We did end up going to Kopolei on Saturday. It was some nice family fun, super hot, but fun none the less. As soon as we got there we invested in a big plate of fruit and water, perfect to beat the heat, next was tickets for Sarah to get on the big bouncey slide, moon bounce, and Julia to get on the flying elephant.
Sarah was getting antsy and we weren't about to buy more tickets so Sarah and Dann waited for Julia and I at the petting Zoo until Julia was done with her ride. The kids didn't seem to thrilled about the animals, they were pretty stinky and dirty, Sarah did enjoy petting the rabbit.
Next it was on to pumpkin picking, first time we did that in a patch, it was slim pickins for sure, pumpkins don't seem to fare well in tropical climate, but it made for a fun pumpkin hunt anyway. Good times and of course will be back for more next year.

The Potluck

We had some fun at Julias' Potluck, I got her batman hat ready just before we were out the door, so that is what she is in the pictures. But for Halloween she will indeed be Tinkerbell. Sarah let me curl her hair before we left, the first time she had curlers in her hair. The girls had lots of fun running around the playground at Julias' school, had some good food, cupcakes, and made some crafts;pretty cute stuff.

Thursday Sarah gos to school in costume. Friday neither of the girls have school but there will be a potluck at Julias' school Friday night(need to make Lasagna), the girls will wear their costumes to that. Dan, me, and the girls plan to go to the pumpkin patch in Kopolei. Next week Friday,Julia and her class are going to The Japan American Institute of Management Science and they will sing Halloween songs for JAIMS, after the kids get a treat for performing. there will be no school for Sarah but a Fall festival that night at her school, where all the parents and kids will dress up, carve out pumpkins, and go through the haunted house(Dann is helping with set up of the haunted house), and a bake sale too of course(hopefully I can make and bring a goodie). Sarahs' class parents are collecting goodies from all the parents for the kids, I might try my hand at popcorn balls, they are great to eat.

Waimanalo Fair

It was pretty small but the girls had a lot of fun. First they got on the Merry Go Round, then ate of course, Sarah wanted to save her appetite for the samples, Dann surprised us while we were getting drinks and we shared a funnel cake and hung out for a good bit. There was a big Cookie person walking around and they of course got a big kick out of that, there were so many kids crowded around him and boy were they rough at one point the poor cookie guys' eye popped out but someone fixed it for him right away. Then we met up with Kristen and Alex and then the three of them got on the Merry Go Round, I'm sure that will always be a kid favorite. The girls did the fun house, Julia was confused and wouldn't move so I got a ticket to help her through it, we both had fun. Alex fell in the fun house so it wasn't so fun for her. Then it was time for Cotton Candy because sugar makes everything better. We cleaned up, the girls ate pizza, and then they did the giant slide all by themselves. I was a little nervous about Julia doing it all by herself but she grabbed that potato sack that was about the same size she is, climbed up those stairs, and went down the slide on her own! I was afraid she would be upset but she loved it and wanted to do it again! After all that it was time to get home, the girls were so riled up so it was really hard to get them to settle down but they did go to sleep eventually and I was so exhausted that I just remember falling asleep and loving it.

The Beach

We had our playdate today, it turned out I didn't need to be at the inspection till later so we met our buds at the beach right where Magnum PI used to film, first time for us. Kristen watched the girls for a good while when it was time to be at the inspection, then we met at Mcdonalds. The girls seem pretty happy, we all had a good time and we're meeting up tomorrow for the Waimanalo Fair. There is talk of Kristen and Alex moving but we really hope that they will be able to stay.

Play Date Tomorrow

The girls are having a play date tomorrow with their bud Alex. I'm going to a inspection for the morning. So Auntie Kristen will take the girls to the park. I hope they are super good for her, I told her that if she needs to she can drop them off with Dann. I'm sure the three girls will have lots and lots of fun

Both Girls are Back In School!

Sarah and I had a pretty good time, she really wasn't interested in going out and doing anything. She had two things she wanted to do, play princess with her princess action figures or play on the swing set, she was content to those two thing. She was very excited to get back to school though, she was a little bored at home. It's so quite at home, it's a nice little break, my Dad and Mom are visiting little Eve this week, so I'll be taking care of the business while they are gone. I'm soaking up these fine hours of quite.