The Stickley family adventures started in Hawaii in 2005 when Cris and Emilie were married. The real excitement began in May 2008, when Nova was born. 2 short months later, our little June-Bug joined the family from all the way in Vietnam. The next few crazy years included Emilie being deployed to Afghanistan, while Cris and the girls moved back to Hawaii, then a long year of living apart (and a lot of trips across the Pacific Ocean), while Emilie remained in Colorado to complete her Army committment, and Cris had to stay in Hawaii for his job at the University.

In the summer of 2012, little Jude joined our family, and the whole gang reunited for good in Hawaii!

Follow our adventures, as we try to keep track of life with our 3 crazy kids, while keeping our friends and family updated on the happenings here in Hawaii!

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

green, orange, red

I have 4 pitiful tomato plants. they are closer to death every day, but they do have some tiny little tomatos on them. Juneau loves tomatos. and she is obsessed with the tomato plants. The first thing she does when we get home is to check on those tomatos. she picked a green one a couple of weeks ago, and was so excited about the whole concept that she ate the entire nasty green tomato. since then i helped her watch the tomatos go from green to orange, and now finally to red. today i let her and nova each pick a tomato. nova loved picking it, but did not enjoy the actual tomato. Juneau did great with hers, and ate it like an apple!

juneau, excited about trying out the tomato. Nova is not so sure.
First Bite
Delicious!

We also got a great box in the mail from my mom, full of little things for the girls. Juneau and Nova have never actually seen Dora, but somehow they know her, and Juneau says "Dora!" whenever she sees a doll or clothes with Dora. My mom sent 2 little dora dolls and a bunch of Dora DVD's, along with some other fun goodies!
They are definately both grasping the concept of presents
New sunglasses from Grammy
Dora!

Cris is rocking as the Primary Caregiver :) The girls are happy, fed, and adorable when i get home, and to top it off the house is spotless!! We are still very actively looking for a great job for him, but in the mean time the girls are the 2 happiest little things ever to get to have dad's attention all day. it makes me pretty happy too, to know they are in the very best care i could ask for. Nova is especially becoming such a daddy's girl. It's funny because neither of them ever really called Cris "Dada". They both went straight to "Daddy". I love it. I am still "Momma" to both of them. I also wanted to write down so i wouldn't forget how juneau groups people together. If she wants to refer to cris and i she will say "MommaDaddy", if Cris is holding nova and i am holding juneau she points out "Daddysis Mommajuneau". she does that all the time, and it is so funny!

Posted by Cris and Em at 5:04 PM  

2 comments:

Emily said...

They are so precious! You should check if there are any places in your area to pick berries. I think they would absolutely love it.

August 4, 2009 at 7:47 PM  
Grandma said...

Emilie,
It is about time that one of our kids likes tomatoes. This grandma loves tomatoes. Keep the tomatoes coming!!!! Wish she could be here I could give her lots of tomatoes.
Love Grandma Stickley

August 5, 2009 at 4:10 AM  

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