Pictures

I promised pictures. So here they are. Hopefully this will get me relatively caught up with things! See what we've been up to!

We hit the North Shore at 4am to watch what may have turned into the Quiksilver in Memory of Eddit Aikau surf competition. The waves weren't quite what the event organizers were hoping for so it wound up being just a great day to watch some surfing.



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We went with our Cub Scout den to a local botanical garden and learned about the incredible varieties of plants that are native to Hawaii (and some that are not).



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We said "see you later" to some incredible friends (we refuse to say goodbye because we are hoping to catch up with them soon!).


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We celebrated birthdays!


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We played with friends.




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We made Spice Bread and learned about fractions and measurements and some kitchen chemistry (mixtures versus solutions). The results were so good that we gobbled them up before I had a chance to take a picture of the final product!


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We raced in the Pinewood Derby (The Boy's car is the castle...2nd from the right).

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We learned about linking verbs (am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been), nouns, and adjectives and how to build sentences using each, in addition to enjoying healthy snacks!



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We hiked Diamond Head with some great friends!


Diamond Head lighthouse (below). The Admiral of the Coast Guard lives there. Can you imagine?


My camera was absconded with and The Boy and The Girl took several great shots. I think it's about time to get them their own point-and-shoot cameras and start working with them on composition, lighting, etc. They have good eyes!


And Flat Stanley came along for the ride as well. He'll be making a trip back to SoCal here soon. The Boy wishes he could go with Stanley in order to eat In-N-Out!


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And we rode BMX. The Girl has slowly been making progress in her age group and is coming close to placing first (8 first-place finishes are necessary in order to move from the Novice category to the Intermediate category. She's currently racing against a girl who has been doing this for 2 years and a boy that is bigger and stronger than she.) on several occasions and The Boy just aged up but is holding his own, even against boys much bigger than he! And I am even considering racing in an upcoming special event race!




So that's a sample of what all we've been up to as of late. Rarely do I take photos of our day-to-day stuff because, really, who wants to see us buried in language, math worksheets, and reading history? But I do my best to document the more exciting aspects of our days!

Hope you enjoyed!




Pau.




- hfs