catching up with ahonui

this little boy has been quite the busy bee lately, which is ironic because he is not the type of kid that enjoys having a tight schedule.

he needs to wake up early each morning to get himself ready for school, eat breakfast, and make his lunch for the day.  (I've done away with buying him school lunch...he's a VERY picky eater so all he consumes is the fruit and milk!  what a waste of $2.25 every day.  that's $45/month!  so he now has the responsibility to make and bring his own home lunch.)  sometimes he has to walk all the way home when school is done. when he gets home, the first thing he's supposed to do is his homework. this usually includes reading a chapter from "sideways stories from wayside school" and math.

I'm guessing that all his "hard work" has paid off, because he was finally chosen to be super citizen for the month of April in his first grade class!  it was his last chance to be super citizen for the year and this boy pulled it off.  whether he was chosen by default or by hard work, I'm proud of him.

 

on tuesdays & thursdays he had baseball practice at the cricket field, and on wednesdays & saturdays he had games at hauula elementary school's baseball field.  when brandon & i told him that we signed him up for the baseball season, he cried.  i mean literally cried and threw a fit. i had to calm him down and explain to him that nobody on the team really knew how to play, and they would all be new to the game, so he didn't need to worry.  the coaches would help him.  he seemed to feel better and he did awesome this season!  even though he dragged his feet every time i told him to get ready for practice or a game, he'd give it his all while on the field.  this past saturday was his final game of the season and we are SO SOOO proud of him for sticking it out!!

a few weeks ago, laie elementary held their may day program.  each grade performed dances from different countries around the world, and the first grade performed mexico.  when he told us that he'd be SALSA dancing, i couldn't help but giggle thinking of his dancing skills (or lack of).  when he finally got onstage with his dancing partner, he did amazing!  he seemed to remember all the moves and he didn't have any stage fright at all.  once again - proud mama hen status here.

and very soon summertime will be upon us...which means he can set aside his busy bee schedule and make room for free time and hot, sunny beach days!!  we love our sweetheart of a son.