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!

easter slideshow.

i realize it's almost a month since easter, but here's the slideshow anyway!

little mynah.

kaimana has come to a great realization. the realization that he can attempt to say anything and everything anyone else says. which creates fairly constant toddler chatter. a few of his words are clear, many more i can understand because i hear him say them all the time, and still many more need much development. everyday a few words move up a category, and i can't believe what that means. what will he sound like in another week, month, season?

his new favorite thing to talk about is "people". he sees and hears them almost everywhere. today there were "pee-po" in the "tore". "a-my-mur" to be exact. that is, there were people in the store, fred meyer. also "pee-po" are "nunny". people are funny. this is what he says whenever he hears someone laughing.

his love for letters is now extending beyond his toys and he's starting to point out letters on signs and buildings. as well as shapes and colors. when we visit the zoo, i try to point out the animals but he's more interested in looking at the "ine", the signs, and standing on the "kir-kle", the circles. also known to adults as storm drains.

what a day.

we had a late night last night. kaimana didn't get to bed until around 10:30. then, possibly due to teething, he was up from 2:30-4. i was hoping this would mean he might sleep in a bit, but sadly, no. we were up at 7. who was i kidding?

later in the morning, he took a black crayon to the kitchen floor, and decided to try to climb over the back of his folding chair. luckily, i caught him at the attempt, but he continued to run around like a crazy boy until we took a walk to the grocery store.

after his nap, he decided it was best to disassemble and demolish his sandwich i had made for his lunch. all he wanted were grapes and strawberries. after lunch, while i was repairing a toy he had stepped on, he found the paperback i've been reading and ripped off the cover.

a little later, he got a time-out in his crib for kicking mama after being asked repeatedly not to. when he was allowed to get back out of his crib, he did some crazy move in his doorway and hit his head on the doorjamb. as i was consoling him, he decided to show me what had just happened by pointing to the doorjamb and hitting his head on it again, a little more gently this time.

wow.

he was however extremely cute dancing his arms around while we watched a few minutes of michael jackson dancing in 'this is it'.

and there were several moments when he threw his arms around my neck and puckered up to give me a kiss.

he held a little daisy in his hand the entire walk to the grocery store, through the aisles of the grocery store, and only let go when he fell asleep in the stroller on the way home.

he sat relatively still in his highchair while i gave him a haircut. trying his best to say 'haircut' through the whole process.

he picked out his own jammies from his drawer, and helped me put them on him.

guess i better get to bed in case tomorrow is another day like this one.