Ho'ike 2011

It's hard to believe that I've been dancing hula for 13 years now. *Gasp* I'm getting OLD! On Memorial Day Weekend, my Kumu Hula Kau'i Isa-Kahaku celebrated 25 years of teaching and her 15th ho'ike. It was at the Fox Theater in Redwood City. It's always a frenzied, yet fun event...trying to get costumes and props together, corral the little ones, convince the older ones to stop texting for one minute, remember all the last minute changes...but it always comes together into a beautiful show (or so my parents always tell me)! 


Jay brought Justin and both boys made it through the whole show! Jay said that Justin was pretty entranced throughout the show...maybe because it looked like one big TV show :) Before the show, I visited the boys at their table, but Justin looked at me warily...I think because I had my costume on and lots of makeup (well, I had makeup on, which is different enough!)


But fun was had by all and I was so relieved to sleep in the next day. I've been running myself ragged between hula and work and homelife...I fantasize about naps nowadays...maybe one day I'll be caught up on sleep!

Mother's Day 2011

 In a never ending quest for the perfect Mother's Day Brunch restaurant, I dragged my family out to a local San Carlos restaurant that sounded promising. It most definitely was NOT. We won't waste time on that, but Justin actually managed to have a good time in spite of everything. He especially enjoyed dessert...(oh yes, he's definitely my son!). And we managed to get a nice picture of me and my mom and Justin, so the day ended well. :)

Nesting

Justin found a new use for my raffia koko from hula...a nest for the Pteranadon family!

 

Pineapple Classic

Well, I'm woefully behind again on my blogging. I hope to catch up soon (famous last words!) But I wanted to share just a few pics from an obstacle race that Jay and I ran in last week. Yup, you read that right, an OBSTACLE RACE that I RAN in. Will wonders never cease? Considering I am of the exercise-adverse club, running even part of a 5K is a big deal for me. Jay was a great support. We had to carry a pineapple with us the whole way and Jay lugged that thing most of the way, all the while checking on me to make sure I hadn't collapsed in a ditch somewhere behind him.


But we made it out safely with just a few scrapes and bruises from crawling through tubes, climbing walls, jumping through tires, and making it over hurdles. A fun event and something that Jay wants to do again next year...maybe we'll even train next time!

Easter Fun

Honestly, I had forgotten how much I enjoy Easter Egg Hunts. My mom always used to plan out these scavenger hunts for my brother and I through the house involving lots of chocolate eggs and stuffed rabbits.

This year I was excited that Justin was old enough to really understand the concept, so we took full advantage of our community. First stop was last weekend in downtown Los Altos.

Justin was lucky enough to find a egg that had a coupon for a free cup of ice cream from Baskin Robbins...and who I am to deny a kid ice cream at 10 in the morning??

Then we booked it over to Stanford for more egg getting. Justin was quite happy to receive lots of stickers. Mommy and Daddy had to intercept all the candy, but luckily he didn't notice.

This past weekend, we got together with the AGG at CPC's house for some more egg fun.

Lankha was conducting bow-tieing lessons with the dads...

Mr. Clayton was in charge of fire and meat...

Kaeli gave me a flower!

The kids having fun with the sand and water table. It was quite a construction site going on!

Mommy getting sucked into some manual labor...

"Hiding" the eggs

The kids getting ready for picking up eggs!

Justin picking up the eggs diligently

But he had more fun with Aunty Jelly's dog Lani. Let's just say that dog is a very good sport!

The Mommies!

Sunday morning, I hid eggs around our house for Justin to find. I filled some of them with Goldfish crackers. I guess I should have waited until after breakfast to do the hunt, because as soon as Justin found a egg with Goldfish in it, he just sat down and ate all of them. Then he went around shaking all the eggs and only opened those that sounded like they had crackers inside!

After his tummy was full of crackers, he finally figured out there was still some cool stuff left behind by the Easter Bunny. I was cleaning up eggs and stickers and crackers and cookies all day, but all in all a great day!

Visiting the mother ship

This past Sunday, we decided to visit the Cal campus. Mainly because Jay wanted to buy a Cal lanyard so he could wear it at his Stanford PT job. Heehee! So subversive. He also wants to plaster Cal posters all over his office, but that's a work in progress.

Anyways, Justin quite enjoyed seeing the dinosaur bones at the VSLB. I didn't think he would understand that the bones were dinosaurs like he sees on TV, but he was so excited! He also got into the Cal spirit at the Bancroft Clothing Store. Mainly because he saw some other little girls waving the pom poms too...maybe he was trying to chat up the cheerleaders? Oh boy.

Go Bears!

 

 

Bay Area Discovery Museum

This past Sunday, we decided to make the trek to Sausalito to visit the Bay Area Discovery Museum. I had a Groupon for discounted tickets so we made a day trip out of it. The museum is located at Fort Baker, which is right at the foot of the Golden Gate Bridge. I always forget how pretty it is, even on a drizzly day.

Justin had a great time exploring the place and settled in with the shovels and dump trucks. He also discovered a tree that needed climbing. What a boy!