classic Deakan

Grandma got to take Deakan to his first Soccer game. The first time soccer players all huddled around the ball and kicked each other trying to get the ball. When the game was over Grandma told Deakan as they were watching his older cousin play soccer.
"See how the boys are spread out all over the field?" "Your team needs to do that and pass the ball around instead of all crowding around it."
Deakan's response in his mature almost annoyed voice.
"Grandma if there were 20 balls out there we would spread out, but there is only one."

1st Grade

Deakan is so brave and confident. He walked right into his new school on his first day with no fear at all. It makes if easy to go to the boo hoo breakfast and not shed a tear when your kid isn't nervous at all. He makes us so proud with how willing he is to try new things and do what we ask him to do. He has been going to school for a week now and last night when I tucked him into bed he asked
"Mom why do kids have to go to school?"
I gave him a typical answer, so you can get super smart and learn everything there is to know.
"Why can't kids just stay home and have their mom's teach them?"
Well not all kids have mommies that can stay home and teach their kids so that's why we have schools. "But I miss you when I have to be gone for seven hours every day."
After swallowing the lump in my throat I told him that I missed him every minute of the day that he is away from me, but his teacher at school is much smarter than me and will be able to teach him stuff that will make him smarter than me.
He liked that response, I think he's pretty sure what I said is true and he can't wait to be smarter than Ben and I. He thinks he's just about there already!
I can't believe how good he is at pulling my heart strings, for a brief moment I thought, oh no should I be home schooling my sweet boy? I mean he did get flashed by a group of older girls on his first day of school, is this my sign that I need to keep him at home to protect him? My better judgement reminds me that we are to live in the world, not of the world, and my precious son has so much to offer I cannot hide his light under a bushel. He is going to do fantastic things on this earth and I'm going to have to suck it up and try not to let my heart ache every minute of every day that I'm not with him.

My little fish

First stop Dole Plantation

 We all loved the pineapple ice cream.

 From the second we landed Deakan started hounding us to go to the ocean. We literally could not get there fast enough! When we finally stopped at the beach before we even checked into our condo. Deakan was in heaven. It was like he and the ocean were reunited like long lost friends. He is such a little fish, he just dove right in. Ben won the award for father of the year this week. There they are after wiping out in a huge wave with Deakan on his shoulders.

Watching the sun rise at Turtle Bay, and gathering sea shells.

Sunrise at Turtle Bay

 Deakan was my best poser by far.

  Deakan also found a great love for snorkeling. We asked him all the way home would you rather snorkel or... snorkeling won every time! He's been drawing different fish that he saw while snorkeling.

                                   

 Love this picture of the boys running up to the temple, melts my heart.

 Temple grounds were to die for.

 Making music with the bamboo sticks. Moo, my, moo, my!

 Samoa was our favorite island. We watched this guy crack the coconut, make fire and climb the palm tree twice! He is hilarious :)

                                      

 Deakan is so fearless. I love that he isn't afraid to try anything. There were a bunch of college students trying to climb the palm tree. Deakan was adamant about trying it out. We didn't know if kids were aloud but sure enough they let him have a go at it and he did pretty good.

                                               

 Another stop at the Dole Plantation.

 Once we checked into the Ko Olina Deakan got a feel for their pools and slide area. After that he was on his own. He love, love, loved the slide. He probably went down it a hundred times. Ben and I just relaxed and Deakan ran around swimming, sliding and making friends with who ever he met.

 One cup of cherries please!


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 Deakan made this all by himself.

 Deakan is such a trooper, and an example to his younger siblings. He was so happy to be in Hawaii, even though he wasn't sure he wanted to go. I can't believe how smart and mature he is for his age. We had strangers comment on the airplane how smart he is. Poor kid was born in the wrong climate. He was meant to be in the water! On day four he looked at his arm and said "Mom, my skin looks cool." Yes it does! Everyone but Deakan got a little burnt at some point in the trip. He could swim all day if we let him. I'm so glad we got to take him to Hawaii again it was so fun to see him enjoying everything.

This is what a "red eye" looks like with three kids!

My eldest child

It's been a big year for Deakan. He started Kindergarten, he rode his first Ferris wheel, he has found a new love for lego's and sledding. He went skiing for the first time and became a big brother again. Deakan is truly the best first child I could have asked for. He is smart, obedient, independent and wise beyond his years. When I get frustrated with the kids he'll say "It's hard being the mom isn't it mom?" yes it is sometimes Deakan, but not to you. You are my helper and my peacemaker. I couldn't be prouder to call you my own. You are the best at playing with Reese in the car and the best at looking out for your little brother. A few weeks ago Maverik was asked to say the prayer in primary. He went and sat up front but when the time came for him to pray Mav froze. Deakan came to his rescue out of the audience and whispered in Mav's ear. When that didn't help he put his arm around Mav and said the prayer for him. I wasn't there to witness it myself but the primary presidency said it brought them to tears to see Deakan looking out for his little bro. You are such a quick little learner you have your first 3 articles of faith down and your teacher can't seem to keep up with you and the books you pass off. You are our official scripture reader at night before bed because you read so well. It makes me and dad so so proud.
I love how mature you are. When we were driving up the mountian to take you skiing the first time you looked out the window at a large snowy hill and said "I don't think I'm prepared for this." You are so kind and loving. You take such good care of your puppy "Licksers" you ask me to take good care of him everyday while you are at school. When Maverik get's hurt you always try to make him feel better. Usually by hitting yourself, which always makes Mav laugh. I can't wait to see what this year will introduce to you, and I have no doubt you will make us proud in everything you do.

happy face

Pregnancy is starting to wear on me and I was extremely tired one evening. Deakan wants me to watch him alot, he has lots of tricks to show and not a very big audience. So after about an hour of trying to nap/rest on the couch while basically ignoring him he came to me and said "Mom watch this!" I said "I'm to tired to watch you do tricks, leave me alone for one minute." His reply was "Mom, you need to work on having a happier face." Yes, Deakan I do.

I dare ya

I had the Stake Relief Society over to my house to train me as the second counselor. It was mid morning so I assumed the boys would be fine just watching TV and playing. Well, they came into the dining room several times telling me they were hungry. I just brushed them off since it was in between breakfast and lunch. After about an hour of regular requests for something to eat Deakan came in and said "Mom, I dare you to make me something to eat." The ladies loved it so after they left I told him I'd make him anything he wanted. Blue heart shaped pancakes were his request. Funny boy.

Age

Mom did you know when you get old you die?
Yes, I did.
So is Grandpa O going to die?
Not for awhile.
What's he going to live to, a million?
Most people don't live past one hundred honey.
How old is Grandpa O?
He's 62.
Deakan proceeded to count from 62 to 100.
See honey he's got a long time before he dies.
Yep, but he's the next to go.

Heaven

Deakan and his buddy Corey who is his same age were in the back seat while we were driving home from school on a nice sunny day. We had the windows down and they started talking about things blowing away like houses and dogs. Corey said "You are going to blow away Deakan." Deakan replied "if I blow away I want to blow all the way to Jesus." "Jesus lives in the clouds." said Corey. "No he doesn't he lives past the clouds, past outer space and the other worlds to where God is, but when you pray we can feel him right next to you."

Santa

We have been playing a lot of Santa clause latly. Deakan told me to come and sit on his lap and tell him what I want for Christmas. So I went over and sat on his lap and told him I wanted maverick to be a good boy. Mav had made some poor choices that evening so I guess I was venting. Deakan looked at me and said "that's something you need to talk to Jesus about, I'm Santa and I can bring you a puppy." wise words from a four year old :)

Stayner

The other day I heard Deakan call Maverik "Maverik Stayner." I told him that Maverik's middle name is Dean and Hampton's middle name is Stayner. Deakan said no, Mav is being naughty so he's a Stayner. I thought to myself has he heard Aunt Susan call Hampers "Hampton Stayener" when he is naughty. A few days later it came up again, he told me that someone else was being a "Stayner" it finally hit me, do you mean a "Sinner?" Yea mom when we are naughty we are "Stinners." Silly boy get's a little confused with his vocabulary sometimes.

Oh dear

Let's see how did this start?
Oh yes, Susan and Hampton came over this afternoon to play with us. The boys were upstairs being loud wich woke up Mavers. Susan and I went upstairs to relieve Mavers from his baby cage so he could play with the boys. We ended up sitting down in Maver's room and chatting. A few minutes later I hear Deakan in the bathroom talking.
Deakan what are you doing?
I'm going poopies mom.
Oh ok let me know when your ready to get wiped.
I'm not done yet. Mom. I let some toots out in my panties and now there is dust in there.
WHAT?
It's ok mom, I didn't poop. I just let some toots out and it left some dust in my unders. We can get some new ones.
Uh it looks to me like you didn't wipe last time you went poopies.

And then I remember that I had to run to the church and Ben wasn't home yet so I had a 10 year old boy come over to play with Deakan for a few minutes until Ben got there and apparently Deakan had to take a "poopie" and 10 year old boy babysitters are not prepaired to wipe other little boy bums quite yet.
So we changed the "dusty" unders and from now on there will be no talk of  "skid marks" at our house, they are just "dusty!"

Mean mom

In all seriousness, Deakan told me he didn't love me today. He left his "woof woof" upstairs and he wanted me to get it for him. I told him that he left it up there so he needed to go get it. This went on for a few minutes and then he told me he didn't love me. Even though it was short lived, it hurt. It is going to be hard to give this boy the tough love that he will need as he grows up with out breaking my own heart. Wish me luck~

Bless the food

It was time to bless our dinner and Deakan voulenteered to say the prayer. This is how he started.
"Heavenly father, bless that I can buy a car...  and learn how to drive."

He's 3! Are we going to start this already?

#2

I was in the hall with Maverik today during church. Deakan told Ben he needed to go potty. Ben took him to the restroom and waited patiently. Deakan then told him he didn't need to go anymore. So, they left and carried on with two more hours of church. After we got in the car to go home Deakan said. "Dad, I still have to go potty. I have a big poop and I didn't want to do it at church." Ben said ok son we are on our way home. Deakan proceeded to say "it is such a big poop it's mean and it has eyes." I have no idea where that came from. But it's nice to know he has such good control.

Damage

One of Maverik's favorite pass times is to get under our bathroom sink. He pulls out a roll of toilet paper and then unwraps it like a Christmas present. Once he gets the wrapping off he unrolls the toilet paper and drags it around behind him like streamers.
Deakan is very good about pointing out when Mavers is getting into something he shouldn't. Deakan came into the family room and said "Mom, Mavers is tearing up the toilet paper again." I was busy doing something so I asked Deakan to take away the roll of toilet paper and throw away the paper left on the floor. Deakan said OK mom and took off. He came back seconds later and said "Mom the damage is too much, I can't do it alone." I started to laugh so hard that he knew he had said something really funny.
Less than an hour later. Deakan comes to me "Mom Mavers is in Daddy's garbage can and he's eating chips from the garbage. I again said "go take the chips away from him." Deakan says "Mom there is to much damage, you better take care of it."
I think we are going to be hearing this line alot.

Buyer

Deakan was at his friend Wyatt's house playing the other day when his mom Kassy asked him what he wanted to be when he grows up. Deakan quickly replied " I want to be a buyer when I grow up" not sure what that meant Kassy asked what does a buyer do? Deakan said "I'm just going to buy cars and trains for everyone."

Drive

Mom if you were little I would drive you to Hamptons or to the Store when ever you wanted.

Jesus

Mom is Jesus dead?
well no, he did die but he was resurrected and will never die again
Why doesn't Jesus come to church then?
He does go to church he is just really busy working with the prophet
Whyatt says that Jesus isn't my brother
well, Whyatt is wrong, Jesus is your brother
He's not Whyatt's brother, Whyatt doesn't even know him!

Thomas and Friends

Deakan is pretty much obsessed with Thomas and Friends. He loves the terribly boring shows and would watch them all day long if I let him. He has picked up some pretty funny sayings from the shows. For instance, "Look mom, my friends are journeying across the rocks to my house." or "Mom you are going to have to shunt me into the shower because I'm carrying a heavy load." or "We need to take this food to the villagers." He is really into pretending to be things. All day long he is pretending to be one of the many many trains and wants me to pretend too. I can't wait until Mav can pretend with him so I can get off the hook.

Maverik

Out of no where Deakan comes up to me:
"Maverik is starting to get awesome just like me!"
Yes he is.