Changes.....

There have been lots of changes around these parts. I'll pretend that's why I've been slacking on the blog. Here's a quick little catchup of the last few weeks...We got a a cat....

Actually, as two cats...

Buddy's allergies hit in full force and Shane wasn't a fan, so now we have no cats....

We ran a 5K...

Actually, I ran it twice so I did a 10K and Buddy did a 5, so between us we did a 15K....which in US measurements, I have no idea how far we went, but my legs were sore the next day....so I'm hoping that means we went further than a quarter of a mile,  otherwise I'll feel super lame. On Mother's Day Buddy woke up and went to church without complaining (seriously, that in and of itself is a gift....waking up at 7:30 for church is just wrong). When I got home Shane had made arrangements for me to go get my nails done at a salon. Buddy, the genius, ixnayed those arrangements and insisted that we go on a family hike....

Have I ever mentioned that Buddy is a genius? Also, Buddy may or may not have an unusually strong bond with his sword. I'm not sure if he wanted the hike for me or for him? Either way, total win-win. So all in all a super fantastic, let's pretend I'm all caught up on blogging, day!

Relieved?

Buddy and I went to go help out at an emergency shelter for some of the evacuated victims on the other side of the island.

I may be using the term "help" loosely! Oh well, the old people really liked him! So all in all a super fantastic, looking into a career as a professional entertainer, day!

Killing time and sharks?????

Buddy has been waiting unpatiently for something big that finally happened a two days ago. To kill time, I took him for his orientation for the scuba diving camp that he's doing this summer....

FYI, this is definitely a pretty awesome time killer! Buddy, of course, has now decided that he doesn't actually need to go to camp to get comfortable with a bunch of pool dives before the last day of camp where they do a 30 foot ocean dive....nope, this boy is ready for the ocean! 

Then, his teacher helped him out with the patiently, non-patiently waiting and he got to dissect a shark in class...

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 Turns out his teacher may actually have been too patient, because according to Buddy (which may mean this is all lies) his teacher didn't think the sharks were going to arrive so soon, so she wasn't ready for them, so they sat in the refridgerator...... for a month before they were ready for the dissection class...... Apparently they smelled, apparently they smelled really, really, really bad!

(Side note, I'm totally thankful that Buddy's new BFF's mom was in the classroom to capture these beauts for me)! Finally, on Tuesday, what Buddy has been anticipating for over a month arrived....

Then he and the anticipated one quickly started doing this. Not sure if you can tell, but in the far left corner is his brother Kevin, who has moved in with us. So now I'm getting used to this as being the permanent view in my living room!  I really need to have a girl....and faster internet, and maybe a bigger fridge......So all in all a super fantastic, happy for our new addition, day!

At it again.....

The boy was at his old antics again. That would be the antics of putting on a show in front of the camera.......

 and taking pictures of the earth's antics from behind the camera.....

So all in all a super fantastic, had a play date with a school mate on a school day, day

Creative outlets....

We've been looking into more creative outlets for Buddy. I was thinking photography, since he seems to have an eye for it....

 Buddy was thinking along some other lines....

 So all in all a super fantastic, now I have two of them,

day!

Dead quiet....

There are three people currently in my house. Three very quiet, non-talky, absolutely no noise going on in my house making people. Apparently, our quiet was still not quiet enough....

 In other news, Buddy and I have discovered a new favorite thing. We drive our car up to the top of the hill separating the path between Waikoloa and Waimea. We get out of our car, unload our bikes and then ride the 10 miles downhill ending at Shane's work.....

Riding on your butt is apparently optional! So all in all a super fantastic, we could be the laziest bike riders in the universe, day!

Quantum Physics....

Buddy isn't getting enough school at during school hours, so this week he went to some night school.  Night school of awesomeness, that is! Buddy's handpicked team took all their laws of physics that they learned and built a protective layer of an egg drop.....

Miraculously, their egg lived....

and  made for a very delicious breakfast! Buddy had such a swell time hanging with his handpicked team, that he invited them (and 10 more) over to his house to hang out some more....

 Thankfully, I reviewed my physics lessons and reread my most updated version of Mother Knows Best for Teenage Physcists! That, of course, included some amazing supervision of the little budding scientists....

that happen to be escaping my fog filled garage while I giggle and laugh from the sidelines like any good mother! A few of the hand picked team stuck around overnight for more physics lessons...

 They may need a little more practice....

At least we didn't have to practice swimming after everyone left!

So all in all a super fantastic, I'm really tired, day!