a new post!

finally. apparently i'm not good at keeping this blog updated. so here are some pictures from a month ago-- christmas on big island.

christmas morning. this cute little kitchen was from grandma and poppi. it had to be completely assembled (by scott) late on christmas eve, then disassembled and packed back in the box so we could bring it home. it stays in the box until we move into our new house-- next weekend! yay!

some chop-able food to go with it

ivy mostly liked the wrapping paper

moving on from christmas morning, aidan loved this silly swim ring thing i found lying around. he felt so liberated, swimming "all by himself."

naked babies in a hammock.

a little beach time

a little reading time (notice the book is upside down)

this is how you charm the ladies.

people should cook like this more often. sorry about all the nakedness, but i love their little bums.

gabe, studying his petroglyphs.

aidan and ivy had a blast in this galvanized tub. it was rainy and "chilly" (for hawaii) but aidan must have been in there for at least an hour.


not a bad way to end the day-- asleep in a pretty girl's lap.
now i will go to sleep. or some form of psuedo-sleep with ivy waking me up or crowding me off the bed all night. i have to keep telling myself that some day--SOME DAY!!--both my kids will sleep through the night. but tomorrow is ivy's first birthday and so far that full night of sleep i used to know and love is nowhere in sight. sigh... it's a good thing she's so darn sweet.

mostly halloween

wow, i've been really terrible about updating the blog. must be because i spend all my computer time looking for a bigger place to live that doesn't cost so much we'd have to sell off our children to afford the rent. but then we wouldn't need a bigger place and also there would be no reason for this blog. anyhoo, i thought i'd post a few pictures from halloween.
first we had to go to the pumpkin patch:

it was hot. also, they hadn't opened up the "good" patches yet, so it was slim, often rotten pickins. feeling a little gypped, my friend and i managed to justify to ourselves a mad dash into a "good" patch on our way out of the farm. in a rush of adrenaline, we ripped off a pair of nice, big, fat healthy pumpkins, dove back into the car and sped away, feeling delightfully naughty.

ivy was way into the pumpkin carving.


bwaaahahaaahaaa!

aidan was fascinated and a little spooked by the pumpkins in the dark.

i think maybe there is nothing more wonderful than jack o' lanterns.


this was the pirate and the pumpkin right before we went trick-or-treating


what in god's name are these things on our heads?

this is how ivy looked most of the night. we had lots of fun because we actually found a neighborhood that "does" halloween. most kids go to the mall and stand in a long, snaking line to obtain a piece of candy from each store. woo hoo. we saw scary decorations, haunted houses, fun costumes and most importantly tons of kids all juiced up on sugar.

this was grandma's last visit. she was just here again for a few days, and had to leave today. boohoo. i'm pretty sure she was totally burned out on baby watching and repeatedly cleaning my kitchen. thanks, mom.

here is aidan in puppy heaven at grandpa's (scott sr's) house. i watched him frolic in there (it's like a big puppy mansion that gramma arlene built) with a wooden smile, trying not to think of all the poop and pee residue he was rolling in. actually i think he peed in the puppy house too.

okay, that's all for now folks.

happy late fathers' day

i do have the best dads in the world. they have both done so much for me, and are both a great inspiration. thank you papa and brian for being the best dads ever! but i can't forget scott. he is the best dad ever too. we didn't really do anything on fathers day because aidan was sick... he was exposed unknowingly to hand, mouth and foot disease (sounds great, doesn't it? very common and not harmful) the other day, so he was feeling really crappy yesterday. much more himself today.
this is a recent trip to the waikiki aquarium:

He's saying, "Nemo! Nemo" (meno, meno)

see? Nemo.

Scott's sister April was here with her four kids for a while. It was so nice to meet them and have some more family and kids around.

Boys will be boys. This is Andres and Aidan. Andres is a couple months younger than Aidan.


Isabel (8) and Ivy


all the cousins-- sean (11) with ivy, andres, antonio (4) isabel, and aidan.

I like napping pictures. Aidan is always so well behaved when he is napping.

They often end up in the same position, somehow.

Cute, quiet and cuddly

a hoppy easter weekend

we went to big island over easter weekend to hang out with mom and brian and gabe. it was an excellent time.

smily girl.

drawing with gramma.

the ivy bunny

gabe and his birdie.

breakfast on the beach

eggs, pre-hunt

yes, she's sleeping in a storage bin...

but she doesn't mind

borrowing the hot tub at the mauna lani

we're not really orange

is this all for me?

making a manly breakfast

things to do, places to go

boats to row

a hard life.

morning glory

thanks mom and brian!