Jaylenes bday!!

Jaylene turned 7 on Dec 10!! yay! Her birthday happened to be on the days we had the bad rainstorm. So the night before her bday after she went to bed, I was putting together her crib for her baby dolls and as I was almost finished, the power goes out! So I had to finish with a flashlight and candles! Thank goodness I was just about done though! Her bday was on a friday so she woke up, got ready for school and opened 2 gifts which was a baby doll and rollerblades from Grandma Hu!! She has been wanting those for a very long time! Instead of making cupcakes or giving goody bags to her class for her bday, we bought a Dr Seuss card game set and wrapped it for her class. I know it seems boring, but a memo was sent home that an alternative to sugary cake or cupcakes or candies for bdays, your child can buy a game or book for the class to enjoy! So I thought that was a good idea! After school, she opened the rest of her gifts! For dinner she wanted to go to Genki Sushi! I didnt think anything of our being sick but when we sat down it dawned on me that this dinner is going to be a disaster. I was right.....Genki Sushi is a place where you can sit at the counter top and pick your sushi off the moving belt in front of you.....so moving belt+sick(coughing)family=a lot of stares from everyone!! I dont blame them....I would stare too and wonder why you are here when you are sick! And Eric doesnt remember, pretty much, ever, to cover his mouth when he coughs! So we spread the aloha(aka germs) lol!! this virus is crazy irritating! it lasts for weeks! crazy stuffy nose then turns into a crazy itchy cough, mostly cough fits that hurt your throat and give you a headache and make your mouth taste like blood. Anyway, where was I?? So after that disaterous dinner, we went to the movies to see if MegaMind was playing and it wasnt.....only during the afternoon.....so we went to Fun Factory! Then we drove around Mililani to look at the christmas lights....had some really nice decorated houses! then we went home and ate icecream cake!! it was a good day and Jaylene had fun! My phone was blowing up with all the calls from aunties and uncles for Jaylene! Lil miss popular!! Did I mention she keeps asking for her own phone! ha! keep dreaming girl.....the other day she came home from school and told me "mom, (some girls name)has a cell phone and shes not that much older than me" i said "well, good for her"

Sunday we had a beach get together at Koolina for her bday. So had my family(which is huge now) and Jons side of the family. Thankfully the storm had passed and the weather was nice. We snagged the tree that I wanted too! I made bentos at home for lunch. We had rice w/furikake,hotdog,teri spam and takuwan. Also my father in law bought apple napples and a tray from zippys with beef,katsu,fish......so lunch was good! Erics nose was draining all day(which was gross) Danielle ended up with someones mucus in her hair!! eewww! Jaylene saw a turtle in the water by the rocks but by the time I got there, it was gone! we did see a big black crab and lots of striped fish! the day was fun and all the kids enjoyed the water, especially cause anuty Jen brought some beach toys! thanks Jen!! Koolina is pretty strict with their rules! They dont allow any umbrellas or quick shades...and after throwing the football around on the grass, we learned we arent allowed to do that either!! crazy!! There is a Disneyland Hotel being built at koolina. It will be done next year sometime. We always talk about how we want to stay there. Actually we want to go to Disneyland after Eric is 5 and so far we have saved up $3.62!! woohoo!!!! and we dont even have enough flyer miles to fly to Maui so we suck!! so if anyone is generous enough to give us their miles, I will love you forever!! Me and Eric are heading out soon to Pearlridge to see a friend. Her brother came out with his own brand of balance band. Its called "Ionic Power" band!! So she no longer sells the Power Balance bands, and is now selling Ionic Power at Pearlridge !! So I am gonna pick up a couple as gifts....I am still wondering if anyone with vertigo has tried wearing one and if it helps! If it does, that is awesome! My daughter wears hers all the time and was even wearing it when she tried her rollerblades for the first time! She did great and I asked her if her bracelet helped her balance, she laughed and said " i guess so". she actually did great for her first try!! she looked cute with her protective pads on! when she first fell on her knees, she was like "wow, these pads are cool! i didnt even scrape my knee!" well, until next post......