Ku's Korner

Daddy is still cool enough!

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:00:00 -0800

Judging from the picture that was in the St. Louise Family Bulletin this morning, it appears that Daddy is still cool enough to dance with! The photo was taken at the Father/Daughter Dance last Friday night. So cute! Let’s hope Daddy stays cool enough for a LONG time!

Still snowing!!

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:28:10 -0800

Love It!!

SNOW 2012!!

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 13:34:41 -0800

Love it and just getting heavier and heavier! We already made some “snowkids” in the front yard and plan to head back out soon….then will defrost our toes by the fire this afternoon.

Also love the fact that dining room and living room are PAINTED! Thanks mommy and daddy for the help! Now the final room…the kitchen…I’m thinking yellow…got to convince Jefferson!!

Happy Dance!!!

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:43:14 -0800

That is what I was doing on my way out the doorway from the endocronolgist’s office. All of my thyroid levels are stable and the same as last year, so the doc gave me another year off. So very, very grateful!!!! Might do a few more happy dances today to celebrate this wonderful news!!!!

Perfect Birthday....

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 23:30:45 -0800

Even though our big girl Sarah Jo came home sick from school today….my birthday was perfect. Tons of emails and phone calls from friends far and near…THANK YOU…flowers from NanaK…special dinner at Nana and Papa’s with nothing else but Cherry Chip cake for dessert….and a charm bracelet on order from Jeff and the girls with two little baby shoes one with a June birthstone, the other with a July birthstone, so that I can always have my baby girls with me no matter where they are.

Looking forward to a wonderful year….always thankful and grateful that I am here to spend it with Jeff and our girls…not a day goes by that I do not thank the guy above for that opportunity!! Here’s to an amazing 39th year!!

Break over too fast....

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 10:51:36 -0800

I cannot believe that our girlies are back to school today…..the two weeks went way too fast! Great Wolf Lodge was a blast, as was all of the Christmas activities. Just missing my girlies today and a bit teary eyed…I like it most when all my little cub bears are home with me. It will be better by the end of the week. Hopefully we can get pictures from our Christmas adventures posted soon. Happy New Year!!

Our Sarah Jo doin’ her thing…four backhandsprings at...

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 22:28:38 -0800

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Our Sarah Jo doin’ her thing…four backhandsprings at the Seattle Westin Gymnastics Show this afternoon.

Santa 2011!!

Sun, 27 Nov 2011 19:39:52 -0800

Santa 2011!!

Title of my new book....

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 10:30:14 -0800

Sam Sam’s preschool adventures!!

On Monday, I, Sammy Jane, got my 3rd virtue slip for helping the maintanience man rake leaves during my first recess a few weeks ago. Last night I raided the Target dollar bin and got lots of fun new plastic animals that I am enjoying playing make believe with.

On Tuesday, I got into a little bit of trouble during circle time because ” I just could not help myself!!!” with playing with the items hanging on the wall. When Mrs. O’Connell asked me to move to a different spot on the carpet I burst into tears…but tomorrow, I’m going to sit on the sun…away from the wall!

On Wednesday, I came up with a brillant idea that I shared with Mrs. O’Connell…to turn the dress up/drama area into Santa’s workshop. Mrs. O’Connell loved the idea and the play area will be transformed after Thanksgiving.

On Thursday, somehow I got left behind from my class at the bathroom…most likely because I turned around to talk to my bestest friend Ava and did not realize my class was walking back to the classroom. Luckily, another teacher delivered me back to class…with a tear stained face of course.

Good news…I have next week off from preschool to recover!!

Oh and big sissy got a rockin report card and has a parent/teacher conference next Tuesday that mommy will post about next week.

Only 4 more days until our LELE arrives…we can’t wait!!!

Halloween...how can it be??

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 23:54:06 -0700

Now I’m not certain where October went, but I pretty much think too many late nights with a paint brush in my hand! I “think” I might be done painting until after the holidays, but we will see. The entire house has been done, except the dining/living room and the kitchen. The kitchen will wait, the dining/living room needs to be completed when we get the ceilings redone, but I’m hoping that will be after the holiday season. Fingers crossed!

Both of the girlies are doing awesome in school. They got to head to Target last week for a special gift, Sarah Jo got a rockin’ progress report and Samantha Jane received another virtue slip. Of course, Sarah Jo picked out a craft at Target and Sam Sam picked out some Littlest Pet Shop doggies, we would expect nothing different from each of them.

This coming weekend is super busy and fun filled. Lots of parties leading up to Halloween! I will be working at both of the classroom parties for the girls on Monday. I can’t wait, it should be a fun time and I’m really looking forward to it!

Tonight, Sarah Jo’s gymnastics coach asked all the little girls on her team to be flower girls at her wedding in March. You can only imagine how excited they all are. The wedding is in March, so we have lots of time to practice throwing rose petals.

Happy Halloween!

Painted.....

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 08:35:54 -0700

Den, family room, new laundry room/bathroom remodel, upstairs entryway, still lots to do, but hoping to tackle the stair hallway today, then on to two closets and the dining and living room….will be painting for awhile!!

Where oh where has September gone....

Sat, 01 Oct 2011 08:47:49 -0700

Oh where oh where could it be…….

So I think it went to school, driving, gymnastics, and a little remodeling! Things are BUSY at the Kujath House…..but they always tend to be….it is life!!

Let’s start off with Samantha and school. So the first week was HARD for everyone, especially for Mommy! The first day was awesome, no tears, all smiles. The second day, not so much. A total meltdown and hanging on to me for dear life….”Mommy, don’t leave me here, I just want to come home with you!!” I totally lost it, tears started flowing for me too, leaving her was one of the hardest things I have had to do in my life. Of course I left her there and went home and cried with Solo for the entire 4 hours that she was in school. Each day after that has been a little better and this week there were no tears at drop off at all. The teacher wrote me an email earlier in the week to let me know she is making great progress in class, participating more, talking more, and even showing them her sense of humor….Jeff said….uh oh to that one…heehee. At Chapel on Monday, she got her first ever virtue slip from Faith Lutheran for using self control at circle time. She is our little creature of habit and likes to sit in the same place during circle each and every time (Jeff said, who does that sound like????). One day, someone else was sitting on the flower, so Samantha chose another spot and earned a virtue slip which is now laminated and hanging prominently on the refrigerator. We have noticed a huge change in her confidence in other areas as well…she is chatty to the coaches and other kids at gymnastics and has now started rockin’ it out on her kart wheels. She is happy and loves to come home and play school with Sarah Jo, of course you can guess who always has to be the teacher…that’s right the big sissy!!

Speaking of that big sissy, she is loving school as well. The only thing we are “adjusting” to is daily homework. The first day she did homework, she said, “This is OK for today, but I do not have time for this every day, I need to practice my back walk overs after school”. Well she has mastered the back walk overs and is still doing daily homework….with a bit of grumbling…but we try to remind her, this is life (we let out the part that homework goes through college…heehee). Her weekly progress reports have been glowing so far and this coming week she is STAR OF THE WEEK. We have some homework to do this weekend for it, filling out her stars with her goals and dreams for the future and then she gets to gather all of her favorite things to put on display for the week. I think that will consist of gymnastics medals and trophies, the dress that her and Nana made this summer, and many pictures of Solo I’m sure. On Friday, Jeff, I, and Samantha get to come into the classroom for the last 45 minutes to listen to her share all about herself and to pass out treats (I will be making brownies per her request). It should be fun and we will be sure to capture some video and pictures.

As for the remodel, we now have a working bathroom downstairs (A LITTLE SLICE OF HEAVEN) and the contractor is moving on to the den. In the meantime, I am prepping the family room and Sarah Jo’s room to paint. I plan to tackle the guest bath after the first of the year. Lots of work, but so worth it!

It is a chilly fall morning here, Halloween is in the air, and we are off to decorate. Life is good!!

In Denial!

Mon, 05 Sep 2011 13:21:04 -0700

Yep, me, I’m in big time denial that both my girlies will be in school this year…Sarah Jo in the first grade at St. Louise and Sam Sam in the 4s class at the preschool at Faith Lutheran. Sam Sam will be gone 4 hours a morning, 4 days a week….2 hours a day too long for me! Sam Sam is ready (although she still has some reservations about leaving Mommy)…Sarah Jo is ready…Mommy, hopefully I’ll get there. At least I have Solo to catch my tears tomorrow morning!

Thank You Sissy......

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 11:37:21 -0700

For the wonderful Las Vegas vacation! We tried sooooo hard to bring back the 107 degrees and the sun along with us behind the plane to Seattle….it didn’t work…but the girls and I are trying hard to hold onto our tans…at least for a little while. From the dinner bell to the large Sonic Cherry Dr. Peppers by the pool, I cannot pick my favorite thing from the get away, other than I know we all enjoyed spending some quality time with you guys and Uncle Kitten. The mermaids were a hit…even though we realized at 4 and 7 they are not real….sad, but true. Both the girls agree that Las Vegas at night is the prettiest city ever….good Lord that makes me scared….and that it is super funny when old guys get sprayed with tiger pee….just sayin’. The tiny, baby dolphin will never be forgotten, nor will the pride that Sam Sam now has since she can SWIM. Only at Le Le’s do magical things happen….we would expect nothing less. So needless to say, keep the pool warm and the Sonic drinks on ice…we will be back soon!

On the move....

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 20:58:38 -0700

Since the last post we have been back up to LaConner to go crab hunting on the beach with Nana and Papa, then this past weekend we headed up to the Bellingham area to attend a Jack Russell Terrier trial. You can only imagine 100s of JRTs in one place, racing, barking, jumping obstacles, barking, getting ribbons for being cute, barking…you get the picture. We took Solo along to see her brothers and sisters and to get her “hair done”. She has much more of a rough coat then Sheridan and apparently the little mohawk of white hair on the top of her head and the shaggy state of the rest of her coat is not acceptable. We did get points from the breeder for her weight though, but her coat was a different story. After Lynn and her daughter got done with Solo, I’m pretty sure they took a pound of hair off of her and she is only 11 1/2 lbs. so you can imagine. Of course the girls insisted on keeping the fur and mom was responsible for it. She put it in a plastic bag and then all of a sudden she looked down and the fur was gone. It had fallen out of the bag onto the ground while we were walking to the car. Mom looked around and saw something that looked like a white rabbit…aka…the fur… in the middle of the dirt road, ran back and picked it up. It was the funniest thing I have ever seen! The girls also got to see and hold little JRT puppies. Luckily Jeff and I were strong and only came back home with Solo, enough for us right now. Although now Sarah Jo is picking up poop as her chore and mommy is LOVIN’ it….just sayin’! Who knows, one day a puppy might be in our future!

The girls went to the dentist today and both did great. All looks good on the chopper front. Jeff just informed me there are about 3 more weeks before school starts. I’m ready and I’m not. It will be SO WEIRD not to have a little person by my side like I have had for the past 7 years. It will be sad, but I know that Samantha is going to LOVE school as soon she settles in to her new routine, but I will miss my girlies! Thank goodness for Solo!

Off to fill out more school paperwork, it seems to get longer each year.

Oh and sissy…VIVA LAS VEGAS…can’t wait!

Happy 13th!

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 23:04:18 -0700

We headed to the Cove to find some SUN this weekend to celebrate our 13th wedding anniversary and Sun Cove did not disappoint! Thanks TOBIN family for letting us “swat”…and thanks Auntie Niki for the oatmeal cookies…seriously those things are dangerous! The girlies in the Kujath family actually have…wait for it…a tan line….yes, impossible in this Seattle summer, but Eastern WA has helped it along.

Now on to Mr. Kujath! Cannot believe it has been 13 years…doesn’t feel like that at all…although when you were going through those old videos tonight of when we lived in Georgia…our clothing scared me a bit! At least the girls got a good giggle out of it! It has been quite the ride and can’t wait to continue it with you! So happy that whenever we each have a free moment, it is each other who we IM first….funny…still make lots of major decisions on IM…oh well…it seems to work for us! Love you Jeffie, thanks for being my best friend and the best dad ever to two little girls who absolutely adore you. Here’s to lucky number 13…it’s gonna be a great year!

7 year stats....

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 18:54:38 -0700

Sarah Jo had her 7 year check up today and did great! She weighed in at 45lbs (10-25%) and was 47 inches tall (25-50%). I think she will definitely be taller than mommy and Sam Sam and she is currently only 1 INCH AWAY from the Howling Tornado at Great Wolf Lodge….she is SUPER excited about that! We are going to follow up with a neurologist to figure out why she is still getting headaches. They are better this month, but she averaged 2-3 a month since January. She passed the neurology test with flying colors, so hopefully they are just migraines…I had them as a kid, but luckily outgrew them which we hope is the case with her.

I also posted one picture from our family photo shoot this past weekend…adorable! We should get the rest back by the end of August!

Leavenworth, moles, bears, oh my......

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:18:01 -0700

Our annual resorting trip with Nana and Papa was a bit chillier than in past years, but still a lot of fun. The pool was COLD and we only had a few nice days, but we made the best of it. This summer has not been a hot one anywhere in the state, but we are hoping that August will turn around before we head into the rainy fall again. The destination this year was in the Cascade Mountains about 45 minutes outside of Leavenworth….a beautiful area! We went into Leavenworth a few times and did a little shopping as well as ice cream indulgence which is always fun. Back at camp we did a lot of star gazing, fish catching, kite flying, a little swimming, and a ton of bike riding! Let me tell you, the goal of the girls taking off on their bikes this year (Sarah Jo without training wheels and Samantha on her tricycle) has definitely been accomplished!

The highlights of the trip were definitely catching little tiny fish in the stream with butterfly nets…mommy caught the first and daddy the Marine could not be outdone so he caught the second the day before we left. Solo decided to catch a mole in the middle of a field. That little dog is cute as a button and obviously a great hunter….she was just standing there, then all of a sudden dug a few times, stuck her tiny little nose in the hole and came out with a grey thing in her mouth. Yes, I screamed LIKE A GIRL….as did Sarah Jo and Samantha…but let me tell you, it is something that they will never forget and actually are still talking about it. Thank God for Papa, who told her to drop it. She spit it out at his feet…SO PROUD…and pranced around like she owned the place the rest of the vacation! Luckily we did not see any bears in person….but we did see signs of them…they got into the trash dumpster one morning and you know that sayin’ “Does a bear sh&* in the woods?”, why yes they do!

Thanks Nana and Papa for a great vacation, we had a blast and the worst thing about vacation is when it is over!

7th Birthday Party....a GREAT success!

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 10:12:48 -0700

The sun held out for us and although the girlies were a bit cold in the hose water, they toughed it out and had a great time at Sarah Jo’s birthday party. It was a great day and everyone had a wonderful time. When I asked Sarah Jo what she liked best about it, she told me, every single thing, so I think we can check that off as one great party!

I cannot believe that our big girl turns 7 in 10 days, seriously impossible that 7 years have passed since we brought home that little 5 lb baby!! I already love the age of 7, some say it is the age of “reason”, I think I would agree. The year of 3 and 4 are tough in girls, but well worth the struggles.

Sarah Jo, your boundless energy keeps this family constantly on the move. Your sensitive spirit makes you a great sister, daughter, and friend. Your zest and passion for life is contagious and you are the first one to “get that party started”. We are so proud of all you have accomplished so far and cannot wait to see how much you grow in the next year. Happy Birthday Sarah Jo, we love you!!!

Thanks for the memories Sun Cove.....

Sat, 09 Jul 2011 07:37:47 -0700

We had an AWESOME time at Sun Cove hanging out with Jeff’s family over the 4th of July. It was sunny and warm, there was swimming, boat riding, LSV (low speed vehicle) driving, demolition derby, and lots and lots of fireworks. The girls also got to spend lots of quality time with their cousins, just hanging out, and catching up! A perfect 4th and we hope to head back that way again before the summer is over.

This morning we are headed out to Redmond Derby Days to stake out our place on the parade route, watch Papa march, and gather lots and lots of candy. Tomorrow we celebrate Sarah Jo’s 7th birthday with a party of school friends and family….stick around sun because we have some “Minute To Win It” games to play and some slip n’ slide to tackle. Our big girl turning 7…..slow down time, you are movin’ too fast!