Kauai 2010 Part 1 Of Many

As some of you know, we recently went on a 5 day trip to Kauai.  It is the third island that I've seen now and is by far the most beautiful.  I love how each of the islands has its own unique characteristics.  Kauai was more laid back and peaceful.  For those of you wondering, yes we had all 3 kids with us!  I know....kids and peaceful don't really go together do they?  Despite being surrounded by vacationers, it felt more low key and less busy than Maui or even home.  We apparently missed out on seeing Jennifer Anniston and Adam Sandler. Oh, and someone from Survivor got married while we were there.  Instead I spent a bit of time on a lounge chair and "talked story" (as the locals would say) with some folks from LA and another couple from NY.  Both sets were in the filming industry - the one lady worked behind the camera and the other guy was a real live actor.  Funny, the people you meet...turns out they had 2 girls the same age as Dayton and Saige.  They left their kids at home, and while they commented several times on how cute and well behaved mine were, I'm quite sure they weren't missing their own.  This trip we decided to take Miss Katie (our 2 day a week nanny - also known as my 2 day a week get your sanity in check to deal with the other 5 days).  It was great to have the extra hands and the kids loved having her there - it meant more time in the pool and at the beach.  I'm blessed to have her.  She loves the kids as if they were her own and my kids love them as much as they love me...perhaps even more on some days!  She has endless energy and patience and it was nice to be able to spend some alone time with Scott.  We had a couples massage at the Spa, went out for dinner and drinks to watch the sun setting and even went on part of the Na Pali Coast hike.  Okay, before I get too lost in my stories (which just might take me a year to complete!) let me get a few pictures posted.  Stay tuned (but not too tuned) for more...

Conversations With A 4 Year Old

Entertaining to say the least.  Sometimes frustrating.  Complex.  Can I say scary too?  Since sometimes they include questions I'm just not ready to answer.  I really need to do a better job of writing these things down because one day I won't be able to remember all of them and I really want the kids to be able to laugh about it and share it with their own families.

It's only 8am here and this is how it went...

Dayton was sticking his hands in the back of my hair (I recently got almost 5 inches of hair cut off)... "Mom, I don't see your special eyes."  "Oh they're there dear...they are magic so you can't see them."  "But mom, I don't feel them either."  "Do your special eyes only come out when I'm doing something bad?"  I'm still laughing about it.  I wonder how long I can get away with having these special eyes.

Dayton was making himself waffles this morning and offered to make some for me too.  I had already poured a bowl of cereal so I told him if I was still hungry after finishing that I would let him know.  He said, "Eat your cereal and if you're still hungry then remember in your mind I will make two waffles." "Don't freeget (forget) okay mom?"  "Remember that in your mind."  "If you don't know, your mind is in your forehead."