Melissa’s Blog

And another tooth lost for Nikki. Looking at her bottom left next to the two front teeth.

1st grade open house was awesome. Even though we were still in vacation mode…it definitely has taken us a few days to adjust to the time change. The best part is the kids get a 5 day weekend for the Memorial Day holiday. The kids loved showing us around their classrooms.

Here are some pics from Justin’s classroom:

And here are some pics from Nikki’s class:

We just got back from our Maui trip. It was a fun family trip but fun definitely revolves around what the kids want to do. We did lots of swimming!! Nikki even swam in the rain. The kids loved the Luau. Nikki even went on stage for hula lessons. The kids didn’t really care too much about the volcano but we had to do it once. Justin was crazy about the big waves. The ocean was nice and warm. I went out snorkeling with Nikki. I didn’t snorkel but Nikki was looking in the ocean. She scared me when she freaked out a little when she saw a sea turtle. But when she found her first fish she was so excited. Unfortunately when I took Justin out he only saw one silver fish. We took the kiddos to Cheeseburger in Paradise, our favorite. Luckily the umbrellas in the food and drinks was a high light for the kids. Watching the kids have so much fun exploring was the high light of the trip for me. There was a beach that had a rope swing, the kiddos had never swung like that before. I think they could have stayed there all week. Big giggles and smiles while they were swinging. Our sub ride was a little disappointing. We saw a few school of fish but the water was a little murky. We all loved the Hawaiian shaved ice with vanilla mac nut ice cream and cream! This was our first trip with friends. It was nice that we were able to go on a date night. Bret and I went and saw a comedy magic show that was amazing. I laughed so hard. It was nice having another family there especially the last night when we hung out and just chatted and drank with our friends.

Crazy hat day at school. The kiddos looked so cute:

Also Nikki’s art work was on display at the Civic Center for the young master’s art show. She was so proud of herself. It was really cute. I think she felt pretty famous!

Dad was gone all last week in New Jersey for work. We stayed busy. Family dinner night out for school, play dates, grandma came over, etc. Nikki was really sad that dad was away. I let the kids take turns sleeping in my bed. Nikki in the middle of the night decided to go back to her bed but Justin was just a snuggle bug! He even did a little snoring so it felt like dad was there, ha!