Opal took off all her clothes and ran around for hours
My uncle's house is right on the ocean. Nothing like Thanksgiving by the sea.
Here is my family with the beautiful Ko'olau mountains in the back.
My uncle has this adorable, beachy collection of buoys, surfboards, paddles... I love beach houses.
Here is a full picture of my Auntie Winnie and Uncle Skippy's house. Beach in the front and mountains in the back. We go here every year for Thanksgiving and always have a blast!
My cousin Lilinoe and Opal with a little Thanksgiving kiss.
So happy to be at a party!
All Opal's boy cousins played chickenfight in the ocean.
Opal tried to hang with boys.
So pretty in her dress from Tutu.
Our family.
Tutu and Bootsie look for shells and glass.
Opi with a smoochie face.
My Auntie Pie and Uncle Skippy (cutest nicknames ever.)
I just couldn't help posting this cute pic of Opi on the horse at the grocery store in her underwear! She is so cute right now that it makes me want to stop time.
Now that Opi is 2, she can do so many more fun things! If you know me, you know I love to make things and Opal has been crafting away with me. Tonight we made sparkly, glitter hearts. Here she is painting the glue on the hearts.
The little artist hard at work.
When all the hearts were finished, we strung them into a garland for her door!
We went down for a sunset swim this afternoon. It is finally starting to cool off a little in Hawaii.
Opi & Da Da went to the zoo this morning, she has more fun each time she goes. Now she know almost all the animal names!
We are in one of the few areas in Hawaii that has an ice cream truck. He only comes by on Sunday evenings and this is the first time we let Opi have some. She was scared at first but then in love. She totally hogged the cone.
Today we fingerpainted up a storm! 
Opi displays her lovely artwork.
She also painted herself of course!
I love how kids have total freedom with their artwork. No lines, no rules...just go for it.
She also made these jellyfish at school. I think they are fabulous!
We went to the Big Island with the Kenneys a few weeks ago and still have to upload some pics. This is the start, the airplane ride, Opal's favorite part! More to come.
This is what happens when you take the cousins to Safeway. They stayed in there the whole time.
If it involves stacking, Opal wants to do it. These things are called Wedgits and are her new fave. She will stack anything; shampoo bottles, boxes of mac n chees, books...you name it!
Here is Opal on her first day of her school/toddler program. She insists on wearing this purple back pack. I can't even mention school until 5 minutes before we leave because she gets so excited and when I pick her up, she doesn't want to come home!
Our friend Jenny had a birthday teaparty for Opi's little girlfriends. Opal is the oldest and they are all 3 weeks apart. There was a lot of spilling but luckily not much fighting.
Happy birthday girl.
This is Opal's pal, Mia. Sunglasses on the head are her thing.
And this is Cella, Jenny's daughter. She managed to lock herself in the house and we had to cut through a screen door to get her out...oops.
My sister had to pry her off this carousel. She is crazy for it now! Asked me about the "horse" three times today while making a riding motion!
Our little family!
Yesterday was Opi's 2nd birthday and Opi had a blast! She's never been to a bday party so she was super excited. Today she is singing Happy Birthday all day and won't let me take down the decorations.
Loving the "happy cakes"...that is her name for cake. Too cute!
Mama and Opi enjoying cupcakes.
Puna brought Opal a whole bunch of balloons, isn't this monkey cute?
At the end of the night she still wanted to wear her party hat!
We had so much fun at the aquarium today! Opal sat in this bubble for a long time.
If you look closely you can see clownfish. She had fun yelling "Nemo" every time they would pop out of the anenome.
Wanting to touch them.
