2008-06 (JUNE)

Big Brother Party Pics 24 images · 1 video

1	2 Tummy time times two :)	3 "Here's how you do it, kay?"	4
5	6 Ben was not asleep - he just looks it here!	7 Sam's song of the week, with a frame he drew around the title.	8 Making some pizza dough with mommy - keeping up our Friday night tradition. Dave made an awesome shrimp pizza with herbed ricotta.
9 Sam is good at kneading!	10 He likes how sticky it is and smooshing it (how do you spell smooshing?).	11 Still sidelined - no ocean for another couple weeks :(	12 But Dave and Sam are having fun!
13 This is Ben at almost 3 weeks old...	14	15 Red hair?	16
17	18	19 Doin' some dance moves like big brother :)	20
21	22	23 This is Saturday morning - Sam, Gramma and I are doing "geography class" on a placemat. Here we are bringing Tito Pig and Tita Bear to Hawaii from NYC.	24 And more explorations around the world - to see where pandas live, where monkeys and lynx live...etc.
25 Celebrating second Sunday brunch at Haleiwa Joe's in Kaneohe. Beautiful setting. This is a new family tradition. We have been going to mass faithfully...never more than 4 minutes late! I'm proud of us :)	26	27	28 This is on a hike with mom, Sam and Ben. We went to Ho'omaluhia Botanical Gardens. It's a huge preserve intended to manage water runoff from the mountains. The Army Corps of Engineers set it up 40 yrs ago or so. There are many trees from all over the world, a big pond, and hiking paths. This is an apple banana tree. Neat, huh?
29 Ben sleeping. He rolled from side to back at 3 wks, and from belly to back at 6 wks!	30 Out to lunch afterwards. I'm having a glass of WINE!!! Woo hoo! Ok - I had a quarter of it.	31 Ben on left, Sam on right, both at 1 wk old.	32
33 Sam playing Legos with mom while I work...they are goofing off!!!	34 Here are my two boys out to Bob's pizza for dinner a week ago. We went on a long family walk to the beach then back into town for errands.	35 Horrendous record shot of me before I regain my pre-pregnancy size. I'm 25lbs up. But losing weight rapidly! And I'm not even allowed to run yet! See the double jogger...oh yeah. Ready to get that rolling faster than a walk...my birthday is Tues (6/17), and on Wed it's 4 weeks postpartum so I am allowed to run. Ok, jog first.	36 Mom doing her magic on Ben to get him to wind down for a nap.
37 Out on a hike with Kathy and the girls - at Bellows.	38 Anneliese wanted to play "family" - she is the mommy and Sam is the daddy. See she has a little baby with her? She wanted to hold hands, too. How cute.	39 What are they talking about? And do you think they'll be dating one day? We wonder!	40
41 Finding spider webs! He finds the SMALLEST webs you can imagine. He is such a web-spotter!	42 Calleigh playing in the sand :)	43 Off to the playground now...The double stroller is very easy to push, even one-handed with a latte in the other hand. We did this hike because it's easy on all of us as we get back into the groove again. I also want to trail run out there so this was a good opportunity to see how the BOB handled on the sandy wooded trails. Thumbs-up.	44 An orange before play time.
45	46 Kathy likes Ben :)	47	48
49 So does Anneliese!	50 Sam is flying us to the Big Island!	51 And a neat present for the BIG BROTHER! A superhero cape!!!	52 He got right into it...
53 Gave it a test flight on the slide...	54 And with Kathy!	55 A cool shirt for baby, too! ("Chicks dig my ride." - since Sam has a cool shirt "Chicks dig scraped knees."	56 Wow - it helps me run, too!
57 Look at our little super here, so proud :)	58 Here he goes on the slide!	59 Another test flight with mommy!	60 And off the bench!
61	62	63 First shave ice for Ben :) He doesn't get any yet...	64 And off the deck! Get the idea? he loves to jump!
65 Saturday breakfast to celebrate Father's Day weekend. It's much more mellow to go when not everyone and their uncle (FATHER!) are also trying to go. Thanks mom for breakfast!!!	66	67 Bread pudding pancakes! Yum! Tim went here with us, too...he knows how sinful they are!	68 A concert in Hawaii Kai - Hapa. Very cool music.
69	70 Father's Day coffee for the men in our little back bistro garden.	71	72
73	74 Admiring all the hard work Dave did on his garden at the side of the house. We can see it from our dining room table. That's the hibiscus we rescued, too. Doing very very well!	75 Front side of daddy's card. Maps to all our favorite places. See the dots in green on the left? Sam spelled his name in dots. It reads from top to bottom.	76 He made us do the same - see "SAM" at the bottom? I got Dave a massage for his big day.
77	78 Father's Day golf :)	79	80 Ah yes :)
81	82 Here's what I did during the boys' nap...put together an invite for a party the following weekend.	83 Out for my birthday with Kathy and girls - at the Macadamia Nut farm. Great show! You can't tell by my face :) Laurie - see the big brother/little brother outfits? Thank you!	84 Getting fresh shaved coconut!
85 Yum!	86	87 Another great shot of us - and Kathy! ha ha!	88
89 Cupcakes from Kathy and the girls!	90 Caleigh loves to lick hers :)	91 Tucking Ben into his seat is no problem at all!	92 I turned this sketch into sticky notes...got an artsy thing in me briefly this month.
93 And out for my first jog!	94 We're picking mom up for a muffin at Kalapawai!	95 Where we found a tiny inch worm :) It's Lowly Worm (from Richard Scarry's books).	96
97	98	99	100 Sam out jogging. Great form, huh!?
101 Mom treated us to lunch at Buzz's after our run :)	102 This was funny - Sam was trotting all over with his "tail." But see the big road in front of us? Of course it fell out right in the middle of the road and we totally stopped traffic. Then the wind blew it 20 yards down the road. A Marine chased it down for us as I fumbled with stroller, bags and boys. What a mess! It was funny and the Marine was smiling.	103 Sammy saying "shhh!" Mommy is napping!	104 Making lattes on Fridays is a tradition. Daddy had to wait a long time for his. Sammy said "Lattes take a long time, Daddy!" He learns about counting money this way, too. His "fridge" is below the table. The "store" is in the garage where he purchases supplies.
105	106	107 Tamping the coffee grounds down :)	108 A pile of brothers at Lanikai Juice :)
109	110	111	112 My new laptop...ugh! Fan broke on the old one so we're upgrading and selling the old one once it is refurbished under warranty. I need more speed now that I have less time! Thanks mom for playing with Sam at Best Buy! Those were some great dance moves!
113 At my 6 wk (really 5 wks) check-up. All is well :)	114	115	116 Ben at 5 weeks!
117	118 "Freeschool" lesson for the week. I'm enjoying learning about jack-up and semi-submersible rigs, derricks, etc. Who knew they could drill down 3000' under the water! Wow. That's my Lego oil rig, too.	119 Playing with Gramma in the backyard!	120 More "pirate fun" with the noodles. He is strong! No doubt a good football player some day :)
121	122 What a big guy already.	123	124 First outing to the tide pools! I can go in the water now! So did Ben!
125 Ben dipped his toes in briefly!	126 Dress from mom, and posing as many tourists do :)	127	128
129 Here's a sample for you with hula. Worth the wait to download. Mom went to the concert - we will next month. I was too tired this day - I think we'd gone for a long walk already and got back late. Or beach. Can't remember!