Kaneohe Christmas Lights

So we missed out on the white Christmas, sitting by the fire, hot chocolate and so on but we definitely did not go without Christmas lights. Alma was so into lights this year, so much so that we had to walk around our courtyard almost every night to check out the lights and see Santa. Here is a taste of how Hawaii does Christmas.

One street in Kaneohe goes all out each year. We even saw Santa that night. 

Alma's courtyard Santa (with palm tree and a cocktail).

Santa was much scarier in person.

Alma with lights.

Christmas street continued.

Christmas frogs?

So many lights....

Joe and Baby Moses checking out the lights with us.

Alma fell in love with Frosty this year (thanks to the 1960's cartoon) . 

She was so happy to finally meet him in person. 

We had to hold her back from running up to every house. 

Love her face : )

Toddler Time at the Children's Discovery Center

Its Winter break and Matt and I have some extra time over the next few weeks so we decided to sign Alma up for Toddle Time at the Children's Discovery Center in Honolulu. Its a class for young children 18-36 months. Its been really fun to see her in a classroom setting working with other kids.

Day One:
The first day Alma was really unsure of what to do and tested some boundaries.

But she quickly caught on and is joining in with all the other kids.

We have been doing lots of crafts since the theme of the class is "Big Art". Alma loves getting messy!

Day Two:
We got to decorate a Christmas tree, dance to music, color, read books, and play with a parachute (Alma's favorite!).

We ended the day with bubbles and more dancing.

We have two more days of Toddle Time so stay tuned for more fun pictures.

Christmas Tree

We are so happy to have a Christmas tree this year. Last year, since we had just arrived on Oahu we didn't have one. Alma is in love with everything about the tree, the lights, the ornaments, the angel. Every morning when we wake up (yes we get up before the sun) we turn on the lights and she just stands there saying "wow" for a few minutes. Its almost worth getting up at 5am for. Here are some pictures of us putting up the tree with Alma "helping".

November 2012

November was a fun month. We celebrated two birthdays and thanksgiving. Plus we had lots of fun with Auntie Amanda.

The neighbors had a party for Matt's birthday.

Alma is getting more and more independent. Still working on our eating skills, but she's getting there.

She absolutely loves to help Mommy in the kitchen. We have a blast!

Hanging out in Auntie's room is one of her favorite things to do (so she can get into Aunties stuff!)