other people (besides boring Mommy).

Clark and Auntie Emma.  Clark had fun telling Auntie all his new words and tricks.

The week went by way too fast...but I was so glad we got to spend some time together.  I hope Little Reese remembers me a little bit, cause I could never forget that smile.

Flying With Daddy

The boys love flying with Daddy.  Clark says Up, Up, UP!  Poor Jason's arms get so tired, he has to toss them over and over and over.

I think it is funny when it was Harry's turn.  He was too busy eating a stick to even care that he was flying through the air.

I love these nights, playing outside in the warm night air.  Looking at the stars, chasing the cat (Gary), talking and sharing our day.  Nothing beats the love of a family.

Middlesex

Middlesex  by Jefrey Eugenides

✭✭✭ (out of 5 stars)

I liked this author, more than the book.  I loved the way he described things, and wrote of the characters.  I was sucked into their world.  BUT I didn't really care too much about their world.  The characters were interesting enough, but I really didn't have too much invested in them.
The story follows three generations of the Stephanides family, thier imagration to America from Greece, and a family secret that forver alters the life of Calliope.  Calliope or Cal was rasied a girl, at the age of 14 finds out she is an hermaphordite.  She runs away from home, to find herself and escape a procedure that would have decided the rest of her life for her.  (As you can see I mostly idenified with Cal as girl.)  I was annoyed how the author choose to protray Cal's "change".  He spent so much time and detail writing her story, but when it came to one of the most important parts of the book (why she chooses to become a boy) I felt so left out and a little confused.

Halloween 2009!

Halloween was so much fun this year!  I am not real big on Halloween or dressing up, but having kids has made this holiday so much more fun for me and Jason... and the whole family.

Clark went as Buzz Lightyear, probably his favorite Pixar character.  I was worried he was gonna hate dressing up, but he loved it...and kept looking at himself in the mirror.  I love the way his curls spiral out of his space cap...it is to die for.  I know this picture doesn't look like it, but he did have a lot of fun on Halloween night.  He was chasing all the little girls around at the mall, and pretending to fly.
Harry went as the chunkiest little Nemo ever.  He looked so adorable in his costume.  He was probably the hit of the night.  I can even count how many times we got stopped so people could take a picture of him, or pinch his fatty little cheeks.  The best part was when he walked/waddled his little tail in the back flicked back and forth like he was swimming.
Jay went as House.  He has been watching this show a lot lately, with his friends at work.  He worked on his costume for weeks, and tired it on like 30 times, he can be such a girl sometimes :).  He was so excited when people actually recognized who he was (and wanted his picture, ha ha ha) and he even won me a iTunes gift card at his work party, for best costume.
We like to go to the mall for Trick or Treating, cause it is more lit up (and the stores give good coupons and candy).  Clark tends to be a little scared of all the adult costumes and scary stuff of Halloween, so at the mall he feels safer and has more fun.  They got tired of it pretty fast, and only wanted to eat candy...so after one round of the stores we went to play and eat CANDY!

Our Family Halloween 2009

Me and my boys.  I couldn't find a costume I liked, that didn't cost $50... so I just pulled out the ever reliable bunny ears.  Clark thought I looked so funny, and kept telling me "uh-oh ears, uh-oh nose", I guess he thought they didn't match?!

Here is our cat-o-lantern :)  We didn't set aside any time to carve pumpkins until Halloween night.  Clark was terrified of it lit up, thanks to the Monsters vs. Aliens Mutant Pumpkins Halloween special.  But I think he turned out pretty cute.  

On another note, I highly recommend Halloween costumes from the Disney Store.  We got our costumes from Disney Store online (on sale even) they are really well made, great materials and comfortable.  Harry's costume was so soft and fit perfectly, and Clark's even had blinking lights that worked.  Super quality and not a bad price, just FYI.   I hope everyone had as much fun on Halloween as we did!  I am really looking forward to next year.  We are working on matching costumes, for the whole family.  It is gonna be awesome ;)

A Beautiful Family Day

Saturday afternoon, before Trick or Treating, and the candy coma that followed...we had a fun family afternoon at the North Shore.

We went to Turtle Beach.  One of my favorite beaches to go to, not really for swimming, but just to walk and relax and soak up some sun.  It was such a warm and sunny day...it couldn't have been more beautiful.
In the past the boys have really loved to see the turtles.  But for some reason Clark was so afraid this time.  They are pretty big and intimidating up close, and I am sure Clark thought the turtle was gonna charge him (our neighbors keep a turtle in the back yard at home, and he does chase after Clark, ha ha ha).  So, needless to say we did not spend much time watching turtles.
Jason taking the boys for a walk, they sure do love their Dad.  The boys would giggle and howl with laughter every time the waves would crash up and catch their toes.
I am always trying to attempt a picture of the boys together.  I am sure one of these days, they will both be smiling and looking at the camera at the same time...until then I will keep snapping away.  (This time the waves were distracting them.)
My little boys.  They were both eyeing the turtle, making sure it wasn't gonna sneak up on us.  I think Clark was keeping it away by sheer force of his glare.  What a fun family day...it doesn't get better than this, I am sure.

I love his guts!

Our little Clark is getting so BIG.  He has gotten so tall lately, he is all legs and arms.  His hair is getting long again too... and I don't want to cut it, so there :)  He is so funny, fake laughing when he makes his own jokes, trying to play jokes on his brother, playing jokes on the cat...he is ALL about making you laugh.  I love it.

His talking is getting better too!  He can say about 40-50 words now, and about half of them you can even understand.  He counts all the time, and loves his letters and numbers....oh and shapes.  He loves shapes and can identify about 6 different shapes.  One of the biggest improvements he has made is his ability to pronounce the words better...he used to only say the first syllable of a word, 'wa' for water, 'cook' for cookie, 'circ' for circle...but now, most of the time, he can and will say the whole word, it is cute.  We still can't get him to say anything on command, or when he "supposed" too...it is only when and where and how HE wants, but it ok.
Last month we went for Chinese food, and in Clark's fortune cookie was the fortune: You are a bundle of energy, always on the go.  Truer words have never been spoken, that fortune cookie was meant for Clark.  He is always go go going, and having a ball while he is at it.  We sure do love this little guy, and couldn't live without him.

Pumpkin Patch Time!

Last weekend we went to the Kapolei Pumpkin Patch, for our 3rd year in a row, it is turning into a nice little family tradition, one I look forward to a lot (since it kicks off our whole holiday season).  It is amazing to see how much the boys have grown in one year.  Last year Harry was only a few weeks old, and Clark was trying to adjust to not being the center of attention anymore.  Last year Clark called the pumpkin's balls and tried to throw them around everywhere, this year he though they were apples and told us like 100 times "see appums".  

How about this one, he says...kind of.  He mostly just said "see" over and over again.  He had no interest in actually choosing a pumpkin to bring home....maybe next year.  It was SO hot and dusty...we didn't stay for very long, but we did find a very nice pumpkin to carve up.
They also had no interest in sitting and smiling for a good picture.  It was a miracle I got Clark to even look at the camera.  Harry was only interested in all the LEAVES and twigs...I swear he has such a leaf fetish, ha ha ha.

Jason and the boys.

Mommy, and her boys.  

We went by ourselves this year...so there was no one to take our family picture.  (We sure missed you Auntie Carol and Uncle Ed!)

Harry just chilling in the pumpkin patch, with a nice piece of straw.  He was in heaven.  After we left, we took the boys to Wendy's (also, a part of our yearly pumpkin patch tradition) and the boys were SO excited, more excited than going to the pumpkin patch even.  It is so easy to keep them happy, french fries and nuggets.  What a great family day!  I am looking forward to next year...maybe we will even live in a place where we have to wear a sweater to the pumpkin patch...and we can get hot chocolate.