Nene Bird Arrives with her Flock

Nene arrived with Aunt Georgia and "Crazy" Uncle Dick, and we had an exciting visit. Uncle Dick survived a surfing "incident" at Waikiki including a trip to the surf hospital conveniently located on the beach, and also thought it would be fun to fling himself out of an airplane high above the North Shore. Aunt Georgia and Nene chose a slightly different vacation style, and lounged at the beach and chased Mr. Andrew all around the town.

Uncle Dick taught Andrew that jumping out of airplanes is a normal way to spend the day, and also taught him some exercises to stay fit.

Andrew had a great time having an audience for his shennanigans.

Andrew took Nene and Aunt Georgia to the zoo and met Nene's namesake-- the Hawaiian Nene Bird. Apparently, the Nene bird is quite vicious. No comment.

We had such a great visit.
Thanks for traveling so far to spend time with us!

Can't wait to see ya'll in August. Miss you already.

The Easter Bunny Hopped to Hawaii

Meet the Hawaiian Easter Bunny.

Nene & Aunt Georgia helped Andrew look for eggs.

The Easter Bunny filled eggs with jelly beans and peeps.
Andrew was a little excited about this.

Here is video of waking up Easter morning.

Poor Nene... Andrew woke her up at about 6am every morning.
No sleeping late in this house.
We miss you already, Nene, Aunt Georgia & Uncle Dick.

Bedtime for Bonzo

It might sound mean to say that I look forward to bedtime each day,
but it is so much fun.

Bath time is for singing and blowing bubbles.
About half the bath water ends up on the bathroom floor.

Don't forget to check yourself out in the mirror.
Yeah, lookin' good.

Ready for jammies?
Nope.

Making his second blog appearance... SUPER NAKED BABY!

Time to calm down and read some stories.

Admire myself in the mirror, again.
Still lookin' good.

Check.

Goodnight, everyone!

Sleep tight and I'll see you in the morning bright.

Fun at School

This month, Andrew took a field trip to the city bus wash.

They took the kids through two times, and he loved it!
Now, every time we see a city bus, he wants to take a ride.

Here is Andrew reading a few books
with his good buddies, Bianca and Ella.

Swim & Surf

Andrew loves to swim.

He swims twice a week at our neighborhood pool and we hit the beach whenever it gets warm.
He is getting pretty brave-- he will jump in from the side (holding Mommy's finger), hold his breath and put his face in, blow bubbles, kick and swim using "big arms," and loves to "surf" with his surf board.

Here is some footage of Andrew surfing.
It got a little crazy at the end of the adventure, but don't worry... other than a little sand in the ears, Andrew was ok. Good thing he is a pretty tough kid. After the spill, he kept reminding George and I that "Daddy went too fast... need to slow down."

I Have the Deck and the Con

Oh, how I truly enjoyed "bring your wife to work day."
It is a rare occasion that family members are allowed to go out to sea with their sailor, and I took advantage. They let us shoot a torpedo slug, climb into the torpedo tubes, eat lunch in the ward room, and let us look out the periscope (I saw a whale spout).
It was sweet.

Here I am preparing to climb into the torpedo tube...

And I shot the torpedo...and then prepared for a fire drill.

This is "angles and dangles."
They take the boat to 25 degree up and down angles.

Hot Mama in the Engineer's rack. Yes, that is where George sleeps. Ridiculous.

The best part of the experience was that it made me truly appreciate all of the hard work that goes into running a fast attack submarine. I had some major pride in my sailor when he had the deck and the con and was in charge of diving the boat. They should let women onto subs...men shouldn't be the only ones who get the really sweet jobs. I'm filing a discrimination law suit.

My Very First Bike

For the record, this was George's idea. I was planning on waiting a little while before getting another toy. He has so many toys, and he just got a super-cool scooter a few months ago. However, it is really fun when Dad gets to be the good guy and deliver such a cool toy.

Andrew helped put the bike together and then he was off.

Some crazy person thinks its funny to leap over their child while he rides his bike.

Ta-Dah... Here he comes

Field Trip to the Zoo

Mommy chaperoned a group of wild two-year-olds on a field trip to the Honolulu Zoo, and we had a great time. By far, the best part was riding the big yellow school bus. A close second place was a three way tie between seeing two baby tigers, two giant elephants, and eating a picnic lunch in the park.

This is Andrew's teacher, Miss Dinah.
She has more energy than most two year olds.

Here are pictures of Andrew's buddies, Isaac and Bianca.