Not by the hair of my chinny chin chin

I took Kael to visit his new preschool so he can get the lay of the land, so to speak, before he starts his new year. I plan on enrolling him in summer camps there so he has something fun to do for a few hours in the morning and get him used to the new campus. He was so excited and wanted to start school that day, at that visit. I told him he can go next week and while he's wasn't thrilled at the prospect of leaving, he was OK with coming back "later, after my nap."

You have to love a kid's perspective of time.

Uncle Trieu came for a visit and Kael was beyond thrilled (I seriously think he's so over spending time with me and Malia). It's always such a fun treat to watch a single, kidless uncle play with your child. All the interesting things young children learn from their uncles...

Kael has been listening to a CD burned by Ms Jackie (his former preschool teacher) of the class favorites and his current song is a rock rendition of The Three Little Pigs set to the song "Bad to the Bones" by George Thorogood and the Destroyers (you know: "B-B-B-Bad... B-B-B-Bad to the bones"). Anyway Kael's been building his house all week and last night he got out all his tools so he and his uncle can build a sturdy house to keep the wolf out.

First you have to put up the walls by screwing in screws with the drill. In case you're wondering, the monkey cups help with the drilling. I missed that portion of the tutorial on building a wolf-proof house as I was getting the camera but that's what Kael told Trieu.

Next you saw the wood. Kael tells Trieu to be careful with the saw.













Then you hammer in some nails. Trieu takes over the sawing duties and asks Kael if he can "saw off Kael's arm." Kael says "NO!" and then Trieu tells him "Come on, we need to saw off your arms. We can use your arms to hold up the walls." (Do you see where Trieu is trying to saw off Kael's arms?)

After last night's construction, I'm now on the look out for Kael sawing off or hammering nails into his sister. Thanks, Trieu.

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Everyone who meets Malia think she's just the cutest little baby, such a sweet little angel. And don't get me wrong, she really is cute. But here's proof of what she's really like.

Kael gets a rinse every morning because he's a sweaty sleeper. And every morning it's a balancing act to get one kid out of the shower while keeping the other out.

Here she is trying to get in. I've already taken her away a couple of times. The door is open because I need to rinse down the walls and re-stick Kael's dinosaurs to the glass. All while Kael is running amuck in my bedroom naked as a jay bird.









Malia: "I'm getting in that shower whether you like it or not!"

















And here she is trying again. She's obviously an obedient child.

















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