Maui Week 2

Time is flying now. We are very much settled in to a routine - beach in the morning and an 'adventure' in the afternoon. Yesterday was 'Turtle Town' (a great spot for 'spotting' turtles near Wailea) and today was IAO Valley - which was absolutely stunning. We stumbled across it the other day while out for a drive (aka letting the boys nap in the car) and went back today to explore. Such a worthwhile spot. It was beautiful.

 

First of all, Will has decided he likes to drive

 

Nate chilling and reading a book

 

 

Marching to Turtle Town

 

Lots of turtles here..in Wailea

 

They decided they wanted to be frogs....Ribbit, Ribbit

 

Proud of himself for sneaking in to the last row of the van

 

 

So many sandcastles to build, so little time....

 

Dave snorkeling..

 

My three boys...sandcastles and snorkeling

 

I don't want to go home Daddy - "stay at the beach"

 

 

 

IAO Valley in Wailuku - stunning!

 

The 'Needle'

 

Classic example of my life with twin boys. Try to take a picture - Will=picking his nose, Nate=squirming to get  away

 

 

Discussing the house. Nate was convinced pigs lived there

 

"Oh, there's a bumblebee"

 

 

Ask them to say cheese and they did this. We will never get a pic of them looking at the camera at the same time

 

The end of a long and very fun day!

 

 

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'