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Costco Trip!

Christian loves going to Costco.  The second reason is because it's next to Toys R Us and he always tries to get us to go in there and get him a new toy, but the first and real reason is because he loves tasting all the samples that Costco has.

costco

Smoothies are a fave and since Costco is intent on selling everyone the Vita-Mix blenders ($499), you can almost guarantee yourself a taste of smoothie on any given day.

costco drink

costco drink

costco drink

costco drink

We usually always peruse the book section and once in a while will find a real strange gem to read. On this trip we found the "Rainforest!" and more samples to taste.

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The many adventures of the mouth in sample-land:

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costco snacks 3

costco snacks 4

costco snacks 2

costco snacks 7

costco snacks 5

costco snacks 8

Friends!

Playdate with Lucia, Eloise, Charlie and Charlie's new brother Paul was a blast for Christian.
It's amazing seeing the kids interact and play together now.

eating together

lucia and C

Cool shades!

hugging together

kiss baby paul

Going home, I asked Christian if he wanted a baby brother or sister and he said, "Yes. I want baby Paul." :)
I told him that Paul is Charlie's baby brother and that he needed to get his own.
C insisted on baby Paul instead... I may have to borrow the little dude one day.. :)

Friends!

Playdate with Lucia, Eloise, Charlie and Charlie's new brother Paul was a blast for Christian.
It's amazing seeing the kids interact and play together now.

eating together

lucia and C

Cool shades!

hugging together

kiss baby paul

Going home, I asked Christian if he wanted a baby brother or sister and he said, "Yes. I want baby Paul." :)
I told him that Paul is Charlie's baby brother and that he needed to get his own.
C insisted on baby Paul instead... I may have to borrow the little dude one day.. :)

A real Korean boy!

Christian is half Chinese and half Korean, but his tastes are showing their true colors!

Christian and his kimchee

This is Christian's white-washed kimchee cut into mini pieces!

Not without my kimchee

He likes to place a little piece of kimchee on each spoonful making sure it's there!
Go reds!
:)

Lots of posts...

We have never posted so much in our life.
amazing what your parents can make you do from miles and miles away just so they can see their grandchild...

Kauai day 5

It's already day 5!

good morning

Loco moco for breakfast

and this:

portuguese sausage, green onion and KIMCHEE omelette

 

walking on kalapaki beach

There's the shaved ice

she's making the shaved ice

Shaved ice at Kalapaki

Wailua waterfalls

Wailua waterfalls

Back at the hotel.

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dinner at Duke's

umbrella with cherry!

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Kauai day 4

On day 4, we drove to the end of a dirt road to get to the Secret Beach. It's obviously not so secret if it's in a guidebook, but they sure made it hard to get to...

end of the road

the path to the Secret Beach

down the treacherous hike

Secret Beach

Leaf plates

On the beach

tide pools

Secret Beach

Moving on to the next beach...
but before we go there,
On the drive...

eating spam musubi

Wish we had a photo, but Christian actually fell asleep on the drive to the next beach.
So...

mama and papa did a pit stop!

Shaved ice!

yum!

sucking up every last drop

Next was Hanalei bay, but we didn't take photos there. There is a photo of the beach in the evening later.

Next stop, Ke'e Beach.

On the drive...

the drive to Ke'e Beach

mountain ranges

Then we finally came to the beach. Amazing. At the very end of the Highway.

Ke'e Beach

in awe of the view

a forest behind the beach

Ke'e Beach

Next to the beach was this:

cave at Ke'e Beacj

at the cave

Finally, we headed back to the hotel.

On the road we saw...

chickens cross the road

and this:

Hanelai Bay

Kauai day 3

The fish at our hotel like to be fed and petted!

touching fish

petting fish

Train ride at Gaylords plantation.

train ride

happy happy

train ride

tired mid-train ride

train ride

Lihue Farmer's Market for fresh fruit & vegetables: papayas, pineapples, japanese cucumbers, tomatoes, ice cream bean, strawberry bananas.

Finally off to the Lydgate Beach!

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bulldozer

cheese!

sand turtles

Christian finally went in the water!
Our whole trip was worth it for just this!!

scooping water

cleaning up after the beach

Beach!

Our favorite bird so far on the island.

red bird

Finally food and the end of the day!

ta-da!

Kauai day 2

Mother's day in Kauai!

lunch at Puka dogs!

puka dogs!

prayer before eating

chicken and puka dogs

big trees

Hanging at the Hyatt, Poipu

hanging at the hyatt

hanging at the hyatt

hanging at the hyatt

(not our hotel, but wish it was...)

Waimea Canyon!

waimea canyon

waimea lookout

waimea canyon

New beach toys for tomorrow!

carrying the spoils

And finally, Mother's day dinner

mother's day dinner

mothers day dinner

2nd Birthday Party!

This is very late but better than never!

It was supposed to be really rainy on Christian's birthday. BOO!
So we moved the party over to grandma's house and it was still a blast! YEAH!

the best part - besides having all his friends there - was having a music jam session led by papa. Christian loves to clap and dance to music!

party

party!

Uncle danny came up and danced too!

That's Laura and Iain getting into the baby groove - even though they're trying to hide behind the balloons!

party!

Aju and mama dancing!

party!

Phineus - future rock star - playing his instrument with the family.

party!

And auntie Alex helping to feed christian even through a music concert! yeah for aunties who feed Christian!

party!

More birthday singing!
Reggie and Charlie were standing by - in case Christian needed help.

party!

Is that a train in a prehistoric jungle?

party!

the scene in one room.

the scene in the other room