but mostly it works out for us

on tuesdays and thursday at na kamalei. we have been attending this hawaiian culture/language preschool since ambrose was barely 18 months old and he has come so so far! everyone is so loving and kind and they make our whole family feel welcome each week.

they've been emphasizing hawaiian protocol a lot more this session and so we have been working hard to learn our pule or prayer (listen to how spiritual the culture is.... this is not a mormon preschool and is state funded):

E ke Akua
Aloha mai ia makou
Mahalo no keia la
A kokua mai ia makou
Keia ko makou leo pule
Ma ka inoua o Iesu
Amene

which means:
O thou art God
Have mercy upon us
Thank you for this day
And help each of us today
This is our voices of prayer
In the name of Jesus
Amen

the kids chant that and a couple others each time. if you want to see what a big dork looks like, check me out each time, trying my best to remember all the words and timing! :) but i love that ambrose is experiencing this twice a week since this is where he was born and therefore a part of who he is. we love hawaii and na kamalei!









for some reason his site ended up being all boys this session and so that has been kind of fun. he loves his preschool friends and songs and snacks and toys!

end of the session pa'ina: discovery center

he explored without stopping for air for two hours straight. we are definitely coming back!















of course his favorite part of the whole center was latching and unlatching the gate over and over and over and over...etc.

afterwards the kids got end of the session certificates and we were served a very local style lunch (he actually ate his rice for the first time and liked it - score!)

and the kids all got goodie bags with all kinds of awesomeness inside:

we love na kamalei. sometimes we have hard behavior days, but i am so glad that everyone is so loving and understanding and ambrose has learned so much socially, behaviorally and academically since we have been enrolled. what a blessing.

A new kind of fun