PCC - Islands of Figi and Hawaii

I didn't have my camera for the events of today, but I haven't posted this picture yet, so I thought I would. We started off the day by going to the beach with Melissa, Kaiya, Angie, Brylie and Tyken. We have decided this is going to become a daily thing because it is just to hot right now to be doing anything else, and we live in Hawaii so we should be taking advantage of the beautiful beaches and ocean. It was a good time, the water felt so nice and the sun, oh it was heaven. After the kids were all worn out we took them home for naps and then Kali, Krew and I headed to the PCC to check out another island. Today we did both Figi and Hawaii. In Figi we got some fun tattoo's and got to learn to play a derua, a bamboo percussion instrument. It just looks like a big long bamboo stick and you hit it on the ground. Each stick has it's own unique sound. Kali thought that was pretty cool. Then we watched a performance and learned about the culture of Figi. After that we went to the island of Hawaii and got to perform a hula dance, Kali was so entertaining, she even went up on the stage. Then we tried some poi, yummy:) I love poi, especially fresh, however many people do not like the taste. We played three different hawaiian games, one is similiar to bowling, except you use a small wooden hockey puck and try to roll it between two sticks. Then they had a table rock game similiar to Chinese checkers and last but not least a game of coordination, you have this ball tided to a string and the string is tided to a stick and you have to bounce it from the top to the bottom and back of the stick, it was a little difficult, but I got it figured out:) It was a nice relaxing time and fun to learn more about the different cultures. Then the kids came home and crashed. I have it all figured out finally. If I keep the kids outside and busy, they sleep well, the house stays clean and we get a great tan:) We all win!