Keanu's Stats - 18 months

Our little boy is growing up in the blink of an eye.
Today he had his 18-month Dr. appt.  Here are his stats:

Height: 32 inches (48%)
Weight: 24 lbs 8 oz (27%)
Head size: 32 cm
Hair color: strawberry blonde
Eye color: yellow/brown inner ring, blue outer ring (is that considered Hazel?)

He loves his ukulele.  Actually that's my pineapple uke, I am letting him use it until we get him his own.  The 3 girls have their own colored ukes that they got for Christmas this year, and he's jealous, so I am sharing with him.

Mana's Farm Animals

In kindergarten they have been doing their unit on Mrs. Wishy-Washy.  She washes all the farm animals.  I like Mana's farm animals and I also like her Mrs. Wish-Washy too.

Hawaiian Birthday Party at Pacheco

Mana was asked to perform hula for her class for the February birthday party yesterday.  Robb was able to come to the classroom and play for Mana while she danced.  She had a fun time dancing and singing for her whole class (red and purple classrooms), and everybody got up and learned to dance a hula with her.  We're proud of our Mana. She's not shy to do it alone!  The rest of us would have wanted to come to her party but Alani and Kawai were not feeling well so I stayed home with them.

Mana with Maestra Hernandez, Mrs. Collins, and the 3 other February birthdays

Mana getting ready to teach the class hula

Long Beach Cuzzins

When we were in Riverside last week we were so happy to be able to drive to Long Beach one night and hang out with the Kiaha-Nuhi cousins and their dogs.....The kids had so much fun playing at Ulu's house.  Thanks Ulu and Koa and Sis!

Mission Inn Riverside

We had a great opportunity last week to stay at the Mission Inn for a work conference.  Robb did such a great job entertaining the kids while I was in the meetings.  They had a blast exploring the historic passageways and Cinderella doors and pathways and staircases, and moving clocks, and THE POOL.  We managed to have the pool to ourselves the majority of the time, and the hottub as well. It was a saltwater pool, so we floated nicely. 

 

Anu testing out the temperature of the hottub before taking the plunge.

Kawai and Anu loved doing MotorBoat in the pool together.

Mana and Alani loved hanging on to their daddy.

The view from our window. Well, not exactly.  It was a view from an upper courtyard. There are snow-capped peaks in the distance.

Mana was so entranced by the fairy-tale-like architecture.  She was a little scared of the "ghosts" when we were creeping around at night.

Anu has learned how to pose.

Little Goose, posing her best.

I don't know how Robb managed to take this photo, since I was not around.  He must have quickly run around the corner before Anu started crying.

Anu was actually wearing shoes other than his cowboy boots!  Amazing!

The girls would be happy just living here at the Mission Inn. Actually I would be too. I really missed it as we drove away. It was so fun living there for 4 nights and having a sort of communal feeling with the other archaeologists and architectural historians around the state.  We were next door to our good friend Paula and just down the way from Tom, and a few doors up from CMAC.

Canoga Park cousins

I met my first (half) cousin Darin via facebook!  And we finally got to meet this weekend.  Our girls and the Ganitch girls got along great, and the little boys did too.  We hope to visit again with them soon.  They are such a sweet family.

 Mana, Jade and Jett

 Kawai and Juliette

 Jett, Kristen and Darin

Jade, Mana, Kawai, Juliette

Red Dirt night

Great night as always with Na Hoa Aloha playing live Hawaiian music at Red Dirt Coffe House tonight. Mana tried out her ukulele there.

 Maestra Hernandez, Mana's beloved Kindergarden teacher, came and helped Mana sing a song and saw her doing hula.

 Kawai and Mailani, the awesome hula dancers.

Me and my little boy, watching his beloved Daddy playing music, and strumming that magical instrument.