*THE 1st DAY OF SCHOOL*

HURRAY!! The 1st day of school did arrive on the 31st of July. It was sad to see Lil' Danny go to 1st grade because it meant our son was growing up but we were so happy for him as well to have finished kindergarten & moving on to the next grade level. He cried when I-Mindy told him that we needed to look at new backpacks while school shopping. He is so in love with his star wars backpack that he had from kindergarten & just didn't want to give it up for a new one. In a way it was a good thing because it was still in good condition & it saved us some $$$ from having to buy a new one.

His new 1st grade teachers name is Mrs. Fukagawa. Now how you pronounce we aren't even sure & if you ask Lil' Danny what his teachers name is he says something not even close to her actual name. But it is so funny to hear him try to say it. We are grateful & love the fact that there is a bus that comes to pick up Lil' Danny. When I-Mindy see the bus pull up it reminds me of the story my dad would tell from his childhood about how it could be a whiteout blizzard of falling snow outside & yet the bus driver was always there to pick him up no matter what. Now we here in Hawaii don't have to worry about the blizzard of snow preventing the bus from picking up kids but when there is strong winds or its raining so bad that roads are becoming flooded then you won't see a bus driver at all. I know it is so weird huh, that they close schools here for stuff like that. But what can we say...that's Hawaii for you!!