Surrounded by boys.....and Ms.B

Welcome to my blog. I've called it 'A House of Hawes' as I am completely surrounded by Hawes' people, a scary (albeit fun) thought at times. Even the dogs have that last name registered. We've decided to go the blog route instead of our website so we can keep things updated easier as the 'Will and Nate' story continues....what a story it's turning out to be!

Monday, October 15, 2012

Sun, sand, sand, sun...and more sun

The fun continues....

We have continued to do a lot of exploring around the island. As the waves are quite rough and high in Kihei (where we are staying), the boys have been quite intimidated by the beach. Before we left, I had done some research on 'baby friendly' beaches - I had come across one actually called 'Baby Beach' (it's official name is Puunoa Beach) in Lahaina. It is so baby friendly because of a big coral reef that acts as a shore break so the 'waves' are tiny. The boys have been very happy with this find...we have been twice so far. No doubt a few more trips will be had before we leave. They like looking for fish in the water. We have seen a few. However, if you ask Nate, he will give you live commentary saying 'oh, there's a crocodile - oh, there's a turtle. oh yeah, there's a butterfly'. I better get my eyes checked 'cause I'm not seeing quite the same creatures as he is.

 
Baby Beach

 
Happy Will!


 
Dad's shoes work much better for building sandcastles




Nate spotting crocodiles, turtles, butterflies....


 
Watching 'balloons' in the distance (people parasailing)


 
When you're a cool surfer dude, this is your hairstyle (au naturel)


 
Kamaole Beach III for a late afternoon stroll. Please note them running in opposite directions - story of our lives.



 
New favourite sport second to baby wrestling, tree climbing



 
Big tree, little Nate
 

 
76th ice cream of the trip




Dave says we get these birds in Calgary....sure doesn't look like the robins, magpies and sparrows I see. Apparently it's a night heron



Ducks
 
 
Chasing Egrets



 
Went for a drive partially up the mountain. Somewhat close to Oprah's Maui 'shack'

 
Natey pretending to be asleep and saying 'cheese'


 
Will saying 'I don't want to say cheese'

Thursday, October 11, 2012

Maui - the fun continues


We are very much getting used to this lifestyle - up before 6AM (ok, maybe not getting used to that part), at the beach or somewhere outside by 7AM, nap at noon (not the grown-ups), pool in the afternoon, in bed by 9PM. It is very, very hot here - so hot that in the afternoon the sand at the beach is too hot for the boys to walk on. We learned that October is the hottest month in Maui (who knew?) and this has been an unseasonably hot summer for them....sounds like home. Temperatures have been 30 degrees but with the humidity it feels like 37 degrees. However, not too hard to take when you have a pool or ocean at your disposal.

More pics to show you what we have been up to...


Patiently waiting to go
 
 
We found a park!!
 




Hot, hot, hot...at 8AM
 



 
Will's becoming a fan of the beach...Nate, not so much. He loves playing with the sand, as long as his feet don't have to touch it.



Looking for lizards outside of our 'house'

 
Ready to go to the pool

 
They LOVE the pool!

 
 
I'm sexy and I know it....

 
Makena beach


 
Bananas! Dave and I tried to tell them they weren't bananas but they were having none of that.



Random feral goats



 
Our new sport - Baby wrestling

 
View of the sunset from our living room