Salsa & All Stars

Cravings can make a woman do some pretty strange things. If someone were to ask me where the new jar of amazing peach mango salsa from Costco is, I’d probably give them a blank stare and say, “I have no idea what you’re talking about.” I’m just sayin. Sometimes you just gotta give in to the message your body is sending you or it’ll never leave you alone. I guess that’s why I’m probably going to listen to the new message my body is screaming at me right now and I’m not going to make it to Tahitian dance class tonight. Too much volleyball fun today during lunch & I’m already sore. Tomorrow I’ll go to Zumba but I’m not up for two-a-days yet.

Earlier this month, Zana’s Tahitian dance group, Oriata, got a regular gig at a local resort doing a 30-minute show in the hotel lobby every Friday evening at 6p. The dancers aren’t going to get paid at this point because that would just be a nightmare to facilitate but the experience & exposure the group is getting is priceless. They just started working on expanding the show to include Hawaiian and Maori (New Zealand) dances as well. Zana is a naturally gifted dancer – that’s not just her momma talkin either. I’m envious how quickly she picks up dances and retains the motions. It just comes naturally for her. I’m usually too busy helping with costume changes during the show to worry about taking pictures or videos but we’ll have some soon I hope.

Last weekend my friend Maeva & I took our kids to the current Disney boy-band "All Star Weekend" (yes that's the name of the group) concert at the PCC. First real 'mainland' group concert for either of our kids.

Zeth snapped this picture of us. He loves playing with the camera.



The kids had a blast. It was more fun watching our little groupies dancing & going nuts than the band, though they were decent, but it made me feel old as I walked out with a headache from the loud music being blasted over a sound system not designed for that kind of accoustical assault. Anything for the kids!


This month Zeth learned how to swing without being pushed, work a yo-yo, dance a Tahitian Paoti (the boys chicken-legs dance move) and untune a guitar. I'm not anxious for him to learn how to say 'adults' yet so for now I remain, happily, a 'redult'. Milestones.





Last month we finally bought our first real, new, matching dining room table & chairs. This was the next big furniture purchase on my list for the past decade that just kept getting pushed down the priority list. I couldn't be more thrilled that our family has started actually dining in the the highly neglected dining room on a pretty regular basis. I am so done with eating every meal on a bar stool in the kitchen. We just happened to find it on the last night of my dear sister's visit so she and Ram stayed up late and assembled the whole beautiful 8-chair set that night. I love the new look!