Joe's First Friend Bday!

Today Joe had a great time!  He has a new friend in his primary class.  Her name is Rachel Harris.  They had a birthday at our Splash Park.  I've never heard of it before, but Joe had a blast!  It was one of the first times that I've dropped him off like that.  I know, I would have already done that if they were in school, but we haven't started yet.  Anyway, so Joe had fun and I loved that here in the middle of the fall my kids are playing outside in the water!

havin' a great time!

Mommy-Daughters Afternoon

This morning Joseph is again out with daddy and oftentimes daddy will run errands with his boy.  So after several of these Father-son outings, the girls and I decided to something too!  

We walked over to the BX and grabbed some awesome snow cones.  The ones here in Oahu are not normal.  They have all the great Hawaiian flavors, but then they all add great ice cream at the bottom.  At first I thought it would be icky, but so amazing!!!!

We had so much fun!  The girls were thrilled with the idea of wearing their dress up skirts!

 so fun!

Randomness

I know, so now that we're here "what are ya doin'?"  We are running around discovering things.  We discovered that Walmart is still Walmart even if it is more expensive.  On this outing it was just me and Eve and Joe so we had lunch at the McD's inside the store.  They had a blast!

 aren't they silly?

And of course I had to include an updated picture of my little boy!  He's getting so big!  Like all his siblings before him, that little dragonfly rattle is his favorite.  He doesn't have a lovey yet officially, but until he does, this is it!

Okay, so just one more.  My sweet little cutie!  I mean really?  Can you ever get enough of his adorable-ness?  I can't!  He's getting so big!  Holding his own bottle and chillin' in his or table swing!  (Wish I'd had one earlier!)

Oh My Goodness, He's 4!

Today my little boy turned 4 and he is so not a little boy anymore!  We had such a good time with Joe and the family today!  

With so many kids and activities birthdays are of two kinds.  We have family birthdays and we have friend birthdays.  This year where we had just moved here to Hawaii, Joe obviously had a great family birthday.  Chris and I got Joe a new bike - Lightning McQueen - and we did presents and a small cake. But the best part was going to the super kid-friendly beach at Ko'olina Resort.  

It's a resort style location where there are four manmade lagoons.  There are no waves or craziness to make it unsafe for little ones.  We had such a great time together.  The kids so love the beach.  We are definitely an outdoor kind of family!

This is exactly what it looked like and how many times can you say that?!  It was such a great day for all of us!

Happy birthday Joe!  We love you.