My beading table misses me....and other tidbits

I miss my beading area :( I'm trying to get a head start on gathering my tax info though because I have two businesses to do it for and I"m so bad at keeping up all year. The biggest reason I'm behind is that I am sitting here at this desk too much instead of the one right next to it w/ my other more boring job. I'm hoping to spread it out more evenly this year so I don't neglect either and then don't have to stay away from the fun too long. This is what I say every year...so we will see!

Had my nephews over to spend the night Thursday night..it's been a while. Major lego action going on in the living room. I should have taken a picture after the war. This was the boundary set up to minimize fighting and the claims that "HEY I had that first!"... "no it was all the way on my side of the border so you couldn't have!" Worked pretty good for about an hour!



Koa and I made brownies.




...behind him on the table you can see the puzzle that drove us crazy! It's of Time Square in NY..many years ago because Jay Leno looks awfully thinner and there are advertisements up for the Flinestone movie and for Speed lol! Kana, Koa's brother helped us finish it..finally!!!





This one came in a box w/ about 7 other puzzles, so because of this shared space you only get a small picture on front and a small one inside. We had to use a magnifying glass to find where pieces went. Hard on the eyes..but kind of a fun challenge all in itself



Then Friday night we went to my brothers In'laws house..it was he and his wife Charme's 10th anniversary. Forgot to take my camera off macro so got some blurry pics :( Here are a bunch of us true local style Aloha Friday in the garage hanging out ;-)



and here is my brother Jay, his wife Charme and their oldest son Kila cutting the yummy anniversary cake. Charme is a preschool teacher and has many tips helping you to prepare your preschooler for kindergarten. She also sells educational toys online. Here is her website Ms. Charme's Educational Toys and Games for Children and here is her youtube channel w/ all of her helpful videos mscharme

Hawaiian Preschool Graduation

Friday I attended my nephew Nakoa's preschool graduation ceremony. I've never been to one as my son was homeschooled. It was adorable! They all sang their little songs and did their hula hand motions. The boys in surf shorts and the girls in bathing suit tops and sarongs. I don't have any of the pictures since my sis asked if I would take some on her camera (super nice professional camera..she's a wedding/portrait photographer..I'm just glad I didn't break it!)since she had to do some video taping and run the slide show.

I have this one of my nephew though...my mom took it



before the kids came out my sis in law Charme sang to the guitar playing of her brother in law Wayne while her mom Auntie Val danced a couple hulas. Charme is one of the preschool teachers there. She's gonna have another baby..so I'm gonna be an auntie again :) She knows what she is having...even her assistant knows but she won't tell any of the family yet..she's such a stinker messing with us like that.

Charme and Wayne



Auntie Val



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