Exploring through our senses

Today we explored through our senses using a seeing glass and an audio scope. We saw shades of yellow, red and orange blooming flowers, shades of green plants and trees, blue skies and clouds, butterflies, cows and spiders. We observed the roundedness of clover in contrast with the straight edge of grass. We listened to all kinds of birds; cardinals, nene (Hawaiian geese), chickens and roosters. We heard tractors and wind in the trees. We touched hard porous lava rock, smooth green leaves, gooey aloe vera, rough and bumpy bark and prickly cactus. We smelled limes, aloe vera and passion fruit flowers.

Hanalei Bay

One of our favourite beaches to go is Hanalei Bay. This year Kodah has gotten brave in the waves and has started to do some body surfing and karate chopping the waves. Tiale is fascinated watching the waves. Often when Melahnie goes out surfing - the rest of the family goes out onto the pier for snack time.

Aina and Kodah

Once a week Aina comes to play with Kodah for four hours. Yesterday they had so much fun making orange and coconut soup (and getting in the pot themselves), playing in the spaceship and playing doctor/midwife.

Tales of Denn and Dart – two bunny friends

Dart Worries About the Sunset

Denn is driving and Dart is in the passenger seat. The two friends are driving home from the beach. Denn makes sure that Dart is happy but now Dart is worried. The day is coming to an end and they are getting close to home. This really worries Dart.

Dart yells to Denn “I don’t want the sun to set!” Dart is worried about the night coming. He worries that there are ghosts, monsters, dinosaurs and bugs. He worries that these things will bite him. He wants the sun to stay up forever. He worries about going to sleep.

“Don’t worry about the monsters – every night when there are ghosts and bugs and monsters I will wake up and scare them away and then there will be nothing” says Denn.

“Denn, I am so worried about closing my eyes” says Dart

 “Its okay, the sun sets every night. The sun sets all over the earth - that is just because the earth turns” says Denn.

Denn explains “There is a little stick that has the night inside. It opens up and all the night stars and moon come out then it closes back up in the morning time – it sucks the night back up. The sun rises and it becomes bright.”

Denn says to Dart “you need to close your eyes to make you wise and strong.”

“Go to sleep Dart and then you will see your friend again in the morning.”

Denn and Dart sleep super good.

Quotes by Kodah

My taste buds are so excited they are jumping in my heart.

The female Han Solo is pregnant.

Bye Mama, you can paddle your rocket ship out to the rebel base. Text me if you get into trouble. (As Melahnie was paddling out to the point for a surf).

The cardinals are singing hello to us.