Sterling has lost 4 teeth in this one week and he is looking pretty funny. He looks in the mirror a lot the past couple days to see the oddity that is his mouth. He is growing up so quickly I can almost hear it happening...it's kind of freaking me out!
Where did all your teeth go?
We go Beach (that's Hawaiian!)
So, here are miscellaneous pics from beach going---we took Sarah to North Shore, but it's winter and the waves were too full of personality, and the beach on Hickam AFB-less picturesque, but safe for the kiddos
Makapu'u Lighthouse
Our second hike since Sarah got here, we went to the lighthouse on the south east corner of the island. It was sort of steep, but paved and therefore easier than the ones we've been doing lately. It was absolutely gorgeous and it's breeding season for the humpback whales right now, so they're here in Hawaii....we saw probably 5 whales, but not the whole whale, just spouts from blowholes and the occasional side of a fin. The view was breath taking, and there were a couple guys on hang gliders showing off directly above our heads-seriously this one guy kept swooping down like 10 ft above our heads. The boys had a lot of fun and Sarah kept cracking us up because she was so freaked out about the boys walking around (it was a steep drop off). We will probably be doing this one again before too long.
Aunt Sarah
The long awaited event of Aunt Sarah coming to stay with us for a while, finally came! Sterling and Rod have been counting down the days for quite some time and Sterling was even heard telling Roddy that, "you shouldn't be the most excited about Christmas, what you should really be excited about is Aunt Sarah is coming in 12 days!" How cute is that! We got her room cleaned out just in time and picked her up at the airport after the boys bedtime, but they got to stay up late- not that I would've been able to get them to sleep! They only took a day or 2 to warm up-pretty good after not seeing her for a year! Anywho...we're enjoying her being here and we're excited about our time together!
Maunawili Falls
In our quest for new adventures here in Hawaii we found this beautiful but muddy hike. It is a good hike to a nice waterfall, but we didn't make it to the falls. We went 3/4 of the way and then turned back...it had been raining a LOT and the trail was ridiculously muddy. We brought Dyoji with us on this one and she did great, but I had on cruddy shoes for mud and steep decent. We crossed a stream/river 3 times and then we got to the part where there wasn't really a trail, you just were supposed to follow the stream bed, but it was a little too much for Robert carrying Roddy without a backpack thing and Dyoji was having a little bit of a hard time on all the slippery rocks. Sterling was upset that we didn't go all the way to the falls and started goofing off and promptly slipped and busted his shin really good. All in all it was nice and we are planning to revisit it when it's a little drier.....probably around June....
New Years Day
For New Years day we decided to go ice skating. We pulled out the boxes with winter clothes and dusted off the jeans, got everyone dressed and went to the ice rink here in Hawaii. The last time I went ice skating it was like 15 years ago and in the Galleria in Dallas, TX---I was totally unprepared for the cold that was in that building! From the minute we walked in our breath was crystallizing in the air and it was quite shocking! The boys did pretty well with these walker-like contraptions they had for stabilizing unsteady feet on the ice, and it came back to Robert and I easily, but they really were a little too young to really enjoy it there. They spent more time in the game-room area than they did on the ice, but everyone had fun. Check out Robert's sweet outfit he donned for this outing! He-hee!! Not that mine was tons better....We've been away from cold for so long...we don't even know what to do with ourselves. When we left the rink and stepped outside, the humidity hit us like a wall and Robert's glasses immediately fogged up....it was a funny sight, but I guess you had to be there!
Makiki
Our first family hike in Hawaii was at Makiki...It's at the Hawaii Nature Center in Honolulu. It was 2.9 miles and went up 720 ft in elevation. We were totally unprepared for what we found on this hike...we were wearing normal clothing and I was in slippers (flip-flops). It was really raining when we got there but we figured it would be fine and not take that long---but, it was pretty long because the trail was mostly large rocks to climb over. It poured rain the entire time and we were all enjoying it, except Roddy who was carried by Robert. Sterling was our trail blazer and he kept a pretty good pace! We were totally surprised by him on this hike! He had so much fun and never complained once! We passed many people on this trail and everyone was shocked when they saw our little troop. We looked like we were either such hardcore hikers we didn't even need to be prepared, or we were lost! Robert carried Rod the entire time and Sterling was wearing Crocs. It was pretty funny, but we learned to bring towels and rainjackets for the boys from now on! Oh yeah, there are wild chicken everywhere here! Even in the forest, so I had to grab a shot of some on the walk to the hike.
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