goosie, always the performer...

and yes, she is lounging in her little sister's stroller. she would always prefer to "ride" over walking. she often complains "my legs HUUUURT."

makena's 3rd birthday!

the cousins posing with their handy-work

strike a pose! the beautiful sophie.

dora-riffic! ordered fondant dora fondant circles from etsy, of all places. actually tasted quite good, and although were originally for cupcake toppers, worked beautifully on the strawberry shortcake from diamond head bakery . best cakes on the island, and our birthday tradition!

master cake decorator/fondant placement supervisor, tess.

kenken all decked out in her birthday finery (thanks to aunty holly for the dress and aunty celia/uncle rico for the "fascinator" - (shout out to aunty mikie and uncle mark all the way over in jolly old england!)

cousins and best buds

uncle liko getting into the spirit with the help of a red bull and vodka (how'd YOU get the fascinator??)

getting ready to blow out the candles!

all of the cousins partaking in fondant circles!

a cousin extravaganza!

smiling at the same time? impossible! cute nonetheless. stay tuned for lots of pics (hopefully) from our allen/snider/delacy reunion happening in the next couple of weeks! TONS of cousins!

ballet recital outtakes

pre-performance: after dress rehearsal, it was time for lunch (a star-shaped cheese sandwich and grapes of course!). thoroughly enjoying her lunch, she began to get her groove on...

and then we did some spontaneous classic ballet arm positions...

post performance: everyone gathers on stage for a group picture. most of the kids her age had already gone home. makena was DONE and ready for a nap. at first she just stood in the dead center of the group, frozen in her spot. then the fun started...

it seemed as if she was the only one goofing off, but of course i was really only watching her. it was hilarious to watch my little reserved kenken be so silly up there. she was deliriously tired!

sometimes...

they really love each other! here they are, snuggling and watching a show on my phone...

better late than never

well, a busy summer has resulted in less that ideal posting conditions: school ending, trying to get everything ready for two girls in school (doctor's visits, paperwork, paperwork, paperwork), not to mention a lost camera cord making uploading photos from the camera a bit difficult. in any case, i will attempt to catch up NOW!

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goosie's last day of pre-school, and last day at children's house. next year, kindergarten!

(l-r,: best buddy erica, teacher's present #1, miss chris, another fave friend reese, miss do, teacher present #2, miss cabingting, miss kalei)

spring ballet recital

makena's spring ballet recital was last week, and a few lessons to be learned.

(1) a performance for mostly 2-5 year olds in the middle of the day during nap time, perhaps not the best idea. Unless you like to watch little girls in cute costumes do anything but what they are "supposed" to be doing. (Which we really, really did!)

(2) feathers on the costumes of 2-year olds result in the ripping off of handfuls of said feathers and joyfully tossing them in the air. Which in turn causes other 2 year olds to completely stop what they "should be" doing, and chase after flying feathers (and also results in subsequent older kids in later numbers to blow feathers on ground up in the air while (not) doing what they are "supposed" to be doing).

hmmm...the dancing was supposed to be happening here....

makena needed a little help from miss vivienne to get up from her seated position in the middle of the stage.

dancing with miss vivienne is ALWAYS fun!

looks little like the cabbage patch to me...

SO.EXCITED.

the last 2 numbers were spent this way. examining the next groups props.

and, the reward for a successful performance? yummy cupcakes from hokulani bake shop!

oooohhhh.....

first kid out of the auditorium? first kid with a cupcake!