Back To School...Hopefully!

 So the big kids were supposed to start school last week but that got pushed back 2 weeks for more teacher/staff training.  Now they should start next week Monday if nothing changes between now and then.  Oahu had to shift to all online learning for the first month at least due to a rise in cases but we're still pretty low on the Big Island.  Less than 1% positivity.  So we wait.  Esme and Chan are so excited to go back, if and when it happens, despite all the changes.  They'll only be in school 2 days a week and then online the rest of the time so we'll see how we do with all that.

Poppy and Eve continue to go to preschool and are glad to be back there too.  We're soooooooooooo happy to have available childcare!  

The bigs continue to do their Kumon but no in person tutoring.  Piano might start back up soon and we'll start sending Chan when Esme goes.  We're not so sure about sports.  We haven't heard from tennis in awhile.  But Chan gets out and hits some baseballs once a week with an old teammate.  And still no judo either.  So we find a lot of other ways to keep busy - gardening, yard work, beach, parks, etc.  We're so thankful to live in Hawaii at a time like this!  

Aunty Amy, Malia and Charlie came to visit from Texas but they had to quarantine for 14 days first.  This was one of our visits while they were in quarantine :)

The biggies bounce between both grandparents and mommy on her days off.  Here they're enjoying a picnic at Mauna Kea State Park

Esme loves getting to spend time with Googoo (Allen's sister from NJ) and especially baking with her!

Twins!

Ice shave on a rainy day is just as good!

No complaints here!

We really need to get the twins off their training wheels but this wasn't what I had in mind.  Ha ha!

The COVID laundry line up

9 cousins and a crazy uncle

Keeping busy at Coconut Island

We got into the sourdough bread crazy awhile back.  We found a recipe for sourdough crackers made with rosemary from the garden

And here's some lilikoi (passion fruit) flowers from the garden too! The vine is currently loaded with fruit and we're waiting for them to ripen

Swimming at Onekahakaha

Goofy kid

Just missing 3 cousins!

Dinner with the sibs COVID style

Phew, no masks!

The girls love to wave goodbye whenever I leave.  I used to try and sneak out of the house to cause less of a fuss but they are not fans of that method.  They like a big send off :)

Fun at Liliuokalani Park

Discovering the Awapuhi Labyrinth