Going Private

I am going PRIVATE.. Due to the fact that I write personal (although funny) stuff here, I've had some issues on some weird areas reading my blog, such as Italy.. Trust me we have no Italy relatives.. LOL.. So if you could leave me your email, and I will invite you in that way we can keep in touch.. Sorry if this is a bother for you, I write stuff to release it from myself and for everyone to know we share the same kind of weird day.. LOL.. So if you would like to keep following, please leave me a comment with your email..
My photography blog will remain public.. daslitphotography.blogspot.com

15 min energy nap..

Why when I tell people "Don't put the kids to sleep past 6pm or they will be up all night" They always end up putting the kids to bed at around 6:30pm and then when I ask " wheres the babies" they look at me like they did me a favor and they say "Oh I just put them to sleep"
So of course this happened yesterday, and guess what its 5am in the morning and they have finally fallen asleep, that right you guessed we have had an ALL nighter. Me, Iman and Teki. We have read books (every child's book in the house) we have watched TV (Disney channel) we have sang every primary song in the book (and no I didn't sound good) I have begged them to sleep, I have offered to pay them money (no takers this would of worked with my older kids).. Now as I look at them sleeping, I realize the Lord made them so cute so I could forget all about tonight..
Good night world..

From the mouths of babes.. (a 12 yr old one)

Mom: "Why is Sione crying outside?"
Mone: "Oh he fell off the bike."
Mom: "Sione come here, David go check on him and bring him here."
A few minutes pass
David: "Mom Sione is crying cuz Mone threw a shoe at him while he was riding the bike and he fell."
Mom: "Mone come here."
Mone: "Mom he didn't fall off because I was throwing the shoe, he fell off because he turned his head back and was looking at me."
Mom: "Looking at you what?"
Mone: "Looking at me throw the shoe."
Mom: "So he fell watching you throw the shoe."
Mone: "Yes but I didn't tell him to look at me, and that's why he fell."
Mom: "Are you kidding me, so it was his fault he fell off the bike because he turned to look at you throw the shoe at him."
Mone: "Yep, so he didn't fall because of something I did it was his own choice to turn and look at me." "Do ya hear mom."
Mom: "Mone can you hear yourself, Sione turned to look at you because you were throwing a shoe at him, I'll say it again.. Sione turned to look at YOU because YOU were throwing a shoe at him." "Think about it who's fault does it sound like YOU or Sione?"
Mone: "All I hear is Sione turned to look at me, he shouldn't of turned to look at me, so I think its his fault."
Mom: "But he looked at you because you were throwing a shoe, he wouldn't of looked at you if you weren't throwing a shoe, Does that make sense."
Mone: "No I never told him to look at me, he decided to do that by himself."
David: "Why cant I just hit him."
Mone: "Why do you always want to hit me."
David: "Because you are always doing things like this."
Mone: "Like what it was Sione choice to look at me I didnt call his name."
Mom: "Mone its your fault, you decided to throw the shoe and thats what started the whole thing. Do you understand?"
Mone: "I guess I just dont get why I'm in trouble for something Sione did to himself."
Why cant things just be simple around here, or with him... HELP.. LOL.. This morning he is still wondering why he has to do all of Siones chores.. When are they going to legalize child beat downs... LOL.. NOT..

Mothers Day weekend

I know I'm a little late, better late then never.. LOL
My mothers day was great, it was very relaxing and as stress free as it could get. I woke up to roses and cards from all my kids, and their dad. I liked it. I went to Brunch with my sisters @ Marie Calenders if you have not been their for their mothers day brunch you should check it out next year.. I recommend it to everyone. After that I went to church with my family, after church it was off to the cemetery to spend some time with MY mother who passed away Feb '99.. Not a day goes by that I don't think about her and our relationship.. I can still remember everything about her, her expressions, her habits, her talents (which I didn't inherit), her likes, her dislikes, her willingness to help people, her stories of "When I was young". Every time I think of her I cant help but smile. I wish my kids would of known her, they would of loved Grandma. I see a lot of her in my kids, and when they do stuff that reminds me of her I laugh and cry a little. I've told countless stories of her to my children they love em. I know she is watching us from above, and enjoying all the headaches my kids give me.. She is probably in some way, shape or form, egging them on to GIVE IT to me. I LOVE MY MOM and MISS HER DEARLY..
After a couple hours of hanging out at the cemetery my husband took us all to dinner.. I love Mothers Day.. I'm going to start a petition to have it a MOTHERS DAY WEEK.. Any takers?

From the mouths of babes.. (a 12 yr old one)

Mom "You better stop playing around in English, or I am going to put you ESL"
Son "Whats ESL"
Mom "English Second Language"
Son "What does that mean?"
Mom "It means you don't understand English"
Son "I don't get it how does ESL mean you don't understand English"
Mom "Its for people who speak a different language and English is their second language"
Son "So instead of telling people I don't understand them I should just say ESL"
Mom "No its the name of the class"
Son "What class"
Mom "The class I'm going to tell them to put you in if you don't stop playing around in English"
Son "What does ESL have to do with English"
Older son "How much more proof do you need put him in it already....."
Son "You two are crazy, making up words and stuff"
Older son "What word did we make up"
Son "ESL no body says that word"
Older son "Mom can I hit him"
Mom "No I'm going to"

What you can HEAR when your sick

Ive been sick for the past couple of days.. And not the PRETTY sick either.. LOL.. That means Ive been confined to my room, fevering, coughing and suffering ALL by myself. That's right no one wanted to even stop by my room and see how SICK MOM was doing. When I needed something it took all my strength to get someone to hear me. Yes I even started pounding on the wall.
While I was laying in bed, I could hear every conversation in the house. And let me tell you WOW I should sit in my room in silence more often. You learn a lot about your family when no one knows your listening. Here are some things I learned about my family while listening to them.
1. My husband CAN run the house from the couch.. And that even means turn the channel without a remote.
2. My older sons are NOT wrestling nicely with my baby boy Teki, and the crying he makes from the room is NOT self inflicted.
3. My daughter Iman is a big BULLY.
4. My daughter Lelu does NOT let Iman BULLY her around.
5. My oldest son David laughs and has cute comments after EVERY single thing we say to him.
6. My second oldest son Amone really isn't listening to a thing we say.
7. My third oldest son Sione really doesn't like to clean as much as I thought. (should of guessed that one)
8. My family watches way tooooooo much TV.
9. My kids DON'T hate each other as much as I thought they did.
10.My kids DON'T like their parents as much as I thought they did. (should of guessed that one to)
11.My husband has NO clue:
a. How many times the babies need to eat
b. How many times the babies need a diaper change
c. How many times the 4 older kids eat (yes honey they eat right after school)
d. Where the kids need to be and what time (and yes honey they all need to attend their
activities)
e. That I am THIS busy EVERYDAY (no honey I dont clock out at 3pm)
This just confirms what I've been telling my husband for a while, "He better pray I stay alive longer then him, because he has no CLUE what my or his kids daily schedule is". And he has the nerve to ask me everyday why? 5am or 10pm is the only time in the day I can go to the gym..
That was just some of the things I learned, but the most important thing I learned was
I DON'T KNOW MY KIDS AS WELL AS I THOUGHT I DID..
Its funny I thought I knew them but I don't... Sure I know the basics of each of my children, but I want to know them the real them.. I want to know the struggles they go through at school at church and even at home. I guess what I'm trying to say is my new goal is to REALLY get to know my children before its to late.. I mean shouldn't that be the GOAL of every MOM? So wish me luck, I'm sure Ill need it....

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...