We've had a fun few days with pumpkin carving, class parties, fall family fun night, haunted houses, and trick-or-treating.
This year Chase gutted, designed, carved, etc his entire pumpkin by himself. It is very hard for me to justsit back and not fix it or make suggestions, but he was so excited to do everything solo! Crew had the cutest Mr Potato Head-like pieces from Grandma Gayle for his pumpkins. He had so much fun with them.
For school, Chase was a hip-hop gangster and Caden was Beckham. It wasn't until I showed up to do class parties in the afternoon that I found out that they weren't supposed to dress up for school. Oops! I asked Chase if he was embarrassed and he responded "are you kidding me? I would choose to dress like this. I look like a pimp!" ...... oh dear.
Caden was a darling Beckham with tatooed arms and all.
In Caden's class we made carmel apples and I made Witches Brew for them. They were so excited for the brew and drank every last drop!
I made Jack-O-Lantern tortillas with Chase's class and quickly learned that they are SO not too old for parties. They were so excited and appreciative, I can't wait to do another party for his class. They just loved it!
Halloween Night. I missed my girlfriends and all the traditions of the holiday but we had such a fun night. Pictures by the beach, dinner at Longhis, trick-or-treating, ..... It is so fun to make new traditions and explore new things. We LOVED the warmth of the evening and walking with the kids as they ran from house to house.
We enjoyed a wonderful day off! We spent the day at the pool, beach, taking a walk, and dinner at the Grand Wailea. The food wasn't the best but it is great not to have to clean up all the mess!
Caden just ended another great soccer season. He continues to impress up with his speed, ability to set up and create plays, and fancy foot work. Saturdays just won't be the same without his games. Way to go, Beans! We are all proud of you!
We met in Oahu on Friday. My flight was scheduled to stop there and Geoff had some work to do. Geoff mainly worked but we took a little time to visit the Honolulu Zoo (in the POURING rain - it was SO cool. We were the only ones braving the rain and the animals were totaling interacting with us). We also stopped by Pearl Harbor on our way to the airport.
This year Chase gutted, designed, carved, etc his entire pumpkin by himself. It is very hard for me to justsit back and not fix it or make suggestions, but he was so excited to do everything solo! Crew had the cutest Mr Potato Head-like pieces from Grandma Gayle for his pumpkins. He had so much fun with them.
For school, Chase was a hip-hop gangster and Caden was Beckham. It wasn't until I showed up to do class parties in the afternoon that I found out that they weren't supposed to dress up for school. Oops! I asked Chase if he was embarrassed and he responded "are you kidding me? I would choose to dress like this. I look like a pimp!" ...... oh dear.
Caden was a darling Beckham with tatooed arms and all.
In Caden's class we made carmel apples and I made Witches Brew for them. They were so excited for the brew and drank every last drop!
I made Jack-O-Lantern tortillas with Chase's class and quickly learned that they are SO not too old for parties. They were so excited and appreciative, I can't wait to do another party for his class. They just loved it!
Halloween Night. I missed my girlfriends and all the traditions of the holiday but we had such a fun night. Pictures by the beach, dinner at Longhis, trick-or-treating, ..... It is so fun to make new traditions and explore new things. We LOVED the warmth of the evening and walking with the kids as they ran from house to house.
So it didn't have corn mazes, bounce houses, slides, hay rides, or any of the hoopla that we are used to a pumpkin patch having,......
Crew thought this goat was hilarious.
The tiny pumpkin in Crew's hand looked more like an orange than a pumpkin. Try as we might to convince him to get another pumpkin, this was the one he loved and HAD to get. The lady charging us at the end asked him where he found it and said she couldn't even charge him for it! He has walked around with his little pumpkin for the last 2 days. He loves it!
They had perfect pumpkins, great shaped pumpkins, red and green pumpkins, ... a great selection.
Crew fell asleep while I was making dinner so he was a little graugy at first, but he loved playing with his lei and had it all torn apart by the end of the night.
