Dad's and Donuts

Maika was STOKED about having Dad in his class for donuts in the morning. Cliff actually leaves for work at 6:40a.m. and drives back to read and spend time with him by 9:15a.m., then heads back to work for the rest of the day. But it is worth it because of the memories that are made by the kids. Maika still talks about it to this day. He discussed the book they read together and the glazed donuts they ate. I tell you, they are so lucky to have a dad like Cliff. They love and adore him to pieces.

Maika loves his desk and Cliff said it was pretty cool that Maika knew all the shapes that were on it and even taught him about a rhombus. It is amazing how much these kids know by the time they leave kindergarten let alone the beginning of the school year in 1st grade.

Experimenting with our Camera

We have a pretty nice Nikon and I know I don't use it to its fullest potential, so one day when I was giving Leilani a bath, I noticed how beautiful her eyes were in the sunlit bathtub against the whiteness of the bath. So, I decided to see if I could capture the beauty of them and I think I got the closest in this one picture.

These were also some cute ones of  her saying "dees" and just laughing.

Trick-or-Treat, Smell My Feet

I actually have time to sit here at 11:09p.m. to be exact and blog a bit. So, Halloween will be posted first. The kids decided they wanted to be the "Avengers." A week before Halloween, I went out looking for costumes and thought that I could just go to the second hand store and get most of their costumes for dirt cheap. Well, it didn't pan out the way I planned it to be and ended up spending a TON  more than I wanted and needed. When Cliff got home and I told him how much I spent, his jaw dropped. All I have to say is that it is a LOT cheaper buying the already made costumes from the stores even if you are spending $20 bucks a pop. PLUS, it saves on time from running around from store to store to find all of the props to go with the outfit.

Tula'i's was the cheapest and it came out to roughly $10. But, I must say that they looked pretty darn cute. 

And then there is my little cute pumpkin. I wasn't going to take her out with us, but decided that I would to get her out of Dad's hair so he could get some studying done. So, she was a good sport and sat in the stroller the whole night (thank goodness for warmer weather again). We were out for about 2 hours and the kids had fun. I end it when they are ready because I know we have many more years of this.