May Day is a big deal in Hawaii - and it has taken on (as almost everything here does) a very uniquely local interpretation and practice. Thankfully - as celebrated here, the holiday has nothing to do with dippy socialist and anarchist street marches like it does in Europe - instead it is "Lei Day" and ties in to some extent with the Japanese celebration of boys' day and girls' day. The elementary schools go all out - and Livy's school is no exception. They have a May Day celebration with a Queen and King - and they have a court representing each of the Hawaiian islands. This all happens in the big central lawn at Enchanted Lake Elementary and I'm telling you it's a big deal - almost all the parents show up and ALL of the kids participate. Each grade does a song - and this year Olivia's first grade class did a Japanese dance. It was darn cute - here are some pictures of Livy in action:
This year we had a special treat as Jacqueline Maero (eldest daughter of our across-the-street neighbors) was the May Day Queen - and though I didn't see it - Kristen said she did a beautiful hula as the final act of the celebration. Here she is with the rest of the "royals" enjoying the show from her throne...
Owen never misses a chance to eat and May Day was no exception. A very nice mom gave him a Spam Musubi after they sold out the snack bar. Here he appears to be attempting to gag himself to make room for more... yummy
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