Trip to Hawaii

Last week we went to Hawaii (Kauai) for a vacation with Emily's parents. We did lots of sightseeing, a little bit of swimming, and enjoyed a break from everything! Elvin also enjoyed eating 8 days worth of papaya, pineapple, raw ahi poke, laulau pork (pork steamed in taro leaves) and Hawaiian sweet bread. Eliana LOVED having her grandparents around 24/7, and experienced a bit of Grandma-withdrawal upon our return. The flights went amazing well with Ellie - no crying! - and she held up pretty well with all the driving. So, a successful "last" vacation with just one little girl!

Being silly...

Eliana is in the "let's try on Mommy's shoes" phase. This time, however, she put on Emily's fake Ugg boots, which go up to Eliana's thighs. Even though it is very awkward, she seems to like walking around in them...





You may not hear from us for a while... As you can see below we are packing (and Eliana is un-packing) for a trip. We are going to Hawaii! We will be spending a week at a time share in Kauai with Emily's parents. We hear Kauai has a lot of feral chickens running around everywhere. We expect that they will be a hit with Eliana--we'll let you know.

Happy Easter!

We had a full and eventful weekend. Spring is here. Even though a cold and windy storm passed through our area this weekend, we had a chance to go into the back yard.

Eliana, ever aware of tiny little things on the ground, spotted a "lady buh". Daddy picked it up and she loved looking at it. But she refused to let it crawl on her hand.

Elvin was putting in asparagus plants into the backyard. But from the picture below, we're not sure who was actually in charge.

At the local farmer's market, there were (Easter) bunnies for sale. The last thing we need is a pet bunny, but I guess the next best thing is being able to look at them for 10 minutes straight. She would reach into the cage and pet the rabbits with her index finger.

She got her second haircut on Saturday evening. The haircutting lady had a 17 month old herself and was very good with Eliana. Eliana has never been squirted with a spray bottle before.

On Sunday after church, we held an Easter egg hunt in our living room. We hid about a dozen eggs. This being her first egg hunt, she needed a lot of coaching on how to do this activity. She found one under the piano bench.

Elvin put a Reese's peanut butter cup into each egg. When she realized that with egg #1, the hunt came to a screeching halt--she needed to "eat cahn-dy".

But for some reason, she would only take a nibble then drop them on the floor. (Elvin dispatched them later so they wouldn't go to waste.)

On Sunday evening, we drove 20 minutes to Emily's parents' for dinner. Eliana's cousins, who she loves to spend time with, were there as well. We walked to the creek in the backyard to look for frogs.

No frogs were to be found, but Eliana had a great time playing with her cousins Abby and Millie.