Family Fun Time

Friday evening we grudgingly took the kids to the beach for an hour or so.  It always seems like such a hassle to get out of the house, but everyone loves it once we are!  The boys could have stayed and played soccer ALL night!

Photo Opp

The boys are still handsome as ever!

Caleb, post shower. Jonah, mid-shower! And Noah, after his speech festival.

Spring Break has Sprung

The boys officially started their spring break on Friday.  We celebrated with some pizza and a walk home through the beach park. 

It's to bad my spring break is next week so we could hang together all day, everyday.  Summer shall be here soon!

What's New with the Boys

Noah tried out for the school speech team today. He reports that he was VERY nervous, but he thinks he made it! We are still working on that humble thing.

Caleb is studying shapes in school and was laughed at by his classmates when he produced a package of diapers for his rectangular prism. He had picked it out all on his own and was VERY sad about his friends laughing at him. Breaks my heart.

Jonah is busy being Jonah. Full beast mode. His vocabulary is growing rapidly and he continues to test everyone's patience! :)
This morning we were able to spend some QT at the beach thanks to my four day weekend! ❤

Back it Up

...to New Years Day!  We headed up to the north shore to check out some of the waves that we miss out on living on the south shore.  It was a bit chilly....but gorgeous.

Daddy as the photographer...

No swimming today...

Just lots of rolling around in the sand...

Brothers are the best...

We did witness a lone body boarder attempting to conquer the waves....

And we took lots of pictures....

Because these boys are just so cute!

Even that big one....he's pretty cute too!

Fun Run

Last Wednesday was the Fun Run Fundraiser at the boys' school.  It was 8:30 a.m. and it was hot!  The kids had a ton of fun running around like crazy and even more fun enjoying all the snacks and Jamba Juice afterwards.

Caleb's class.....he's the far right, back row.

 Noah in the orange shorts with some of the other fourth graders.

 Thank heavens for the parent misters!

 Caleb attempts to lap EVERYONE....again!

 Snacks with their besties!

Saturday Night.....

.....chess lessons for Caleb!   He is so excited to finally be learning the real moves and rules of the game.  Over the past few years he has just been satisfied moving any piece to any position on the board.   Now if we can just keep Noah's mouth shut during Caleb's first real game.

Busy Little Bees

Everyone here is busy, busy, busy.  

Mom is back in school....which means the blog gets neglected.  

Dad is busy at work with meetings and phone calls and all that boring grown up stuff.  

Noah is loving fourth grade, powering through HOURS of homework almost every night.  

He is still swimming for the Kamehameha swim club three days a week, during which he was recently moved up a level to a new coach!  Very exciting news!  Here they are working on their arm strength.

He is also playing soccer this fall for AYSO.  He is enjoying some time in the goal, but also getting to play other positions too which is nice.  He seems to be emerging as a pretty great defender.  He always puts himself in the right position.

Caleb LOVE LOVE LOVES kindergarten.  His writing has perfected in just the last three weeks and he is a book worm.  Give the child a reading log and make it like a competition with prizes and suddenly the kid sits and reads books for hours!  

He is also in a fall soccer league.  He is the giant on his team.  He scored 3 goals rather easily in his first game and had to sit the rest of the game.  Luckily, he is more concerned about the snack than actually playing. :)  And his jump roping skills are being perfected as well.

Jonah has been busy being Jonah.  If he isn't playing trains, he's searching the trash can, or cleaning out the bathroom cabinets, or exercising his reach by grabbing anything and everything he can off of the kitchen and bathroom counters.  He is also into reading books which quickly turns into ripping out the pages.  And he is busy working on climbing (which includes reaching the top bunk all on his own), blowing kisses, raising his hand (good practice for kindergarten), and lifting Tiki.

We try to contain him by putting ankle weights on him....haha! (That's a joke.)

Doesn't this look just scream mischief! 

Our newest family member (by newest, I mean, most recently moved into our house), Bushia is busy too!  She has finally adjusted to the time change, catching up on sleep.  And she is busy keeping up with her grandsons.  As if Jonah isn't enough to keep her busy, she has even succumbed to a few board games with the older boys as well.  She is also busy with her daily walks, trips to the library, and trying to get her show times and channels figured out here! :-)

And last but not least, Mr. Tiki.  He's just busy trying to get as much love and attention as he can.

School Days

And so starts the first FULL week of Kindergarten for Caleb.  School is in full swing here and we are settling into new morning and evening routines at home.  Here are a few pictures taken over the past couple of weeks at school....

Ahh, they are so dang cute!  Besties.

 Check out that new Batman backpack!

 Getting ready to enter his classroom for his first full day!

 He found his desk...and was settling in.

 Jonah, on the other hand, is enjoying his one on one time with mom... 

especially when it involves a playground

 with big twisty slides!

Life is good as the third child and your mom lets you crawl around barefoot, on your own, on the big kid playground equipment at 13 months!

Weekend Roundup and More

First for the weekend round up....

Basketball games Friday night.  The boys were awesome as always.  Caleb scored a basket and was instructing his opponent on where he should stand and what he should be doing throughout the game. :)

Noah's team played one of the best teams in the league and they did awesome.  Hung in the game the entire time.  He made lots of baskets, had about 10 rebounds, and a handful of steals.  He tries so hard and takes it so seriously.  Cracks me up!  He is a stud.

Saturday, Noah had his first swim meet ever.  Earlier this summer he tried out for the Kamehameha Swim Club here in Hawaii.  After two weeks of out of control nerves and a few tears, he made the team and was overly excited!  This weekend was a BC meet for those swimmers who do not have a qualifying A time.  Don't ask what all this means because I don't know.  Perhaps I shall Google it and find out later today.  Anyway, he swam in four events, the 50 back, 50 breast, 50 free, and 100 mixed free relay.  Noah was so nervous!  As was I.  So fun, exciting, nerve wracking and everything else in between watching your kids step out of their comfort zone and try new things.  He was awesome!  Never finished last and even got a qualifying B time for his 50 free.  (Doesn't it sound like I know what I am talking about?!)

Sunday, Noah, Caleb, and I headed out to Wet n Wild to meet up with some families from Caleb's soccer team.  Four hours in the hot sun and I forgot to put on lotion sunscreen before we left the house, relying only on the spray.  Not a good plan.  We are all a bit pink today, but we shall recover.  Dad, Jonah, and Tiki had a relaxing day at the house playing a little golf outside.

We ended the weekend with a bike ride and dinner at our friends house.  

And now for the more....

I forgot to post the team pictures from the boys' soccer this summer.  Love them.  

Noah is in the middle.

 And Caleb is third from the right.

Busy week ahead for our family.  Swimming, basketball, new soccer league meetings, doctor appointments, getting ready for school, travels, and more!

School starts 3 weeks from today!