Hickam Safety Fair '13

This is our second safety fair on our base.  It's always held at the Ka Makani community center and has so far been a wonderful and positive experience for our family.

The community center does a great job with fun activities like a bouncy castle (always a hit), fire safety instruction like stop, drop, and roll and fire drills, free Hawaiian ice and dinner, and our favorite:

 meeting the military police dogs!  

They always do a presentation on how the dog helps to catch bad guys and the kids are so good at patiently waiting to pet the dog (the only time you CAN touch a police dog).

Thanks Hickam for a fun way to remind the kids (and adults) to be mindful of our safety preparedness!

These pix were taken by a woman who prepares the advertising for the safety fair.  She liked that all my kids were so engaged!  I liked that they were having fun learning at the same time they were practicing new skills.

Kids Convo

So every now and then, I'm not sure how much the kids are learning.  I know that Eve is as good as a parrot is at saying what I tell her to and Joe's pronunciation of even the most difficult words is fantastic.  But when you have that day when every rule is questioned and every boundary is pushed and you have to remind your kids that none of the rules have changed from yesterday, or last week, or last year, I have to admit - I wonder!


Then I hear these great little snippets of learning -


Joe: 'you can't come in my house that way.'   Eve changes her pony's position.


Joe: 'no, not that way.'


Eve a little exasperated: 'then how do I get in?  Where is the door?'


Joe: 'there is no door.'


Eve: 'what?'


Joe: 'you have to say abre.'


Eve: 'ok, abre.'


Joe: 'come in!'


For those of you who don't speak Spanish, "abre" means open in Spanish.  I guess Dora and Diego aren't so bad after all.