Thumb-sucking no more!

Well I think we are FINALLY pau with Zeya's thumb-sucking, it's been 3 weeks now, hooray!  Zeya has been sucking his thumb since birth so it was no easy task.  We used a bitter nail polish called Mavala Stop. Thankfully it did the trick. 

First nap he fell asleep without his thumb

  Showing off his thumbs :)

I'm so proud of this kiddo. It was so hard for him. He had to learn a new way to console himself and put himself to sleep. Anytime he was upset he would just scream and scream, not knowing how to stop. After the first few days it got better and I think it's officially over, YAY!

Home Depot Kids Workshop

Our monthly trip to Home depot for the Kids Workshop. We scored this month: Race Cars!! The kids were so excited.Everybody loved hammering the nails in and gluing pieces together.

Love the furrowed eyebrow ;)
Finished product!
The kids loved racing their cars down the track.


The races continued at home with our make shift track..
Gotta love free entertainment and free toys! Thanks Home Depot!

Christmas Eve

Christmas pics at our Ward Christmas party. Jazzy decided Santa's hat looked tasty!Jazzy girl posing for me Christmas Eve morning :)

Christmas Eve morning we headed out to go caroling at a nursing home that a lady in our ward attends. I looked over and saw Anjuli and Zion holding hands.
Zui and I played 2 duets.


Then we headed to the waterpark! The kids had soo much fun. I can't wait to go again.

Teri, our babysitter, came with us. It made all the difference having an extra set of hands to help out.

Anjuli and Zui battle it out.

We saw our good friends the Ohki's there. They invited us to join them for lunch! The kids of course loved the pizza, fries, and lemonade (thanks!)

Grandpa Ohki was kind enough to hold baby Jaz for a while. With Teri watching Anjuli and Zion, and Zeya asleep in the stroller, Zui and I took off on a mini-date! When we came back, Jasmine was sleeping soundly in Grandpa Ohki's arms :) Here, all the kids are trying to warm up--it was a pretty windy day.
After a good long nap, we had our family Christmas Eve program. Zui told the nativity story while the kids acted it out.

Zeya usually doesn't wear tiaras, but he was our wise man, and we didn't have a crown...Jazzy was our sheep (check out her pajamas :)
And that black panther, unfortunately, is our baby Jesus. We couldn't find any of Anjuli's baby dolls so we had to improvise.

The kids each got to open one present afterwards. Anjuli and Jazzy got matching new dresses.
Zeya and Zion got new pajamas. Zeya LOVES his new Cars pj's (he calls them "Tars").

Zion got Buzz Lightyear, which he loves second to his Spiderman pj's.
The kids had a busy, but fun, day! Now on to Christmas day :)

Cinnamon Rolls

Well I just finished the last of my cinnamon rolls for the year. I made 20 batches of dough, which made about 80 plates! Phew! It was really fun, but I have to admit I was glad to see the last plate go out the door and get delivered. Here are my kids enjoying their goodness.

So glad to have this Jones family tradition!

Early December

A few random pics from early December... the kids were soo excited to get a Christmas tree. It took 4 attempts to find a store that wasn't sold out. Ornaments go on the tree, ornaments come off the tree...this is a constant battle! But the kids love it. As soon as we put the tree up they thought Santa was coming that night...it's been a long wait!Making Anjuli's pinata for her birthday. Lots of fun, but lots of work!

Cannibalism at its best!

The kids got these crazy glasses from a birthday party.
And this is what they decided to do with them on!

We got to ride in the Wahiawa Christmas parade on one of Uncle Delbert's trains. So fun for the kids!

BYU vs. UH!! Zui was soo excited for BYU to come to Hawaii. This was his birthday/Christmas present :) And...we won!So glad Lory was in town, too!

Jasmine at 6 months

Jazzy-girl is at such a fun age! At 6 months she army-crawls all over the house, and she's getting fast. She loves to chew on Anjuli's princess toys and play with faces.

A few more crazy pics of my kids :)

They ALL love the camera!