Hanamaikai Family Pics

The STAR or HANDFUL of the show...

About a month ago, Quinn's sister arranged

family pictures with ALL of the

Hanamaikai Family.

We also did our own family as well.

I have yet to see the CD of all the pics,

but here is what we took pics of...

Nalu didn't want anyone near him or touching him,

makes for difficult posing!

the IN BETWEEN...

dad giving Kaipo mean looks, mom TRYING to tame

Nalu, which he wanted nothing to do with.

boys being patient as can be, amongst the BIG crowd.

attempting to get a group pic of all the cousins

notice the MAIN uncooperative one AGAIN...

Nalu pusing everyone out of the way!

Ikaika ATTEMPTING to console Nalu.

Now Kekoa tries...

good as you're gonna get, Ash licking his lips and all!

No wonder the last time we attempted this

was when WE only had 2 kids.

Hopefully sometime b4 Christmas

I will get ahold of that CD of all the pics?!

Ash FINALLY started

It is soo hard for the preschooler,

when you have older siblings who start school

two weeks before you get to.

But Ash FINALLY started school

this week.

The name of his school is

Mary's Little Lambs.

They have a class pet that they

get to take turns bringing home.

They have a journal to record what

they do while Little Lamb is visiting,

and add any pictures.

They played the Wii together,

ate dinner and drank lots of chocolate

milk. He LOVED sleeping in Ash's bed

and woke up to a great breakfast before

heading back to school!

Ash was pretty proud to be the FIRST to

get to take the pet home.

Ash goes MWF from 12-2:30, so it gives STAY at HOME dad
a good chunk of time in the
afternoon, while Nalu is napping
to get work done (or whatever he does).
Ash has grown up so much. And he is
smart as a whip. I am excited to see him
learn and grow this year, as he gets ready
for Kindergarten!!

wish granted

Last Saturday when we were skype talking

with my parents, Kaipo told my parents

how it was not fair that his friend got GOLD dollars

from the tooth fairy.

Well Lucky for Kaipo, he lost his other

front tooth that very night,

and the tooth fairy granted HIS wish...

GOLD COINS!

Kaipo lost his 2 bottom teeth first.

Then for quite a while Kaipo only had

one of his front top teeth missing.

Looked pretty funny!

Now he looks and sounds cute, lisp and all,

with his two front top teeth now gone!

So glad your wish came true!

MY home away from home

In case you were wondering what my

SECOND home looks like...

Thanks to Jamie,you get a warm welcome

when you enter my room. She did

the vinyl letter for me.

It's just soo inviting, don't you think?!

And here you can see my room...

from EVERY angle.

It's nothing spectacular, but it is functional

and somewhat inviting. At this point all I have

time for is to TRY to keep up wth all my grading, testing,

planning, prep work, individual student needs, and so many

other day-to-day needs. Oh yeah, and

be a MOM! WHen anyone asks me how's school going,

my reply is ONE day at a time!!