Kalihiwai River kayak/Little Sprouts Dance Party

We had an amazing weekend in Princeville. Some friends of ours came to the South shore for the weekend and offered us their awesome pad overlooking the golf course with a view of the ocean.
We had a wonderful time on our little getaway. Kalia was very excited about their trampoline and also rode Ky's bicycle in the garage. Ishmael and Grady took advantage of the beautiful golf course grass after dark. They ran up and down the fairway and through sand traps, shhhhh... don't tell.
On Saturday, we explored the Kalihiwai River with our kayak. We invited our favorite friend and babysitter, Caitlin to join us for the day. She and her family moved to the North shore six months ago and we miss them so much. The river was fantastic, small, calm and surrounded by beautiful foliage. Grady was a little squirrely due to a smallish life jacket, and we unfortunately didn't make it to the waterfall due to a fallen tree across the river. We did however return to the inlet where the ocean meets the river and did a little boggy boarding. The kids both took turns with Sean riding the waves. I gave it a shot on my own, my first time on a boggy board in the 3+ years we've been here. I found the >1 foot waves to be too much for me. I let out a scream that would have made an 11 year old school girl proud. So we played on the beach until nap time. A very beautiful day.

Later that night.... we stopped in Kapa'a to catch a monthly toddler's "dance party". We rarely make it over to this side of the island, so the timing worked out perfect, save for the exhausted kids. We arrived at a small plantation style house that had been renovated into a kids playhouse. They had a disco ball on the ceiling and spotlights around the room. The music was disco, perfect for the parents in attendance and really who doesn't shake it to the Dancing Queen by ABBA? The kids rallied quickly and we danced the night away, well, until 8pm when the kids started to look delirious. Kalia was very friendly and playful with the other kids, but our little man Grady was really cutting a rug! He loves to dance and spin, and roll on the floor without coaxing/persuasion. The dance party was fantastic, definitely something we will make a monthly pilgrimage to do.

Weekends

Secret Falls

Summer time

This summer is almost over and here are a few photos of our super fun times.

Drama, Drama, Drama!

Our little girls loves all things drama. Singing, dancing, standup comedy ( and believe me when I say, she's funny!) drawing, painting, telling stories and acting out.

I can only hope as a parent I foster her individuality and through the years I enjoy the unique position of watching her explore, experiment, create, and live her life.

Holiday Extraveganza

Our trip a brief synopsis: 

Kauai-Sacramento- Visited the Wilder family checked out the new digs and dropped off the kids.  What a wonderful gift family is, especially loving sisters,brothers, mothers,& fathers who volunteer to watch the kids while mom and dad go on holiday in NEW YORK CITY!

Sacramento-NYC- Visited friends Bryan & Julie, sight seeing, missed the kids like crazy, got all dolled up, drinks at the Rainbow Room (with Tony award hopefuls) saw a Broadway show and ate the yummiest noodle soup ever!  Day 2... It was fantastic

NYC-LAX- Coast to coast a bit of a bumpy ride.  We met the family, all 19 of us, at Disneyland. In a nutshell it was a pink princess explosion.  The crazy water ride was the best fun.  We watched fireworks from the hotel!  Grady danced with a band of pirates.  It was a great time and we can't wait to go back.