Aloha!

On Saturday, we had our Hawaii party. We first made some grass skirts by using green party streamers and tape. We also made some leis using construction paper, straws, and yarn.

The recipes we tried were Kalua Pork, Coconut Sweet Potatoes, and a Pineapple Upside-Down Cake. Kalua literally means "the pit", which is how it is traditionally cooked. With freezing temperatures outside....we opted for using our slow cooker instead. We also didn't have banana or ti leaves to wrap the pork in, so we wrapped it in aluminum foil.

Olivia helped make the Pineapple-Upside Down Cake! It was delicious.

We listened to Hawaiian luau music while we ate. The girls had fun dancing the hula. We had watched some hula videos to watch how it is traditionally danced. They made their own version and had fun! Push play on the video below to watch a little of their show...

We also wore name tags with our Hawaiian names. Mark's is Maleko, Sarah's is Kala, Georgia's is Keokia, and Olivia's is Oliwia. What's yours? http://www.hisurf.com/hawaiian/names.html

After our feast we watched a documentary called Hidden Hawaii which talked about the islands' origin and volcanoes.

Aloha!