Thanks Mom and Dad

Hard at work

Those engineers and building stuff...here's all the supplies that they had at the beginning.

Team work--can you spot Ryan? I'd know his arms anywhere. :) (He's right in front with his arms up and back to us).

Nice, eh? I still have no idea why on earth they built the engineer castle. Ry's supposed to email me the whole story (which I'll then share).

The smaller scale engineer castle.

For those who don't know--the castle represents engineers.

The smaller scale castle--finished product. :) Ry's standing on the right side (for those who can't pick him out).

Crabs

Jason found a niche where there were TONS of little crabs crawling all over the place. He and Evelyn collected a whole cup full.

Catch and release. :)

Dancing Evelyn

Fun with cousins

The kids at Ko'Olina, playing with their cousin, Grant. Jacob took Grant and Marcus on a "train ride" with the boogie boards.

Other pics

Marcus got ahold of my camera while we were at school.

The kids being their cute selves on the way to school.

Birthday Girl

Somebody turned the big 6 last week!

Her class at school sang "Happy Birthday" to her and got together for a picture.
We brought cupcakes to share with her class.

Once we got home from school, it was time to put the finishing touches on her cake--the sprinkles!
She had a small handful of friends over for a pizza party. This is one of her best friends, Brooklyn.

A light up Barbie from Ry and I.

Sorry about the bag being in the way. Granny Mac got her the Disney Princess Belle polly pocket which she'd been begging for (it has different outfits for Belle, a horse and carriage, and Beast!). Thank you, Granny Mac! She LOVES it.

It was a princessed themed party!

First Day of Preschool

Marcus got into preschool over at Helamano, however, the school is under construction at the moment. So in the meantime, it will be a traveling school (going to the different community centers around post). For now, he meets with this class once a week for 2 hours. Once the building is up and running, it'll be Mon-Fri from 8-12.

So here we are, walking his siblings to school while he's quite ready for his own school. Doesn't he look adorable?

He was so excited. Big smiles all the way to his siblings school and back again....til he biffed it trying to climb over some tree roots and covered himself in mud. After quickly running home, scrubbing his shorts, stripping the shirt off to replace it, and washing his scrapes, we were good to go.
Wardrobe take 2. While waiting for the other kids to arrive, the children read books about school. Marcus and I read about Little Spider Goes to School. He thought it was great. Then we read about a little monkey who was wanting a hug. Marcus was so concerned about the little monkey til he found his mom. :) After singing a hello song and doing some introductions, the Marcus's class got together with a "buddy" and walked to the playground for playtime.

What a little monkey.

He LOVED this "net"! Could harldy get him to play with anything else.

After playtime, it was onto bathroom breaks, the drinking fountain, and measurements (see how tall they are and how much they weigh).

Then it was circle time. There they sang songs with hand movements. I was pleasantly surprised when Marcus actually mimicked his teachers. They also sang songs about their names. Afterwards, it was time for blocks.

Great hand/eye coordination! The kids were also able to make name tags and decorate them with stickers. Marcus had so much fun on his first day of school. He paid attention to the teachers, got along with the other kids (whew!), and actually participated (now why can't he do that in Sunbeams?!). He even did an awesome job moving from one activity to the next. I'm so proud of him!

All in a day's work