We are back in Hawaii, and loving it! the girls have been a little fixated on naming where everybody was born. They go through the whole list...Daddy was born in Ohio, Mommy was born in West Virgina, Juneau was born in Vietnam, Nova was born in Hawaii! so now that we have actually arrived in Hawaii, it comes up several times a day that "Nova was born in Hawaii!". We are all sooooo happy to be in the nice 70 degree sunshine. Oh, also, while on the topic of all things hawaii, the girls both love spam. gross, I know. Cris ordered the Rice and Eggs plate this a.m. for breakfast at McDonalds, and it also comes with two big slices of fried spam, and Nova and Juneau made some quick work of that spam.
Nova, the day before the trip. Excited!
random photograph of the girls daily breakfast. They eat this exact same breakfast. Every. Single. Day. Juneau likes her apples/bananas with cherrios, nova prefers hers without :) They eat this in the car on the way to taking me to work every day.
The plane trip to Hawaii certainly fell into the category of "things that aren't fun". Airfare has not been cheap lately, and we ended up paying more for our tickets than we would have liked. And in spite of that, our travel itinerary was not ideal from the start. We had a 3hour45min layover in seattle. Unfortunately that got extended to a 6 hour layover when our plane was delayed. Thank goodness for portable DVD players!
We FINALLY arrived in honolulu at 1:00 a.m. (4:00 a.m. coloradado time!). Fortunately the girls went back to sleep for a few hours after making it to the hotel. Of course, Juneau had to try out the hotel bathtub first thing in the morning.
the girls are really, really good about sleeping in their cribs at home. They think it is just the coolest thing ever that they get to sleep in a "big girl bed" at the hotel. and to top it off, they get to sleep together! they call this their "sissy bed"
we headed out to the beach the day we arrived, and we had a blast. Juneau LOVED the ocean, and Nova has really reconciled herself with the sand. She had a great time digging with her little shovels and buckets. Juneau was, of course, fearless in the water. Later in the day we had the pleasure of enjoying the "awesomeness" that was the Honolulu Festival Parade. Honolulu is certainly a diverse place, and this parade empahsized that! My personal favorite was the Japanese Cheerleading squad "The Rabbits". A close second, though, was the Hula Troop with the average age of 82. It was quite impressive to see these ladies hula while keeping up with the fast paced parade.
after the parade we met up with our Hawaii family (cousins Tim, Beth, and Melody) for some delicious dinner and catch-up time. Little Miss Melody has really grown into quite the little pre-schooler. She kept Nova and Juneau entertained by teaching them all about the cool stuff her dad's i-phone can do. Juneau was particularly fascinated!
not quite sure what these two were doing in this picture, but it sure looks fun!
This morning the girls woke up, looked out the window onto the balcony, and Juneau said "Look, it's Hawaii out there!"
Juneau kept herself entertained by putting pull-ups on all of her Little Einsteins and then tucking them into bed
This is where i will take a minute for the nova-is-a-mushy-gushy-daddy's girl pictures. Nova has gotten UNBELIEVABLE with her daddy obsession. last week we were walking in to a restaurant and I was holding her as we were walking. she said "stop, mom, stop. i need to give dad a big kiss". seriously? so of course we stopped, she gave cris a humongous kiss, and then said "big hug, big hug". she loves loves loves her daddy, and gives him the biggest hugs and kisses all the time.
big hug, big hug
Nova got her first bloody nose today while jumping on the bed. pitiful, right?
random photograph of the girls daily breakfast. They eat this exact same breakfast. Every. Single. Day. Juneau likes her apples/bananas with cherrios, nova prefers hers without :) They eat this in the car on the way to taking me to work every day.
The plane trip to Hawaii certainly fell into the category of "things that aren't fun". Airfare has not been cheap lately, and we ended up paying more for our tickets than we would have liked. And in spite of that, our travel itinerary was not ideal from the start. We had a 3hour45min layover in seattle. Unfortunately that got extended to a 6 hour layover when our plane was delayed. Thank goodness for portable DVD players!
We FINALLY arrived in honolulu at 1:00 a.m. (4:00 a.m. coloradado time!). Fortunately the girls went back to sleep for a few hours after making it to the hotel. Of course, Juneau had to try out the hotel bathtub first thing in the morning.
the girls are really, really good about sleeping in their cribs at home. They think it is just the coolest thing ever that they get to sleep in a "big girl bed" at the hotel. and to top it off, they get to sleep together! they call this their "sissy bed"
we headed out to the beach the day we arrived, and we had a blast. Juneau LOVED the ocean, and Nova has really reconciled herself with the sand. She had a great time digging with her little shovels and buckets. Juneau was, of course, fearless in the water. Later in the day we had the pleasure of enjoying the "awesomeness" that was the Honolulu Festival Parade. Honolulu is certainly a diverse place, and this parade empahsized that! My personal favorite was the Japanese Cheerleading squad "The Rabbits". A close second, though, was the Hula Troop with the average age of 82. It was quite impressive to see these ladies hula while keeping up with the fast paced parade.
after the parade we met up with our Hawaii family (cousins Tim, Beth, and Melody) for some delicious dinner and catch-up time. Little Miss Melody has really grown into quite the little pre-schooler. She kept Nova and Juneau entertained by teaching them all about the cool stuff her dad's i-phone can do. Juneau was particularly fascinated!
not quite sure what these two were doing in this picture, but it sure looks fun!
This morning the girls woke up, looked out the window onto the balcony, and Juneau said "Look, it's Hawaii out there!"
Juneau kept herself entertained by putting pull-ups on all of her Little Einsteins and then tucking them into bed
This is where i will take a minute for the nova-is-a-mushy-gushy-daddy's girl pictures. Nova has gotten UNBELIEVABLE with her daddy obsession. last week we were walking in to a restaurant and I was holding her as we were walking. she said "stop, mom, stop. i need to give dad a big kiss". seriously? so of course we stopped, she gave cris a humongous kiss, and then said "big hug, big hug". she loves loves loves her daddy, and gives him the biggest hugs and kisses all the time.
big hug, big hug
Nova got her first bloody nose today while jumping on the bed. pitiful, right?
today we dropped cris off at the university, and then headed over to check out the Sea Life Park. We had never been to the sea life park during our time living in hawaii, but i thought the girls might like it. Plus, i want to take advantage of all the stuff that they both get into for free while they are under 3! We enjoyed the park, although it is certainly not on my Top Hawaii Attractions list. In fact, i think i would have been very dissapointed if it had cost more than $20 for the 3 of us to get in. Even so, the girls enjoyed the fish, turtles, and sea lions. 
well, that is all for now. We have been doubly exhausted the last few nights! catching up from a long travel day, and chasing 2 very excited little girls all over oahu makes for a very tired momma and daddy!
well, that is all for now. We have been doubly exhausted the last few nights! catching up from a long travel day, and chasing 2 very excited little girls all over oahu makes for a very tired momma and daddy! 
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