Waimanalo Country Farms Pumpkin Patch

We went to another pumpkin patch this past weekend, this time at the Waimanalo Country farms. It had gorgeous views of the mountains and ocean and Manana Island. It was a bit cloudy and rainy, but it was all good. The main crop on this farm is corn, and they served fresh corn bread, corn chowder, pumpkin pie and a bunch of other goodies. The hay ride was also enjoyable and I learned about the history of the farm. It's great to be able to support these local farms.

Jamie and the kids checking out a parrot.

Fall break

We've had a busy and fun filled fall break so far. Last weekend Kainoa had a field trip to the Hawaii Plantation Village with the cub scouts. I didn't take my camera since we just went there a few weeks ago for Isla's field trip. But I did get a cute cell pic where they practiced teamwork and communication walking in geta.

We also went to the waterpark, Farrell's for a birthday party,

had preschool playdates and frozen yogurt outings, and chased the ice cream truck down,

all in between swim and soccer and ukulele and Japanese lessons. Whew! I'm so tired I could sleep for days! Yesterday we went with the mom's group to the Aloun Farms pumpkin patch for another educational field trip. It was super hot and dusty, but Kainoa and I had a blast. Isla, not so much. I'm not sure why, but she was just completely bratty the whole time. *sigh* 2 more days till school goes back in session and I'm soooo ready!

checking out the green horned caterpillar.

Isla did love the hayride!

Ukulele Performance

I'm way behind blogging again, argh! Well anyway, here are some pictures and a short video of Kainoa's ukulele performance at Windward mall. You can tell from the pictures he was extremely nervous. The mall was packed that day and we couldn't even find spots to view the show very good. But all the children did so well, it brought tears to my eyes.

Can you spot him in the front?

And here's a short video:

Top 5 of the quarter

I love this picture of Isla taken with my phone. It bugs me that her hand got cut off, but what can you do. :)

Kainoa at his soccer game. I'm officially a soccer mom and I love it.

Kainoa also started Cub Scouts. It's been such a great program for him and I love how cute he looks in his uniform.

At his ukulele concert a few weeks ago. (Which I still need to blog about!)

I just took this picture yesterday, but its definitely one of my favorites. She was taking some self portraits with her monkey using the photo booth app. It cracked me up to see her trying to pose herself and her monkey and try to snap. Most of the pictures were of her chest but a few of them came out really good.

It seems as if most of the pictures I've taken in that past few months have been more snapshots of our life rather than me practicing with my photography. I think I use my phone more than my Nikon to take pictures nowadays. It sometimes makes me worry that I'm starting to pull away from photography, but I know that can't be true. I take at least one picture a day, even if it's on my phone. I am still obsessed as ever to learn more and more. I just need to make the time to post more on the blog.

First Pack meeting

Kainoa joined the cub scouts a couple weeks ago and is a Tiger scout! He absolutely LOVES it, loves wearing the uniform, earning the badges and the friends he's made. It's been really great for him. And I just adore how he looks. :)