MLK Day

Wow, we're really behind the times now! We haven't blogged about anything since my birthday party early this month. Don't worry that you're missing too much though. Since mommy and daddy started work, we haven't been doing as much. We like to have "stay at home" day or at least, "stay in Hawai'i Kai (our little part of town)" day. It works out fine for me since I get to play with all the toys I don't really have time to play with during the week.

Then again, sometimes we do still go out. For Martin Luther King Day we went to drive around the island. That's how daddy celebrated the first MLK Day back when he was a kid, so we figured we would reenact it.

First stop was my favorite pineapple plantation ghost town... Dole!


They still have the koi


And they're really hungry. The fish were climbing all over themselves to get our food!


Here comes the the Pineapple Express!


Ready to go?


Mt. Kaala, the highest mountain on O'ahu, presiding over overgrown pineapple fields

After the train ride, we didn't stop for the pineapple ice cream. We went straight to Haleiwa for walking around and lunch. Since it was kind of early for lunch, we had dessert.


Uncle JT's fiancee's favorite shave ice is Aoki's


I liked it too. I really did. But I agree with Uncle JT and daddy. Waiola's is finer.

Zoo Birthday Party

I had my birthday party at the zoo this year!


We made masks of animals. Here's my favorite.


And Aki's favorite. Looks kind of familiar...


Like Barack Obama, we got to take a special tour of the zoo. Only there were a lot more people around for us...


We got to feed the fishies. They were really hungry.


Then it was time for lunch. And cake!


Happy Birthday to me!


Piñata time!


Aki pulled the string but no candy came out!


Still no candy...


And then it all came out! Aki got one.


I got one


Yay for my birthday!

I Turned 4 Today!

My Birthday, 4 years ago.

When I turned one.

When I turned two.

When I turned three.

At preschool today, we did a special sun ceremony to commemorate my birthday.

I got to hold a globe and walk around the candle (that symbolizes the sun) four times. This activity helped me understand what one year meant... one year is the amount of time it takes the earth to go around the sun one time. Then everyone sang the birthday song to me in English and Hawaiian! And I got birthday hugs from the aunties and my classmates. The day got even better after nap since it was my first day at Papa Mele - an afternoon music class at my school. At today's class, we learned a fun song called, "Day-o". After daddy picked me up from school, we headed out to dinner at one of my favorite places, Maile's Thai Bistro. I LOVE mee krob!

When we got home, I blew out the candle on my Transformer cake! Aki was so excited to help.

Best of all, mommy and daddy got me my very own acoustic guitar! It's taller than Aki.

Happy New Year to all our friends, family, and secret admirers! We hope you have a super happy year and come and visit us sometime!

Love, Owen and Aki