Kali's sewing

Kali wants to take a sewing class but to save me the $60 per month, I thought I would try to teach her today.  We worked on a kitty today, filled it with wheat and now it's a fancy wheat bag/toy.  She made some wheat pillows today too all by herself.  

I put the sewing machine away after lunch, she brought it out this afternoon and threaded it all by herself and started sewing a larger pillow. Maybe she can take over all my mending.

Seven Habits Hero

Kali was chosen as one of the Seven Habits Heros in her class by her teacher. This is from the little ceremony they had for the grade twos and threes and the parents. I think she's a pretty great little lady.

Ward Luau

My Primary buddies and I put on a Ward Luau on Friday, it was really fun.  We greeted our guests with plastic leis, and lots of people dressed up so it was fun. We prepared Hawaiian haystacks for dinner.  We had rice, a home made chicken sauce recipe, red peppers, celery, green onions, pineapple, shredded coconut, cheese and dry chow mien noodles.  It was really good, minus the onions and coconut which I am allergic to ;).  For dessert we had mango ice cream and raspberry sorbet with little umbrellas sticking out.

As our entertainment some of the boys in our ward did the Haka, they were awesome! 

 The kids and two Dads had a hula hoop contest on the stage.

We had a video instruction f for learning the hula and we had limbo.  

It was VERY well received, and I am very well relieved that it is over.  

Problem solved

Kali's teacher took care of business today and she is a happy girl. Makes for a happy Mommy.
I have been thinking about the similarities between Kali and I today and it shocked me. She is very sensitive and is easily hurt. Guess what, so am I. If someone offends me, which often they don't know they could be doing, I take it as a disgrace to me, my family, home and country. Revenge is often at the forefront of my mind. Although it usually doesn't make it any further than that. Kali is easily hurt too, but she just cries. She is a better woman than me.

Children's Cliques

I am a little stressed out today.  Kali has been telling me about this girl in her class that started a "club".

It started out with 3 girls, then they invited Kali. 

The club was going to meet for sleepovers on Fridays. 

I shouldn't have got involved.  

I told Kal that clubs aren't very nice and they exclude people, so she told her "friend" that she didn't want to be in it (plus, we don't do sleepovers).  Now there are lots of people in this "club" and the ringleader won't let Kali's other friends play with her.  What a little bleep.  I am really mad.  I heard her mother did this to someone else when she was younger too and ruined her self esteem.  What should I do?  She's only in grade two, and it's just going to get worse.