hello, monday.

on monday mornings coen and i head up the hill to volcano to meet with a play/mom's group. today was our 4th time going. not bad, considering we are just starting our 5th week on the island. even though we aren't living up in the town of volcano, we are eager to be a part of the community there. it is a small town with a great spirit about it. at this point we are planning to have coen attend the volcano charter school of arts and sciences (k-8). yes i know, school days are still a ways off, but he will probably be going to school with the kiddos from play group someday. and who knows, there may be some life long buddies in the group.

each week miss anne has different activities planned for us. it is geared for birth-age 5, and she dose a wonderful job at planning activities that are interesting for the little guys, and the big ones too! last week, we traced their little bodies on kraft paper, (took some MAJOR negotiating to get coen to actually cooperate) and then they painted the tracing...with their FEET! coen had purple toes the rest of the week. we had to leave our art to dry, and we picked it up today and took it to daddy's office. it is sure to add some color to his workspace.

today we went outside and played with bubble wands. of course coen just kept saying, "i can do it. i can do it. i can do it." he is soooo independent these days. it was fun to watch the wonder of bubbles consume him.

after all the bubble fun was over, (or should i say all over the kiddos), we headed inside and coen tried out the water colors. this is the first experience he has had with using a paint brush to paint. he was totally mesmerized by the water when he rinsed his brush. he liked the way the paint swirled in the water.

sweet coen's finished water color sea turtle!

after our great play date, we always head into the national park to have lunch with daddy. when we drive past the steam vents coen yells, "it's the volcano!" how cool is it that we get to eat lunch on a volcano every monday? pretty darn cool.