The good thing about VIDEO

I'm going through my cell phone to delete videos because my kids love to record themselves singing, dancing and just plain being GOOFY.. When my very first video throws me for a complete loop.. There is my son Amone showing some ball handling skills with a beach ball, my son Sione is recording withing a few seconds you see my daughter Lelu dancing through the video and taking the spot light from Amone, within a split second I see Amone throwing the beach ball right at Lelu's face.. That's right he threw a ball right at a girls face.. What the heck? I'm so mad that I cant even be mad anymore. (Does that make sense) I just think to myself what the heck is this boy going through, and what else can I LEGALLY do to him to make him learn his lesson.. I've taken all he loves to do away and I've done a whole week of him doing all the chores (longest week of MY life) I've also done the famous hair cut.. It never fails just when I've finally calmed down on the OTHER 2 incidents I find something else to punish him for. I've informed him that LIFE as he knows it is over, and that he is going to HATE the next 2 weeks of his life. I've also told him that I'm done playing games with him, and that he should probably walk a straight line from now till the end of his life.. Yes I told him to consider that a threat.. So be forewarned everyone until Amone is done learning his lessons that he's suppose to learn KEEP YOUR DAUGHTERS AWAY FROM HIM. But don't you worry HE WILL LEARN HIS LESSON.. Again I pray to the Lord to bless him that he may now whats right from wrong (heaven knows I'm still trying to learn that) but I hope he pulls out of this beginning of teenager years soon..
I love ya Amone, and don't worry MOMMY will fix this...

When to fight and When to walk away?

Today my son gets home from school and says there was a huge fight at school between the Mexican gang kids (who don't even go to their school) and the Tongan kids, apparently from what I gathered the Tongan kids walked out of school when school was done and some other kids told them that those kids are asking about them, they (the visitors) walked up to the kid standing near my son and asked who he was they exchanged names one kid tried to hit the other kid and missed and the my sons friend pretty much did the rest, David grabbed his friend and tried to hold him back but things escalated past that and a big brawl pretty much happened, my son David kept grabbing his friend and saying "C'mon we don't need this use your head, walk away" But one thing led to another and police were called and everyone was called to come back to the school to give statements.. While I was in the V Principal office she thanked David for using his head and staying calm during the fight. She asked David what happened and David told what he had saw which matched the statement he had given. I asked her what the other statements had said she informed me pretty much the same as what David had said. She told me that both sides agreed that David did not fight and was trying to stop it on both sides. I asked her what are our boys suppose to do when someone from a different school comes and tries to hit them first. She answers they are suppose to walk away and get help... This answer has me confused.. Will the person they are fighting let them walk away? Or will he attack them from the back? She told me that the opponents in the fight were much smaller then my son and his friends, which led me to the question Who's fault is that they came to my sons school looking for a fight? Every question I asked her she answered with "I have to just go back to the size of the opponents"... What kind of answer is that, the OTHER kids as she called them came to THEIR school looking for them and wanting to fight them they came with friends they threw the first punch and because they GOT beat up the Poly kids in the fight are all in trouble.. Walk away? When, How? How can one walk away when someone is punching you, or how will you know they WILL let you walk away? I really think the POLY kids in this case got the CRAP end of the deal because of their size... I don't think fighting solves anything, but I believe sometimes and with some situations you can get really hurt if you don't fight back...
I've told my son he did the right thing he pushed his little brother back into the school for safety, and he helped his friend.. I've been told by the school cop it probably would of been worse had David not grabbed everyone and got them out of the fight situation.. I'm thankful the Lord kept my son and his friends safe... Do I think there should be a punishment YES, do I think that the punishment given to the boys fits the crime... NO....

Cycling... An hour straight from the devil

I have been trying to get healthy, I have high blood pressure so I've been going to the gym. I was up to 3 miles on the elliptical and just so you know I use to get to a half a mile and then I would come home and sleep, yes everyone I was that out of shape.. LOL.. Anyway I've been switching up my workout routine because it was very boring my sister and I decided to attend the different types of classes that the gym offers. I've tried Zumba at the West Valley Rec and finally talked my sister into trying it with me at Golds Gym, per my previous post I didn't make it to Mondays class, so I finally made it to Wednesday nights class, and wow did we have fun, I of course was so off beat but I didn't care, I figured hey I'm getting into shape right? who cares what everyone else thinks.. Yesterday we decided to go in and try Cycling..... We had heard from a lot of people that Cycling was the class to loose weight in.. Let me tell you oh my gosh I have never sweat ed this bad before in my life (and I have had 6 kids natural birth) this was the worse. I didn't even keep up with the class and I could hardly breathe I kept looking at clock wondering when is this going to be over.. The class itself is a pusher the instructor makes you want to go faster and faster on the bike and for some reason you talk yourself into thinking that you can so you start to peddle harder, then harder, then you realize at any moment you are going to faint.. I could not believe how hard riding on a bike is, they have dials that you turn on the bike to make it harder and WOW is all I have to say.. I see how everyone is loosing weight because of it, it's a keeper and I'm going to definitely include it a couple of times a week in my workout schedule.. OK the reason I thought it was an hour from the devil... Let me let you in on something, the seats on the bike are not the business.. Maybe if your 100 lbs or less but any other size it is not the business.. So I'm going go and buy me a cushioned seat from the store $10.00 and use it until I'm under 100 lbs (hey I can dream right)... So my advice to all is to take a BIG towel when you go cycling and get yourself a cushioned seat...

Chapter 3 ... The life of Amone..

So as you all know my son has been going through a stage in his life that I cant wait for him to get out of.. LOL.. And I would think that after a weekend that he has had, where he was the one to do ALL the chores in the house and he had to amuse the 2 babies all weekend. He also did all the chores brought on by grandpa.. He had a lot of teasing from everyone (if you know my family you know EVERYTHING is a joke)(yes even suspension)..
So yesterday evening I'm trying to hurry out of the house so I can go to the gym, I want to try Zumba at Golds gym I tell my son Mone to get me my socks and I go into the bathroom and brush my teeth, I walk out and what do my eyes see... Mone standing there in the hallway with the socks that he had on in his hands handing them to me..
Mom "Is this the socks you just had on?"
Mone "Yep"
Mom "So you want me to wear the socks that you had on, and you just came in from playing basketball outside."
Mone "Yep"
Mom "So is that what you think of me, you think I want to wear your dirty socks, even though I do laundry ALL day so YOU can wear clean socks."
Mone "Well you said for me to get you socks you didn't say CLEAN socks, I didn't know what you meant"
Mom "You didn't know what I meant or you just didn't want to get up and get my socks."
Mone "Mom I didn't know what you meant, your putting thoughts into my mind"
Mom "I'm putting thoughts into your mind or words into your mouth"
Mone "Mom I think its thoughts into my mind mom, how can someone put words into my mouth, man mom your a FOB ha ha ha ha"
Mom "Mone I'm going to count to 2 and if I don't have a clean pair of socks in my hands I'm going to put my hands on your body.."
Mone "Hands on my body, thoughts in my mind, words in my mouth, your funny mom really funny.."
Can someone come over and give this boy a CLUE.. Does anyone have any suggestions on what I should do with this boy? I'll take any help from anyone.. This boy is trying me and trying my whole family. He is walking a thin line with everyone, and I think only by the grace of God Mone is still alive.. LOL
I swear I've never asked so much of the Lord like I have asked this past weekend, for the Lord to calm me and every adult that comes into contact with this boy DOWN.. They say that the hardest the boy is as a child the better the child is as an adult.. Man if that's the case he will be the first President of the Universe... LOL..
Calgon take me away...

Dasl*it Photography... My newest venture

I'm finally doing it... I'm starting my own photography business.. If you know me then you know I am a camera addict, have been my whole life.. Just ask anyone they will tell you.. LOL.. I finally got me my very own camera (thank you tax return) and I'm going in blind and hoping and praying that the Lord blesses my newest venture.. The name of my company is Dasl*it Photography (Dazzle it).. If you know me then you know it has something to do with my kids, they are my life. Check out my new blog www.daslitphotography.blogspot.com

WHY?????

Phone call... "Mom can you come get me I've been suspended"
Mom... "Why did you get suspended?"
Caller..."Because I got into a fight (caller starts crying)"
Mom... "Why did you fight? Where they hitting you?"
Caller... "No"
Mom... "Did they say something to you"
Caller..."No"
Mom..."I'm sorry why did you fight"
Caller..."Because"
Mom..."Because why, help me here child I'm trying to calm down before I get to the school"
Caller..."Just cuz I wanted to fight"
How does one react to a conversation like that? Every part of me was wanting to get to that school and find out what the heck is going on..
So I get to the school and speak with the Vice Principal and she goes into full detail of the fight and reads me MY child's statement.. Where he says that HE went up to the kid and asks to fight and the other kid says NO and he starts swinging anyway.. What the heck? I'm fuming as I look across the room to my child who is still sitting there with the JUST CUZ look on his face. I asked my son what was going on he comes up with some excuse about how they are talking about this and that.. Oh by the way this is his 3rd version that he has about the fight. So of course I don't believe any of them..
WHY?
Why at the teenage age do they think they can take on the world and why do they start trouble when they should of just went to class.. Why cant they just know they are going to get into trouble and walk away? Why cant the Vice Principal leave you alone with your child when you get there? (that's when the anger part of me has hit the roof) WHY WHY WHY do they think JUST CUZ is an answer?
I pray the Lord blesses my son Amone to get through these next 7 days for they will be the longest 7 days of his life... I pray the Lord helps me find more things for him to do? I pray the Lord blesses him with the knowledge to sort the laundry? I pray the Lord gives him the knowledge to scrub the bathroom, and the rooms and the kitchen. I pray the Lord gives him the strength to move all the stuff from the backyard to the dumpster that will NOW be delivered on Thursday. I pray the Lord blesses him with the knowledge of babysitting while his mother is out coupon shopping. My final prayer is for the Lord to bless my son that after this week he will learn that he has so much to give and it can all be taken away so quickly.. He really is a nice boy but lately has been going through something, I hope he snaps out of it, before his next fight is with ME..LOL.. Lord help me get through the teenage years..

I'm so glad when DADDY comes home...

Yesterday my daughter Iman kept asking me to use the phone, I asked who do you want to call? She kept telling me DADDDY OK DADDY..
I dialed the number for her and waited to hear him answer then I handed her the phone, she starts talking up a storm and then I hear GUMMOO daddy k GUMMOO.. K bye.. Then she hangs up and looks at me and says "Want GUMMOO mommy wait k daddy GUMMOO k daddy GUMMOO k.. I looked at her and just laughed, she then looked out the window and there she stayed until her DAD showed up.. Luckily he was on his way home already.. LOL..
When he got out of the car he waved 4 laffy taffy at her and she jumped off the couch and yelled "GUMMOO"..
Watching her wait for her daddy made me laugh it reminded me of when I was young and waiting for my dad to come home, it was the highlight of my day. Me (and all of my brothers and sisters) use to run while yelling throughout the house DADDYS HOME, and then we would race to see who could get to him first. It use to make my mom mad because of the noise we would make trying to get to him, because you see we couldnt go outside to play until he got home.. I guess the saying is true "History repeats itself"..
Know I'm off to enjoy my GUMMOO... Just incase you wondered what the Tongan translation for Laffy Taffy is.. There you have it GUMMOO... LOL..