The Birds, the birds

I hung a bird feeder outside our dining room window a few weeks ago. It took almost a week for the birds to find it, but they have now!  About every 2 days I'm having to refill it!  We have some cardinals and this other type if bird ( I have been told the name twice but it doesn't stick with me!).  Caroline says they look like little mini penguins. We all enjoy watching and hearing them. The kids like it when they fight for a spot. They will peck at the birds feet above them to get them to move or just fly into one another. 

Cup Song

I love when Caroline learns stuff like this at school.  One Friday afternoon her teacher decided they needed a little break and taught the class how to do this.  Caroline would learn fun things similar to this when she was in Montessori school.  She LOVES this kinda thing.  She has been singing the song for the past few weeks too.
Here is the song

Caroline wanted to show her brothers what she was talking about so we watched one night after dinner.  This is Eric's version

Not bad Eric!!

Puppy sitting

My neighbor, Shakira, had surgery on the 5th to get rid of cervicle cancer. I volunteered us to watch her 12 week old puppy Bodhi. He is very puppy and we don't plan on having a puppy in the house again!  Miles tolerated Bodhi very well and was quick about putting him in his place if he needed it. Miles took a long nap after Bodhi left today!!! 

Hanauma Bay

We made it to another beautiful beach Monday. It was a great place to snorkel. Very crowded but worth it!

Some of the scenery driving back towards Honolulu.

Diamond Head in the distance

Hanauma Bay

The plumeria tree in our yard!

Student council

Caroline was nominated by her teacher and chose to run for 2nd vice-president.  Justin and I were so very proud of her!!  She prepared a 1 minute speech and stood up on stage in front of all the 4th and 5th graders. So very brave! That would be about 12 classes worth of students.

She made the first cut and went on to the general election. She gave her speech again but didn't get elected. She didn't seem too disappointed and said she'd try again next year. That's my girl!!

The video is when she gave her speech the first time.  Her teacher took the video with her phone and texted it too me.

Food trucks

Last night we ate at a food truck in Haleiwa. This little town on the north shore is Justin's favorite.  There are TONS of food trucks in HI. This time we had Thai. It wasn't the best but wasn't bad. 

Sorry it's blurry, I apparently can't take a good picture while walking!

When you come visit we'll take you to eat at a food truck!  So fancy. 

Swim team (videos added!)

Caroline has joined the Schofield Sharks swim team.  She is still in the developmental group until she gets the hang of all 4 strokes and all the flip turns.  At her level they want a minimum of 3 days a week for practice.  She is doing great and LOVES it.  NO surprise there at all!
While she is swimming the boys and I enjoy the kiddie pool.  The rest of the big pool is filled with swim lessons and water aerobics.

Caroline is waiting for practice to start, Will is aggravating Eric and I didn't swim yesterday because it was raining and I really just didn't feel like it!

With the rain yesterday and swim lessons over, we were the on;y ones there!

water baby!

He loves the water too and he was dancing in this picture.

The glide part of her breast stroke.  

Not the best form for her kicking part of breast stoke (Susan understands!!)

The rain moved out and the sun came out where we were up at HMR.  The clouds on the mountains were amazing!

The sun was setting on the back side.

At the intersection to either go to the North Shore or back to Schofield.  You see the above picture to the left and this to your right.  So neat to see the mountains and the sea in the same view.

Here are a few videos I took of Eric putting his head under.  He isn't a fan of even getting his hair washed and to be honest I really don't even try to wash his hair very often.  He doesn't like the water in his ears!  But he is getting better and on his own decided he was going to go "shark diving" and put his head under the water.  All the time at the pool is making him very comfortable in the water.