not so little nui

each morning after waking up, i begin to get ready for work and brandon makes breakfast for the kids as well as ahonui's lunch for school. the other morning i had the task of waking the boy for another day at preschool. it usually begins with a gentle kiss on his little cheek, and a softly-spoken "time to wake up, son. gotta go to school." in his little ear...but no response.

so it escalates to a nudge and a hug, with a not-so-quiet song: "good mornin'! good MOORNING! you SLEPT the whole night through..."...but still nothing - except a puddle of drool.

and so i must graduate to the whole ordeal of picking him up, shaking him and firmly exclaiming, "come ON, ahonui!!! daddy's got breakfast for you!" which, of course, leads to the groggy fussing and dragging of heavy feet to the living room. this behavior only lasts a minute or so, but as i laid next to him on the oh-so-comfy morning bed, i was thinking to myself...he's 4. only 4 years old! how the heck am i gonna handle him when he's a TEENAGER?!

i am definitely not looking forward to the teenage years. not only because it'll be a nightmare trying to wake him up each morning, but i'm thinking more along the lines of - incoming phone calls from female(s) with the cringing sound, "can talk to ahonui?"...or his requests of "ma, where's da car keys?"

deep breath. i do have another 10 or so years before any of these agonizing situations actually occur. he is only in preschool...but those situations really do pass through my head every so often.
he completed his first year of preschool in may, but since he doesn't turn 5 until this january he can't begin kindergarten until next august. so he is now going through his second round of preschool which is allowing him more time to perfect his reading & name-writing skills...

he also had his first may day performance. when else? in may.it was held in the CAC with the kahuku elementary school may day program. it was themed "we love rock & roll" so the boys had blow-up guitars and spray painted hair, along with a one-handed michael jackson glove. and i must say, those preschoolers are darn cute...and talented!

also in may, the little guy's graduation from his first year of preschool. i'm pretty sure he was going through the motions at graduation...and probably during most of the school year. but now that he's one of the oldest (and definitely one of the biggest), his teachers say that he's now a leader in class...letting the rest of the kids know how things are done, where things go, stuff lydat. kinda proud of my little nui.

his last doctor checkup & physical showed that he has perfect vision, is in the 80th percentile for weight, 90th percentile for height, and 70th percentile for BMI. so in other words, a normal polynesian little boy. we love our big little guy!