Fall is upon us and our schedule has filled up with all the fall sports - soccer and baseball on top of year round tennis and swimming. Allen is still coaching Esme's team despite all the COVID restrictions and she's happy to be around her soccer friends again. This is Chan's first year of kid-pitch baseball so it'll be interesting for sure. He's just excited to be back on the field too. We're still waiting for openings at gymnastics so the twins can start back there. With our recent COVID spike though it might be awhile. At least they have each other!
Other than that we've been keeping busy with lots of outdoor activities like usual. Chan is still obsessed with fishing. He could do that all day every day which is amazing considering what a busy kid he is.
We had to take Poppy to Oahu recently for an eye appointment and while we were there for the day we stopped by to see the Beyond Van Gogh exhibit. I'm so glad we went because it was shut down the next week due to our rising COVID cases! I didn't know how she'd do at the exhibit since she's not the most patient kid but she made it through and enjoyed the end of the exhibit the most.
The kids used to go to the farmers market with me in the morning but now I make them wait in the car instead of exposing them to more people. This was Eve hiding from me one morning. And don't worry, the garbage bag is filled with clothes ;)
We did have a visit from cousin Kai and Googoo all the way from New Jersey recently! It was so fun to have all the Shih cousins together!
School is still going well. Thank goodness for uniforms in the morning. Getting dressed goes so much faster! The kids are loving the bus still too which works out great for everyone. They play all sorts of games in the driveway when they wait for the bus in the morning.
And other than that we're just enjoying our lovely island as much as we can to keep busy and safe!
Oh and we got a new cat! We thought he could be a friend for Toby but it's taking him awhile to warm up to Oscar. So we're waiting for now. We adopted him from a shelter, he's about 8 months old and he came with the name Oscar. The kids didn't want to rename him so Oscar it is! He's got the cutest little white paws and a gray coat. I'll get more pics later
