the big bad four letter word

i would like to think my third child is sort of cute…..

adorable really

{does anyone remember when he won BEST IN HAIR??}

especially when he crawls into bed with me in the morning for a snuggle before heading out to

the kitchen and demands his breakfast be made.

I always oblige.

Third child syndrome does that to some of us.

{except when you are doing jumping jacks in bootcamp…..because that is a whole different level of third

child syndrome that doesn’t need to be explained}

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Anyhoo……

i realize that today marks exactly one month since i’ve last blogged and i thought this post

would be a great way to reintroduce myself to you.

Hello my name is Kasey

and my third child came home with LICE last week.

So apparently they really do attack the poor and under-hygened kids after all.

Fin and his bestie and one other boy from the class all had LICE ……

except here we don’t call them LICE

we call them UKUS.

it’s a big bad four letter word that in fact does not start with the letter *F*

but sounds just as bad when you say it aloud.

UKUS

pronounced: oohkoos

or you can just stick with the word LICE and everyone kind of looks at you weird anyway.

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The school nurse pretty much said the boys were all high-fiving each other like it was some sort of 

tribal pact that they all three had UKUS.

I would secretly like to think they were happy only because they had been out on Spring Break for the last 

week and a half and on their 

one day back to school before the weekend

that they were actually happy about being able to go home at noon.

but no…… they were going home with LICE.

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Now….if you have experienced lice….then i applaud you.

If you have not….then i have nothing to say other then the fact that one day your child might come home with

little black bugs that have invaded their hair.

The worst part was not the fact that we had to deal with the whole treatment of the hair….

it’s the fact that you pretty much have to wash 

every

single

thing

in

the

entire

house

but because i’m a freak….i washed everything three times….

and just when you think you are done…..

you start itching like crazy because obviously the whole family is infected.

Didn’t said child crawl in bed with you that very morning?

They weren’t….but still…..i treated everyone including myself and Bryan….

and then i re-washed everything….

threw away all hair brushes and combs….

all stuffed animals and small pillows were stuffed into plastic bags for the next few weeks…

every single corner of the house was vacuumed and washed.

I actually bought all new sheets because i’m that person that just doesn’t deal well with this kind of thing.

then i got out the clippers and buzzed Fin’s hair down to the nub

all by myself

it was a home hack job at it’s best because the charger ran out….but we dealt….

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gone

adios

buh-bye

beautiful beach boy hair……till we meet again.

I’m sure this is not quite the post that my mom and MIL were looking for when they called and wanted me

to update the good ole blog….

but SHEET

Fin came home with LICE last week and i just want you to know life is life….and

life goes on around here.

over and out

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little moments

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 Can i tell you what i love?

I love that my kids love life.

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I remember when the movie for Soul Surfer came out and we went straight to the movie theater

…..large popcorn with butter please……

…..junior mints……..

{we were in Illinois at that time when the movie premiered  ….April 2011….

but we had spent three weeks the previous summer in Kauai...July-Aug 2010}

and because we had been in Kauai and knew that they had been filming bits and pieces of the movie

while we were there……

you better believe we took the kids to see that movie opening night.

We were one of about 4 families in the theater.

I remember looking around and wondering where the hoards of people were that wanted to see this

movie about a girl who gets her arm bitten off by a shark.

hmmmm

I guess the movie grew as it stayed in the theater….buy anyhoo……back to that night…….

we loved it.

I walked out of the theater that night and i knew…..i just knew……Kauai had a place in our heart

and it wasn’t long after that Bryan lost his job and here we are full circle.

We moved here thinking our kids were going to be the

best surfers ever

but guess what……

none of the kids wanted to be surfers.

Lola tried it…..

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{damn it if i didn’t absolutely  love her surfboard…..LOVED IT….do you hear me….LOVE}

but she sold that amazing gorgeous board….

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and bought two mice with the money she made.

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Unfortunately only one of the mice gets photographed……

{if you follow me on Instagram then you know which one it is…}

and apparently he looks like he might have an “IN” with Cirque du Soleil in his future.

And when i show some of her girls heading out to surf…..

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Lola is not one of them…..because she would much rather be boogie boarding…..

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even though she was the one that seemed like the most excited to meet Sebastian Zietz

who was the triple crown winner…..

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it was us momma’s who were even more excited.

{i almost licked him…..but there were children around and i didn’t want to set a bad example}
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Anyhoo……

back to my surf story.

Lola’s out.

done.

i don’t lose sleep over it.

she will never be a surfer.

….

Mason on the other hand…..

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actually enjoys it……

but i’m not losing sleep over it either.

 He’s up for entering any available contests here………

even if it means he is competing with kids that are sponsored and have been surfing for years.

{i like to think that those first few years of having him watch baby Einstein videos was the key…}

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Is Mason any good……

no

he’s really not.
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does he want to join the surf team …..

no…..

he does not.
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Does he beg to go surfing every day…….

no….

he does not.

Was last Saturday the worst surf contest ever…..

no…..

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alright…

yes……

because there were really good kids surfing…..

and i mean….

really good.

But the best part of it was…….he just wants to give it a try.

It’s about having fun for him…….it’s not about the competition……even though the last contest…

he made it to the 2nd heat which was a big deal for him……

it truly is about perspective.

I sit and watch these parents of kids who’s life is surfing…….

{think toddlers and tiara’s but on a beach}

because if my kids life was all about surfing i would be writing all about how awesome my kid can surf….

but they don’t…..and can’t.

and i’m okay with it.

But damn it…..i still dream about that surfboard that Lola used to own.

{did i mention we have mice instead now?}

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Anyhoo…….Surfing is a way of life here……

so is boogie boarding and swimming and being in the water.

I am getting really close to actually putting a surfboard in the water……

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but till then….

i’m still holding out hope for Fin.

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but no matter what….….

 we bottle these little moments up ….they are fleeting…..and turn into memories…

and we celebrate each of these moments. 

{celebrating the non-win in the surf contest…..because that’s how we roll….}
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Its this thing called life.….and we love every minute of it.

weekly dose

Last week i joined AA.

It’s short for Anyhoo Alright.

I went four days without grapefruit juice and vodka and to tell you the truth my blood pressure

shot out the roof and my grey roots popped out faster then you can say Shart.

Which means i’m back on the sippy cup.

I could go on and on about how beneficial grapefruit juice is for you and the medicinal qualities…

but my therapist 

aka: bryan

thinks i write way to much about vodka so i thought i would just quit therapy all together

and so far its going great on my own.

Alrighty……..Anyhoo…….

{see……there it is….good ole AA}

Some photos and a re-cap from the last few weeks……and i’m going to try and be better about giving a

good ole Kauai Daily Dose to you.

1. The girls heading out surfing a few weekends ago… 

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2. my little red table is holding up well …..and Friday evenings are pretty holy around here.

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3. Lola loves animals…..so we have to stop at the horse pasture every once in a while to

take it all in.
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4. drinks with a friend after work one night a few weeks ago…

{i swear that gecko on the wall sharted on her dessert…..but i’m not saying one word…not one word}

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5. Hanalei Don working the register at work….

unfortunately…..it was a slow night so he thought it would be funny to surprise me with my fav cocktail.

{if i get fired after this post……i’m still holding Hanalei Don responsible….}

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6. I had to buy Lola  a new mouse cage because part of the downfalls of living near the ocean

is that anything with metal rusts pretty easily.

And it was starting to stink.

stink bad.

I had Lola run the old cage out to the condo complex garbage and throw it away……

and the next morning we found it at the neighbors yard sale.

They were selling it for $2

I don’t know what was more funny…..the fact that they dumpster dived for the foul smelling mice

cage and tried to sell it at their yard sale or the fact that another neighbor actually bought it and i see

it sitting on their front porch like it’s a fine piece of art or something.

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7. Birthday parties around here are normally at the beach.

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8. Fin and some of his friends keeping themselves busy while i was photographing a family….
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9. Pretty finds along the beach……
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10. Mason turned 12 over the weekend.

This is the cruiser i think he needs……

except since he won’t be driving for 4 more years….

i think i should be the sole driver till he can take it over.

Bryan is still not returning my daily texts about this proposal.
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11. This is what 12 looks like.

{we just got home from a long weekend in New Mexico…..so i’ll be posting about that later this week}

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12. Hanalei Don called shot gun and rode to school with us.

{i still don’t understand how this happened…..}
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13. Dinner with friends for valentines on our back lanai…..
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14. it’s even better when you can serve fine boxed wine.

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p.s. the word Shart is what happens when you mix the two words together:  Sheet and Fart.

Boys…..namely 7 year old boys….

think it’s funny to leave a shart in their pants especially since said child does not wear underpants.

It’s not funny.

So…in response to sharts left in pants…..i will leave plastic roaches on said child’s bed now.

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