Aloha!

We rented a house along Poipu Beach in Kauai with our friends Kenzo, Rowen, their parents (Josh, Denise, Roehl & Shannon) and Auntie Kate. What a great time! I loved the house, and instantly started running around, playing with all the light switches, pulling down art pieces, and playing with everyone on the trip (which happily surprised my parents). Our house was right on the beach, so I woke up to the ocean everyday, and its waves drowned out the sound of the grownups guffawing when I was sleeping.



There are so many aspects of the trip that I loved. I loved sharing a bedroom with my parents. Every morning I would wake up, see them, and call “Mommy! Daddy!” They would pretend they were asleep, so then I would call out for our friends “Josh! Denise!” instead. That generally made my parents laugh, so they would pull me between them in bed for a family snuggle or I would otherwise play with their faces.

My favorite activity while in Hawaii was climbing out of the Pack & Play crib. The first day it happened, Mommy put me down for a nap and 2 minutes later she heard me knocking on the bedroom door to get out! She had a look of dread in her eyes when she walked in to see me standing in front of her. She put me back in the crib, but I climbed out repeatedly, so she stayed in the room and pretended to sleep to entice me to do the same. I kept climbing out, and she kept putting me back in, until all of her pretend sleep made her doze off! But I continued playing and even took off my diaper. So when Mommy ultimately awoke, she found me asleep, commando, with legs wide open, airing out my womanly parts! What a sight!

I didn’t like the water this time, and barely entered it. It was too cold, and the waves freaked me out, even though we went to the “Baby Beach” where the water was as calm as a lake. Instead, I made my parents carry me and walk into the ocean so I could live vicariously through them. I did enjoy making sand “habeebee” (birthday cakes) and playing with the water faucet.

BTW, shaved ice and spam musubi rock!

Finally, I’ve become such a seasoned traveler that I did exceptionally well on the airplane on the way home. I didn’t even watch that much of the DVDs; I preferred reading all my books and playing with Daddy’s watch instead. My parents were so proud of me! I can’t wait for our next chance to ride “airplane!”.

See more pictures from the trip here.