Halloween

It seemed like we were celebrating Halloween a few weeks before the actual date!  We had a Halloween themed birthday party, Halloween Preschool Carnival, preschool Halloween parade during the day with Emma's class, stroller strides little party, and then finally Halloween trick-or-treating!  Emma wore her Arial costume that she wore on her birthday and then she was Doc McEmma on Halloween.  

Emma ready for Halloween at Preschool while looking at her American Girl Catalog:-).

Sophie ready to see the Preschool Halloween Parade

Emma and her BFF Makaila after there little parade.

Emma's teacher Ms. Sharon leading the little parade of cuties:-)!

Minnie aka Sophie enjoying a little Halloween Playgroup at stroller strides:-).

For Halloween, we had our friends Chad and Randi over and of course Jenn, Brian, and the kids.  I made a big batch of chili, some pumpkin cupcakes, and a few snacks.  Jenn, Randy, and I took the kids trick-or-treating while Brian and Chad handed out candy.  Tony missed everything picking up his Brian and Sarah at the airport.  I just felt bad that he missed Sophie stealing the show:-(!

Emma loved the trick-or-treating part and had no problems marching from house to house but she wasn't about to talk to ANYONE or say "trick-or-treat." Sophie was just a little ham and was such a big girl.  She walked straight up to each house and opened her little bag and put her candy right in.  Then when she walked away she would wave and say "bye-bye" until she pretty much got to the next house.  I am still kicking myself for not running back and getting my phone so I could have videotaped it!!  It was really the cutest thing ever!!

Tony, of course, carved this pumpkin in no time!

The girls doing a little trick-or-treating!

I dressed up to be silly for the kids.

AJ and Sophie

Sophie and her elmo pumpkin

These two are really something else!!

Seriously, could they be any cuter!!!!

Emma, Allie and Sophie;-)

Emma going through her candy!

Uncle Chuck, Uncle Brian and Auntie Sarah come to visit

 This pretty much sums up our visit with silly Uncle Chuck.  Both Uncle Chuck and the girls had such a blast playing with the horse mask!

Chuck was only in Hawaii for 3 nights and 4 days so we had to give him the "quick" tour of the island.  My must sees are North Shore/Haleiwa, East Side of the island (blow hole, sandy beach, bellows...etc), Pearl Harbor (if you haven't been)  and the H-3 drive through Kaneohe/Kailua (must stop at Lani Kai beach).  Because I am the "tour nazi", Chuck got to see/do all of these things in his short trip.  He even had time to buy a ukelele and drink a few mai tai's:-)!!

Uncle Brian and Auntie Sarah were here for about 10 days and we had such a great time with them too. Tony was off for a week during their visit so the pressure was taken off me to guide them around with kids in tow (not a lot of fun for me).  Tony took everyone to Pearl Harbor (his first time) and got to spend lots of time with his brother:-).  It is sad but the girls don't really get to see Uncle Brian very much and they just enjoyed him so much!!

This was Sophie at the beach before she had to go to the doctor to have her elbow put back in place:-(.  It wasn't as serious as we thought, thankfully.  It took the doctor 10 sec. and Sophie barely even cried!

Uncle Brian having fun with the girls!

I can't even remember why Sophie's hair looked like this - my only guess is after the beach??

Emma and Sophie all ready for the Halloween Carnival at school:-).

Emma getting her face painted.

Emma wanted to look like a princess:-)!

My cute little Doc McEmma and Sophie Minnie Mouse!

While Brian and Sarah were at a nice dinner in KoOlina and Tony and I were with the girls at Emma's preschool carnival, we had our first tsunami warning, yikes!!!  It was a bit crazy!  The sirens were going off and everyone was packing the gas stations and grocery stores to get water, batteries, and toilet paper!!  I ran home with the kids and started packing my car with anything I could think of water, diapers, wipes, snacks, toilet paper(haha)...etc while Tony finished up stuff at the preschool.  I also filled up our tubs and any container I could find with water.  I really didn't know at this point if we would head for higher ground but wanted to be prepared.  My friend Jenn was really telling me everything I should do.  When Tony got home, we decided to evacuate just to be safe.  We took the back way out of town and it didn't take us too long to head to Waipahu  (higher ground).  My neighbor, who came and checked on us, told us everyone heads to Walmart so that is what we did:-).  We hung out in a parking lot for a few hours and once we were out of danger, we headed back home (around 11:30ish).  

My try at taking a picture of the crazy gas station....people were lined up at least 30 cars deep at this small gas station. 

My car parked in the parking lot with everyone else!

Brian and Sarah left dinner and came and found us in the parking lot.

The day after the tsunami warning, we took the girls to a pumpkin patch.

The Choate Ohana Bed and Breakfast is closed!!

What a crazy few months!  We have had company pretty much straight through from August 20th until November 1st.  Between company, stroller strides get fit challenge, and the girls I haven't gotten much done!  I have so many things on my to do list that blogging is where I'm starting and then onto those baby books that haven't been touched since we moved to Hawaii, ahhhhhhh....

My blogging catch up has to start with a visit from my mom and dad back in October!  My mom was here for 2 weeks and my dad for a week.  This was my dad's second trip and my mom's 4th - seriously could I be any luckier!!!!  We didn't have to drive all over the island because my parents have pretty much seen all of the "must see Kelly sights"!!
Mom and dad stayed at a nice hotel in KoOlina for 3 nights and we came during the day and enjoyed all the fancy pools!  
This pretty much sums up our 2 weeks with Nene and Papa...

Waiting for Nene to arrive!

She made it

A few celebratory drinks in honor of Nene's 60th Birthday!

Sophie loves her corn!

...and her mac n cheese!

Emma and her friend Kekoa at McDonalds.

Sophie just loves following her sister!

The girls and their new strollers!

Trying to enjoy a yummy Tai lunch was hard with this little wiggle worm!

Emma loves her pedicures:-)!

Having fun at Pokai Bay 

Having fun on Uncle Chad's paddle board!

We have been in Hawaii since February and we FINALLY got Emma on the paddle board with daddy!!

She wanted to go and see the sailboats!

This is why I shouldn't go more than a month without blogging because I can't remember where this picture was taken:-(.

 Having fun with Nene and Papa at Marriott KoOlina Beach Club

Emma ALWAYS has to have her picture taken in front of this outrigger canoe!

The girls love this lagoon pool with sand - so much fun for the kids!

Emma and her BFF Makaila!

Trying to enjoy a nice dinner at Chuck's and daddy is trying to find creative ways to entertain Sophie:-).

Papa and Emma at Longboards.

Emma likes to pose and say, "take my picture"

Papa taking the girls on stroller rides:-)

Emma when we dropped of Nene and Papa at the airport -  not a happy girl :-(!!!