Carnival and Book Fair at Navy Hale Keiki School

Another busy day around here. It was up and off to school for the boys. John dropped Colin off and then headed to the playground with Ryan to kill the 30 minutes or so before he gets dropped off. He had a great time this morning.
On Thursdays Ryan wears his Thailand soccer outfit that he got from one of the Dad's who was visiting there. There are three of the boys in their class that have them. They're florescent yellow with their names on the back! He also has lunch at school on Thursday so he went armed with lunch. When John picked up Colin they stopped at a grocery store and picked up some diet Coke to do a volcano experiment we saw yesterday at the Museum. They got Ryan and came home and had lunch and then the science began!

You shake the bottle and then add 7 mentos candies to the bottle, insert the special device at the top and get ready to pull the string.
Pull the string and voila - instant volcano. Great unless the videographer happens to be in the line of fire :-) I may have to download the video again so you can get the full effect!



After the experiment and the driveway cleaning we watched a short movie before heading to school for the Book Fair and Carnival. We went a little early so got through the book fair before it got really crowded.


The boys loved the Carnival. They had all sorts of games set up for them to play...no charge for most but a donation asked. The funds were going to buy a Smartboard for Colin's class. Since we got there early, they were still doing setup so we passed the time with a refreshing shave ice...not quite the same as the North Shore ones, but Ryan certainly enjoyed it!
Colin did a great job on the slot board....as did Ryan when he followed him.

The Ring Toss was harder than it looked.

The highlight of the afternoon though was the Dunking Tank. Two of the teachers had volunteers to sit in the tank, Colin's teacher being one of them. This one they actually charged $1 for three balls to throw at the target. Alot of the kids nailed the target, but many were close and they let them go up and press it to drop the teacher into the water. It was hilarious and the lines were long all the time we were there!

Colin's shot was soo close....

but he dunked her anyway!

Ryan nailed his and down she went!

After a very fun couple of hours we headed home for a little more dinner....the hot dogs there didn't quite do the trick. As we were driving back home there was this beautiful rainbow.....a full one with the full spectrum of colors!


After dinner the boys all headed to the park across the street while Grandma put the finishing touches on dessert....

Strawberry Shortcake - Yum!

Time to hit the sack after a couple of stories.

Another very fun day....and tomorrow is Friday already! Where did this week go? Don't envy the snow Mom and Dad are getting in New Port! More adventures tomorrow!