munch munch.

the hugest strawberry ever!

kaimana's first corn on the cob was a great success!

kaimana's new trumpet.

day eight: time to go home.

this morning i couldn't really sleep... thinking about packing and how much i didn't want to. finally i just got up and went to it. after kaimana woke up, we munched down some breakfast and headed out for our last beach visit. then it was time to get cleaned up and get ready to head to the airport. by the time we turned in the car, checked our bags, and let kaimana walk to the gate, it was time to board. as the plane with taking off, kaimana and i watched maui shrink beneath us and said "bye-bye maui". kaimana could see the beaches of the north shore, "a-bee". "bye-bye bee". he then requested that we go back down. smart little boy.

day seven: crazy cool playground.

i was unfortunately too distracted this day to pull out my camera at our morning trip to the beach. we met up with a friend and her son, and the little boys were too cute! but, as i didn't take any pictures i have no tangible proof :( however, later in the day, we headed upcountry for a visit and got to hang out for a bit at this amazing playground. even better, a friend brought bubbles and over in one of the picnic areas someone was playing a ukulele and singing. playground time was followed by crepes in paia and back to kihei for bed. no movies or ice cream this night... just right to sleep.

day six: mother's day.

when kaimana woke up this morning, he joined daddy in a trip to the grocery store for mother's day breakfast supplies: bagels! we then walked down to the beach for a couple hours of playtime before hitting the road to la perouse. with kaimana in the ergo, we hiked around for a while, then let him down to do some hiking of his own. every stick and rock and root was pretty interesting. so beautiful down there. hungry for lunch, we hit up fred's, then went across the street to play at the beach well into the afternoon. we showered and hung out on the lawn to watch the sunset. a little girl and her mommy from the blanket next door shared their ball with kaimana. pretty cute!

day five.

day five, saturday, started out with a trip to the beach of course! after playing for a while, we loaded into the car to head upcountry. first we went to kula to grab some french pastries, then headed into olinda for the seabury arts & crafts fair. we met with some friends there, listened to music, ate some food, and generally enjoyed the celebrations. man, there were a lot of people there! afterwards, we hit up the grocery store and came back to make some homemade hamburgers before hitting the sack. oh yes, and ice cream and a movie for us.

day four: chillin'.

the title really sums it up. kaimana slept another half-hour later today (what will this mean when we come home?), we went out for breakfast, then hit the beach. when kaimana started getting cranky, we got in the car to get him to sleep, then headed indoors for nap-time ourselves. obviously we brought kaimana inside too. got up, ate lunch, and headed back out to the beach. this time we took a walk down sugar beach. then.... shave ice!!!

after shave ice, we headed over to kam one. this time we just hung in the grassy area, and enjoyed some shade :) the afternoon wind kept us cool, and we sat there recalling so many wonderful afternoons spent doing just that. kaimana did some serious running around (like an airplane), watched some cardinals, and generally burned off some energy. probably from shave ice.

we drove into wailuku for a delicious dinner, they liked kaimana so much he got a tour of the kitchen! drove back, bath/shower time, kaimana to bed, movie and ice cream for the parents. i only made it through half the movie before falling asleep.

it's going to be really hard to come home.

day three and the road to hana.

kaimana slept a little bit longer this morning. well, till around 5:30. we munched down some more swedish pancake breakfast, and got packed up to hit the road. to hana.

kaimana fell asleep a little bit past paia. when he woke up about 45 minutes from our destination, he looked a little pale. then again, so did zach. the road is super winding, and once you get to a certain point, the jungle blocks out most of the skyline. we made it to waianapapa none to soon, luckily no one got sick. we only hung out there for a half-hour or so, ate some bananas, watched the blowhole (which wasn't super entertaining this day), used the bathroom, enjoyed the view. then we jumped back into the car to head to oheo gulch.

we were really excited about this hike, but weren't sure how kaimana would do. since he'd already been stuck in the car all morning, we decided to let him walk for a while first. he did great! he probably hiked close to 75% of the way up to the falls and had a blast while doing so. he saw lots of rocks ("ocks"), roots ("oots"), bamboo ("ba-boo"), and got to get his feet wet in the stream we had to cross. after taking their picture at the falls, we loaded him into the ergo and he was asleep within 10 minutes.

we decided to drive around kaupo to come home, much less winding, and grabbed some pizza when we got back into kihei. dinner, showers, bedtime for kaimana, movie (the blind side) and ice cream for us, made for the end of day three.

the big surprise: day two.

day two started early. kaimana doesn't seem too interested in switching over to hawaii-time. he woke up around 4:30, snuggled in bed with us for another 20 minutes, and then really wanted some juice. so, we all got up at that point. kaimana drank juice and played with toys, daddy went for an early morning maui run, and mommy started making breakfast. swedish pancakes with pineapple syrup, eggs, sausage, fresh papaya, coffee, and oj. yum!

then we packed up and headed for..... the beach of course!

kaimana only lasted a couple hours before starting to get tired. we though maybe we'd head to lunch, but then realized it was only 10am. so we headed for breakfast and fred's instead. of course, as soon as we were back in the car after second breakfast, kaimana crashed. we decided to use his napping time to drive upcountry towards a hike we like in olinda. we got there, rested in the car for a little while ourselves, then packed kaimana up in the ergo. he was still kinda sleepy, and not sure what he wanted. he wanted to get down and walk, but after a few feet wanted back up again. we did the up, down, up, down routine a few times before just leaving him in the pack. he fell asleep again!

we stopped a ho'okipa to watch the windsurfers and surfers for a little while before heading back to kihei. before dinner we again took a walk on the beach. what a great way to spend an evening. well, late afternoon :) we even saw a little lizard on our way back. there's isn't a stopper for the tub here, and i really wanted to make sure we got all the sand and sunscreen off of kaimana's skin, so into the sink he went for a bath. he went to sleep a little more easily this time, and zach and i ate ice cream, watched a movie, and fell asleep. so happy.

the big surprise: day one.

zach's first reaction when i woke him up tuesday morning: scowl. then i told him i thought we should go to fred's for cinco de mayo and to la provence for mother's day: confusion. he slowly figured it out: joy.

we headed to the airport about 20 minutes later...

when we arrived on maui, we grabbed our car (an impala! ha!), and headed to the beach. zach reminded me of a happy schoolboy as he frolicked in the waves. kaimana would have eagerly joined him, but we kept him in the shallows. he laughed every time the water crashed into his shins. after playing for a while, we hit the grocery store and went to check into our ohana. we unpacked, and headed to the beach again!!! this time we just took a walk down the beach while kaimana discovered every piece of coral, urchin, crab hole, rock, stick, that he could. after a dinner of tacos, showers were in order, quickly followed by trying to get the over-tired kaimana to sleep in the twin-sized rollaway bed. he finally passed out around 7:30 hawaii-time, and zach and i got to watch some x-files before turning in ourselves.

what a day!