Summer, Here We Come

It's hard to believe that summer is already here!  Esme finished kindergarten last week and Chan is moving out of the 3 year class at Keikiland this week.  The past year has obviously just flown by for all of us!  We're looking forward to more beach and swimming time since the babies are finally more manageable.  And thankfully they don't go crazy and try and eat the sand!  Eve has her moments but that's just Eve.  She's a funny one ;)

The girls have discovered this car that we've had since Esme was this age.  And of course they both want to get into it at the same time.  Twin life!  We need to bust out the old red wagon since there's at least 2 seats in that one.  Ha ha!

We went on a family camping trip to the Hapuna beach cabins recently.  Thanks to all of our family cause we couldn't have done it without them!  Esme and Chan were so incredibly excited to go camping and we're so glad we did it.  

Chan's definitely more of a sand kid.  He loved all the digging.  And the night time trip to the beach to catch sand crabs!

We all slept in one cabin and amazingly we slept all night!  The babies each had their own pack-n-play and we all slept on the built in cots/benches.

Chan's growing his hair out and he says he wants it to be like Uncle Sterling's.  Uh oh!  So we at least have fun with it in the bath at night.  

Esme performed a Bruno Mars medley for her Hoike at the end of the school year.  This was her first real performance in front of people and she was definitely a little shy.  There were all 150 kindergarten students on the floor of the Civic Auditorium and the bleachers were full of parents!

Our kindy graduate!

Poppy thought it would be fun to try and fit inside the bottom of her new water table. 

Our little Evita!  

Hiking in Bird Park on Memorial Day.  The kids had fun exploring nature and the babies kept trying to touch all the trees and leaves from the Ergo.

Baby jeggings are so cute and of course they're even cuter in pairs!

We love our one and only Chan-Man!

Why do babies love remotes so much?  Poppy stole it and hid behind the ottoman.

We finally got our cupboards locked up but some of them are still accessible to the babes.  

Watching the neighborhood action.  A daily activity.

Smoothies for breakfast.  An all time favorite for all the kids.  

Chan turned 4 years old!  He had a blast celebrating his birthday with Uncle Josh who also shares his birthday.  Aunty Amy also has the same birthday but she was in Texas this year.  Chan wanted a Ninja Turtle birthday but was happy with all the other toys and gifts he got.  He loves anything trucks, turtles, cars, legos, dinosaurs, etc.  He's a real boy for sure!

Happy Mother's Day!  I'm not sure where Chan escaped to but he didn't make this picture.  I had to borrow Nana to help me hold the babies.  Ha ha!

Waiting to fill the baby pool!

Siblings

The past year since the twins were born has been a challenge for all of us in our own way.  Chan had his fair share of struggles as he figured out his place in this family.  But as we round the corner to turning 4 he's just turning into this really cool kid.  His maturity level just took a huge jump along with his height recently.  This past weekend I had to quickly swap out all his 3 year clothes and make way for all the 4 year stuff we had stored away.  And him and Esme have been getting along so well, more often than not.  It's fun to watch them form their sibling relationship :)

One morning before school I caught them in the tv room reading together.  

They both like to help mommy in the kitchen.  

This was one of my faves.  Usually the kids come in our room when they wake up in the morning but this morning was different.  Apparently Chan had a bad dream and so he just went into Mimi's room instead since he saw her light on.  When I got there they were both reading books together in her bed. 

This was another good one.  I had to get fasting labs one morning so the big kids came with me.  When we walked into the waiting room Esme picked a seat and then said "here Chan, you can sit on my lap."

And the twins are forming their own sibling relationship :)  This was their first Easter this past year since they were born just the day after Easter last year.  

Easter egg hunt with the cousins and friends in Volcano.  There were probably a couple hundred eggs in the forest and they had a blast finding them all.  

I just love this shot of Eve.  She's "helping" with the dishes.  

This was the last day he wore 3 year clothes.  Ha ha!

We were so lucky to have Allen's sister Ting (the kids call her Goo-Goo) and cousin Kai visit for their spring break.  It was their first time to see us since we moved and also their first time visiting since the babes were born.  They came just a few weeks after Allen's parents visited too so we've had lots of Shih family fun lately :)  Here the kids are showing off the lovely cows in the pasture by our house.  This is a highlight of any of our morning or afternoon walks around the neighborhood.  

Coloring eggs together.  

This is the best selfie we could get when we went on a day trip to the Volcano National Park.