Makahiki...

Buddy had his pinewood derby race today. First the kids had to (I mean got to) stand at attention throughout an opening ceremony....

Then, since the kids were in a racing mood, they got to hang out with some racing cars....strike that, they go to hang out with the sole racing car on the island (hmmm, I wonder who wins in the race against itself?)....

While we were waiting for the racing to begin, we did what any normal person would do and created a bird out of pond fronds....

Did you know you could even make a whistle out of them....

Of course, ours never actually worked, but Buddy is practicing up on his hyperventilation skills in the meantime....which I'm sure is a win-win situation! Then Buddy's car raced....

His car is the far right one, and he won (the first race only, but holy cow, that's good enough!)Not too shabby for a 7 year old and some guidance from a non-mechanically inclined mother! Afterwards, Buddy got to break an egg....

Obviously it wasn't on purpose....

Afterwards Shane was sure to tell me he would have designed the egg drop container differently (also the car).....Hmmmm, I'm just wondering where he's been the last 5 weeks that we've known, and been preparing for Makahiki? Then we went to some more fantastic booths, where the boy painted on a coconut (cause why wouldn't you, it's totally awesome)...

Rolled some stones....

Got showed up by a girl...

Then raced some boats...

You know, no big deal, just a regular run of the mill Saturday for us! So all in all a super fantastic, Makahiki, day!!!