february birthdays, part 1

In our family, February is THE month for birthdays.

9 birthdays, to be exact.

And to kick it all off...here's what we did for Kumen's birthday.

He turned 5!

We headed out-on a Saturday, no less!- to the Zoo.

It was HOT.

But the kids didn't seem to mind.

Weird...we've been going to the Honolulu Zoo forEVER, but this was the first time I realized that there's an Alligator there!


Here's the kids...climbing the tree that they're NOT supposed to.
The "Do Not Climb" sign is posted on the other side of the tree.
ha ha ha...

Then, after the zoo...we headed back to Airi's house for the rest of the party festivities.
Including some piñata time.

Yup, that's Paul up on the roof holding the pole the piñata is attached to.

And then, after piñata breakage...the kids scrambled for some candy.

While Kaden slept through the whole thing.

Can you say, Chunky Baby?!


Here's Anna showing her "loot."

Which she shared with her sister, Jolee.

Who, by the way, shortly after this picture was taken, started choking on the candy.

SO grateful for Mitch's quick thinking, and first aid skills in dislodging the candy just in time with several sharp whacks on the back!

Talk about scary!

Mental note: No more hard candies for Jojo.

Especially while on the trampoline.

The birthday bunch again...
ready to eat some cake!

By far, one of the more annoying toys passed out that day.
But the kids loved 'em.

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Then, on Sunday, it was time to celebrate the OTHER February birthdays.

Well...the first half, that is.

Here's Elika (10th), Marques and Kumen (12th) and Hugo (14th).

Not pictured is Paul who's birthday was on the 2nd.

I mean, really...who needs a birthday party when there's THIS MANY cousins to help celebrate it with!

See you in a couple weeks for the rest of the February birthdays.

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Then...just for fun, here's a couple pictures of my girls pretending to be me.