Easiest Way to get an Apple a day

Applesauce.... sooo easy!

An Aunty gave us a bunch of apples from her tree.

I've never made applesauce before, but I thought I'd give it a try.

1st step: Wash and Peel Apples

2nd: Chop up Apples

3rd Step: Add apples and a bit of water to a pot

Cook for 20-30 minutes

(No sugar, the apples were sweet enough)

Last step: Smash and eat...

So Yummy!!

"Skoopy" Halloween

I've found that at this age, Kainoa realizes and gets excited more about holiday activities. He understands that Halloween is fun and a bit scary. He told me we can tell "skoopy stories"... I'm assuming he meant 'spooky stories'... anyway, it made me laugh.

Kainoa wanted to be a super hero. He decided back in September, after researching costumes online with me, that Wolverine was the best pick. He actually got the costume for his birthday, so he was set. And lucky him, it was the kind with the muscles. I love how when he put it on and was waving around his invisible claws. I wonder if he really felt transformed into a mutant.

Meanwhile Oni needed a costume... Kainoa told me Keoni would like to be Batman. But no luck finding a batman costume, so we tried the muscle spiderman one. Oni was not about all that fluff on him... he has his own fluff, thank you very much. So we took the spiderman costume back and tried another store. There we found the perfect one. 'Super Why' is one of Keoni's favorite shows on PBS, about little super heroes called 'Super Readers', who use their powers of spelling, reading, and the alphabet to solve problems. So we got Oni the main character's costume, called Super Why. He wasn't as excited as Kainoa, but he looked so cute, it would be fine.

We weren't actually sure he would want to put it on for Halloween, but when the time came, he got dressed up just like his eager brother. I took Wolverine and Super Why to the church Trunk or Treat. Kainoa was very anxious to go, meanwhile Keoni didn't really know what was going on. I don't think he recognized anyone in their costumes and I imagine he was wondering why everyone looked so wierd. While in line for the costume parade, he kept starring at this kid behind us that had a scary mask. He didn't appear too frightened and wasn't crying... He just didn't want to let him out of his sight.

So the boys played games and walked around the cars, trick or treating out of everyone's trunks. Keoni again wasn't sure what was going on, why we were walking around in the dark of the parking lot and why people were filling up his bucket with stuff. He wouldn't let me carry him or let me hold his hand, so we walked at a snail pace. Eventually their buckets were full enough where they were starting to complain, so that was the cue to go.

Luckily I made the two of them take a nap earlier, so they weren't cranky or wiped out by 9 o'clock. Although I couldn't stop them then from trying to eat all of their candy right when we got home. They ate, got a quick sugar high, ran around, then crashed out.

Even super heroes need sleep.