Yes, Kate is Here!

Kate & Quinn at Lanikai Beach.

Outrigger Canoe Race

There was an outrigger canoe race from Kailua to Waikiki this past weekend. It's a 3 hour race!
Here's the view of the racers from our patio.

Look how fast they are going!!-NOAH  I love the out river canoe race!!-LIAM

Hiking the Pali Trail

We took a hike this past weekend with Bob, the guy Stefan is replacing. Lots of good hiking around, and it smells so good! I stook my head in the water fall!-Noah

Can you see that my head is wet?!-NOAH I liked the hike.-LIAM

Lanikai Elementary School

Here's a couple of pics of the boy's elementary school. They have lunch on the picnic tables under the palm trees.

Look at are cafeteria!!-NOAH

 

Below is the tree where all the kids wait for pick-up... I loved the first day of school!!!-NOAH

Windsurfing Thijs!

This windsurfer has been going back and forth along our beach ever since we got here, this is one of his slower runs actually. So Thijs, lots of good windsurfing here (and kite surfing...), someone said windsurfing was invented in Kailua Bay...

Luke's 1st Soccer Practice

Luke had his first soccer practice yesterday. Turns out the parents of his coach are from Catonsville, small world!

1st Weekend

We went up to the North Shore on Saturday to Shark's Cove, which is a great tidal pool area with lots of tropical fish you can swim with and sea turtles as well.

                                  I see a fish!!- NOAH

We've been walking to Kailua Beach from our short-term rental, here's the Lanikai marker at the top of the "hill" between Kailua and Lanikai. I wounder how many of me can fit the height of that monument?! -NOAH

Day4...

Noah's classroom has iPod Touches in his classroom, did a self-portrait in class, and a song about five parts of a letter in Language Arts.

Luke did oil pastels for artwork, plays tag with Noah and a lot of other kids during each recess, and learned Hawaiian war songs in Music.

Liam's class takes all their shoes off before they get in class, "my teacher is really nice, I'm staying on green for life"

Quinn became a big boy today and did number 2 on the potty! He's decided to be potty trained in Hawaii, and no accidents today!

The boys are all meeting nice friends. Kate joined the Y and starts her first aerobics class tomorrow, more importantly she gets a break for a couple hours!

We went to Kailua Beach to go swimming today and yesterday, "The water was very warm and there were waves (Liam)", "it's awesome and you can see underwater (Luke)".

Beer at Costco!

Kate and I did our first Costco run to try and keep the food bill somewhat in line...

...and they have beer!  -Stefan

Liam walking to his Kindergarten class...

    I liked my first day of school-LIAM

First Day of School!

 Liam's first day of Kindergarten: It was great, my teacher is great. I had a fun time, and I hope we have a great time tomorrow too.

Luke: My first day of school was so much fun. My teacher is great, the principal is great (his name is Mr. Noh!)

 Oh, I can' t wait! Oh, I love the first day of school!-Noah

                             I loved my first day of Hawaii!!-LIAM All of us together makes the super smart team!!!!-NOAH

Breakfast on the patio...

 

Here's breakfast our first morning on our patio overlooking the pacific ocean...

Notice the sun is not up yet, gotta love jet-lag!Quinn smile nicely!!!-NOAH

We're Here!

Well, after a 10.5 hour flight, we've arrived in Hawaii! Boys did very well on the flight considering the length, and we don't think we upset too many of the people sitting around us.

We'll try and capture pics/stories/etc of our stay here in Hawaii on this blog for family and friends that may be interested. We'll try and update it frequently...