It's Spring Break 2015 and we didn't have big plans. The school did in the days leading up to it, though, or at least it felt that way for my 7-year-old. Spirit Week is a BIG DEAL to him.
Crazy hair day. He was bummed because we decided last minute not to use the red dye we bought at the store (which said adults only). His frown turned upside down when Kate said, "You look like a dinosaur!"
I hosted preschool that week. Here are the kids taking trips to the moon (yes, those are fancy space suits) to find their moon rocks. To my surprise, planet day was my very favorite preschool day ever. The kids were super excited to take off in the space ship and land on planets where all you could do was spin, or jump up and down, or walk backwards. This day reminded me that kids have vivid imaginations and they are so willing to embrace new information. (I did teach them real facts about planets, too. Ha!)
A day at the park with playgroup. Kate and her friend, Ever:
Another Spirit Day--Zachary had a hard time going to sleep the night before twin/triplet day. He combed his hair down to look like David (since JoJo "doesn't do his hair because it's too short). The boys were all anxious that their shorts be exactly the same color of navy and Zac came home relieved that "they were." Ha!
Another preschool day--St. Patty's.
The last day of the semester, Zac's school had a carnival day. I was there to help his teacher and afterwards, she gave Kate a bunch of good behavior/good work tokens to use for games and activities. We barely saw Zachary--he was so busy running from station to station. Kate thought it was the most exciting day of her year so far.
She won some big prizes:
Zac and his besties at the photo booth on pajama day/carnival day. Mrs. Yamada is his teacher on the right.
After Zachary's soccer game that Saturday, we cooked it up to Hanalei--our first time there in over 6 months. Sports ate up our Saturdays for a long time, and we were determined to get north. Brady and Kate weren't feeling good, but they took one for the team (er, me) and we had a lovely afternoon in the sand and surf.
Sick daddy with his sick girl:
Day 1 of Spring Break: We played at Christina's pool for 2 hours and then played at our pool for 2 hours. We've had a chilly winter, supposedly the coldest March in 50 years. That didn't stop my kids from begging to use their free shave ice coupons.
Day 2: We met up with the Hadleys for beach time at Sheratons. It was finally warm!
We also rocked our St. Patty's shirts, drank green milk and ate green cookies.
Day 3: More pool time! Kate is getting more competent in the water. We also made two cakes for enrichment that night, and the kids had lunch with Brady while I went out with friends to celebrate birthdays.
Thursday was my weekly trip to Oahu for the doctor. The flights are terrible right now, so I couldn't get back as quickly as normal. I packed a bag and ran for an hour and half along Waikiki, ate lunch at my favorite Japanese restaurant, watched March Madness, and of course shopped. I feel guilty leaving my kids for Oahu and usually it is relatively stressful. This trip was awesome and felt like a vacation. Brady took a day off and made it fun for the kids, which eased my mind and guilt. They played until they were rained out at Lydgate, then salvaged the afternoon at Fun Factory and the buffet at Pizza Hut (double groan). Zac was shocked at the concept of a buffet--"Mom, did you know there is a place you can eat pizza until you are completely full?" Kate added, "And they have cinnamon sugar pizza!" They asked if we could go again this weekend, and our response was that we'll go again next time it pours rain during Spring Break.
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