Mommy has added “doing the dishes” to my list of chores. I can’t reach the sink, so instead I just hang down below and make sure she puts the dishes in correctly. Mommy assures me its a very important job.
I can’t believe our week in Hawaii is already over – so sad! I had so much fun – especially getting to spend time with Grandma Gail and Grandpa Cal. Even though I can’t say “thank you” yet – daddy said that taking these adorable pictures with them would more than suffice!
Grandma Gail, Grandpa Cal and me
Grandpa Cal and me
(Dad note: kudos to mommy for taking some great pictures! We’re already counting the days until we come back in December…)
I mean check out this view - can you blame me for crashing?!
This time the weather was much nicer, so we got some quality time in at the pool.
Just cruising the kiddie pool, checking out the scene...
This is the life! So much fun!
I really was loving the water – I could have played it in all day (perhaps because it was about 90 degrees). I even showed mommy that I was indeed learning from swim class, by remembering how to do “Humpty Dumpty”…
For dinner we headed over to the Hanalei Dolphin – I had my normal food, but mommy and daddy said their fish was excellent. The best part of the restaurant was that I met a really cute waiter. Mommy said that not only was he the cutest waiter at the restaurant, but also the nicest – I’m still not sure that made daddy any happier with my flirting. (Dad note: probably hard to convey this story via the blog, but Maile had this waiter wrapped around her little finger. He smiled at her every time he passed our table and when he came over to say hi, she got all smiley and giggly. Yikes.)
Mommy, Daddy and Me after a great dinner at Hanalei Dolphin. Hey cute waiter, call me!
All in all it was another wonderful visit to the north side of Kauai and the St. Regis!
(Dad note: and very relaxing too, minus Maile’s 6 AM wake up call…)
This might be more of an inside joke for the Hawaiian locals, but what is up with Hawaiian grass? Back home grass is nice and smooth – here the grass is like little pieces of glass. Its so hard and prickly. I can’t stand it! Whenever Daddy goes to put me on the grass, I pull my legs up as far as I can to avoid touching it – its like he is torturing me!
My first piano lesson with mommy - she said I did a wonderful job!
Do I have to practice?
During my explorations of Grandma and Grandpa’s house I noticed this big box sitting in the corner of the living room. I asked mommy what it was and she told me it was a “piano” and that she used to play it. I asked her to show me how it worked and she obliged.
She showed me how pressing the keys made noises and that if you pressed them in the right order the noises sounded like music. (She then had daddy press the keys and told me that sometimes noise was just noise.)
After a bit of practice this is what I came up with – what do you think?
That’s right – I’m back on Kauai visiting Grandma and Grandpa! We arrived on Thursday and we are here for a whole week. Mommy said we are here for a little “r and r” – whatever that is – and we are also here to celebrate my first birthday a little bit early with Grandma and Grandpa.
Daddy told me that the truth is you never really need a good excuse to come visit Grandma and Grandpa (or did he say to come to Hawaii??) Either way I agree with him!
“Cinderelly, Cinderelly
Night and day it’s Cinderelly
Make the fire, fix the breakfast
Wash the dishes, do the mopping” – The Work Song from Cinderella
Now that I’m feeling better, Mommy and Daddy have really put me to work, making sure I chip in my fair share around the house…
First, I helped daddy do the laundry...
And then I helped Mommy make dinner! (Just like this, right Mommy?)
