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!

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Day 126 / 70 To Go: Malasadas!

Posted by: Cris

A beautiful day here on Oahu... A first-glimpse of the newly erected gully fence. I had hoped to get a picture up yesterday until the unexpected sump pump project.

The girls are finally and officially back to their old selves. Nova is back to being a giggly little girl with only an occasional breakdown which is more related to the mounting stress of a missing mommy as opposed to sickness (I think).

The lone remaining strangeness from the sickness has been Juneau the last few days wanting to stay in bed and sleep until 9:00 and then take a 2-3 hour nap. She's still recovering her energy apparently.
Flarp Noise Putty - The girls' new favorite toy.
Luckily, it's like a less messy version of play-doh so it hasn't been too bad. Juneau sat at the table tonight after dinner and played with this stuff for over an hour.
Tonight we ventured out to grab dinner and on the way, what was parked in the Windward Mall parking lot but the Leonard Jr's Malasada truck! I told the girls if they ate good we'd get a special treat on the way home. On the way home I pulled into the parking lot and parked and told them I was going to get our special treat. While they sat in the car, I walked over and ordered malasadas. When I got back in the car, Juneau said "did you get our special treat from that Ohio State Buckeyes truck?" - Classic brainwashing!!
This was the first we'd had malasadas since returning to Hawaii so this was a brand new treat for Juneau and Nova and as you can imagine, they LOVED the experience.

Cinnamon sugar donut with chocolate inside...what's the downside?



Tomorrow the girls head to Melody's house for the afternoon while I'm teaching then we're off for an evening of fun.

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