Khai Asks A Girl Out

This afternoon Khai and I met up with my friend Wendy for lunch, who Khai has a crush on. Ladies and gentleman...for the first time ever...Khai asked a girl to be his girlfriend. Nevermind that she's far out of his age range. I think someone may want to give her fiance a heads up. He cried when lunch was over and we parted ways. I ended up having to call her so he could talk to her ... he wanted to tell her that her hair was pretty.

After he asked her out, he put a french fry on his nose and said he was a snowman.

Khai's girl.
I told her that now that she's dating my son, I expect her to cater to me. I'm not sure how far i'll get with that...

Old Friends

Earlier in the year, I passed on to Khai my most dear and beloved stuffed dog, Peppy. I've had Peppy since forever.  We've been through a lot together. He's traveled all the world with me. He's been my comfort, my calm. And until not too, too long ago, I believed that he and all my other stuffed animals had feelings.  I think to some degree because of Peppy, I still do in some ways.  His nose has had many surgeries performed by my mom because it would always rip. His chin has milk stains on it. His collar has drawings I made on it.  The night I passed Peppy on to Khai was one of those moments that gets you in the heart. Yes, I did tear up.  Khai doesn't have the same love I have for Peppy but he knows how very important he is to me and makes sure to take extra special care of him.  When he got him, he ran upstairs to show my mom, and I know it touched her to see him looking so much like me, holding onto my precious Peppy.
On Christmas Eve, John and I were going through a bunch of boxes in his family's storage room and came across his childhood teddy bear.  Passed on that night to Khai, he fell asleep with our dear old friends tucked under his arm.  I know John felt the same touching warmth as Khai reached out for Teddy and ran off to play.
 

Gingerbread Christmas Tree

 

Our lopsided gingerbread Christmas tree. Didn't look anything like the picture on the box!!

Snow Storm 2009

More Snowy Weekend Pics Here.

The prediction for our snowfall is up to 26 inches. The heaviest snowfall in about 4-5 years. I for one am thrilled, primarily because Khai is going to get to enjoy real SNOW!! The last time it snowed, it barely hung around a day. Yesterday when we woke up it was gloomy and gray out, but snowing like mad. Khai was so excited. Window to window he ran, just like the last time.. begging and pleading to go outside. I felt like the evil mom, having to say no to him... I'd love to have him out there with the snow falling down on his face...but it was just far too cold and windy. The last thing I want is for him to be is sick and stuck inside the entire time we have snow, like last year. I spent a good part of the early afternoon shoveling. Not fun, and my entire body is sore now. The snow kept coming down and I ended up shoveling a second round while Khai watched from the front window. I felt so awful that I got to be out there while he longingly watched (never mind that I was doing dreaded work) that I promised him we'd make some Magic Snow (fake snow) once I got inside. After our fake snow experiment, I brought in a bowl of real snow (the fake snow just wasn't cutting it) and we made a little snowman with a candy corn nose and button eyes. Thankfully today was sunny, which made everything so bright and beautiful. We spent a couple hours sledding up and down the street, trudging through knee deep snow, and building a snowman. Khai was afraid at first no doubt because there was just so much snow, but he soon got the hang of it and loved it. He's already begging to go back out tomorrow.

Ornaments 2009

Snow is coming down hard and heavy today. Khai is begging to go and play in it. But its far too windy and cold and semi-blizzardy to take him out. Instead, we stayed inside where its nice and warm, in our jammies, and made Christmas ornaments. We picked out three wooden ones from Michaels the weekend prior and waited for the best time to decorate them. Today couldn't have been a more perfect day.  We also added a Christmas Tree mobile that Khai made at school earlier in the week, next to my reindeer. Pretty awesome.
 

               

Bowling

Khai's first time bowling. He loved it. I love the tiny shoes.

Krabby Patties

Oh Spongebob... I never really paid attention to the awesomeness of Spongebob until Khai started watching the show. At first I thought Oh great, now i'll be stuck watching Spongebob Squarepants forever. Low and behold, I really like it. Really. He's such a clown. Even better, Patrick. No, maybe not even better. Equally so. Or maybe Mr. Krabs. Or Squidward.. I can't pick, they each have their dimwitted humor I can't but love.


There are many novelties that Khai calls his favorite these days. One of which are Krabby Patties. I hadn't introduced him to them until just recently - instant obsession. Mama I neeed a Kwabby Pattie. I neeeeed it. Its amazing what one little Krabby Pattie can do. Its like gold. The bonus is that one pattie comes with several sections - the two part bun, the pattie, the lettuce. Thats four whole gummies in one! I will admit, thats also four things to keep him busy...i.e. three extra moments for me to do whatever I need to do before he's calling for me again. If you're a mom, you'll know that three minutes is a whole heck of alotta minutes when you don't get any....Just give me ONE MINUTE!!!! The magic of the Krabby Pattie also extends beyond extra minutes. It works to get him to do almost anything. If you don't sit down and finish your dinner, NO Krabby Pattie! Plop, he sits down promptly at full attention and eats. Often, I simply just have to say Krabby Pattie. It doesn't matter for what, it works. I know this magic will soon run its course, as now he's starting to ask for demand more in one sitting. Mama, I need one more, just one more, ok Mama? Ok? Fine. ONE more... thats it. And soon after, without failure, Just one more Mama, I really really need it. About three Krabby Patties will get him to sit thru a standard haircut - at least that was the count at last haircut. One Krabby Pattie will get him thru dinner - sometimes two. The promise of a Krabby Pattie the next day will get him to go to bed, and so on...
At a dollar a box, I can't complain. Especially for the magic it brings and the three extra minutes.


Remember, licking doorknobs is illegal on other planets!
~ Spongebob~

I smell the smelly smell of something that smells smelly.
~Mr. Krabs ~

TMNT Whateverrrr

For a three year old, Khai has far too many hats. Its all my fault. I can't help it! He looks so darn cute in them... I keep getting more. His most recent is a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle hat.
Raphael to be exact. He had no clue who the TMNT's were until I got him the DVD and pulled the hat on him and instantly he was in love. In the movie Raphael (who is on his hat) says "Whatever" alot, which is what Khai does all the time. "Whateverrrrr". Its like having a teenager already!! Now he requests the turtles for Christmas and after watching the DVD just one time, he walks around like the expert on the flick, promptly informing us when we are wrong about something on it, then says "Whateverrr" and walks away with a little attitude.