Aulani ~ Round 2

Long awaited 3 day, 2 night staycation at the Aulani with Grammie and Gramps, and the Yamashita clan.  Fun, fun, fun!

Stich!

Chip & Dale

Enjoying to jacuzzi tub

BFFS

Vacation cocktails

The Yamas

Like moths to a flame

Daddy and Cal

Little swimmers

Total relaxation

Go go!

Relaxing fun

May Day

Sadie had the honor of being the Princess of Ni'ihau, while Chase was the Prince of Lanai.  They both did a great job throughout the performance.  Being part of the court taught Sadie a good lesson, as she was one of the original children selected to be on the court, and was doing a great job until one day when she refused to go to practice with the princesses because she was too busy in her classroom....this led to her being "cut" from the court.  As the practices went on, however, Sadie kept asking her teacher to be back on the court but her spot had been filled.  A few weeks later...one of the girls got cold feet and dropped out of being a princess, so Sadie was the lucky girl that got to be a princess again :)

#2 in the potty!

Callie did an amazing thing today -- she looked at me and said "doo doo, doo doo" and I repeated back to her "doo doo?" -- and she took off toward the bathroom.  I put her on the potty, told her to "push" and viola --- she did it!  I'm hoping this will continue so we can save some $$ on diapers!  :)

Soccer

Sadie just completed her 3rd weekend of soccer for i9 co-ed, 3-4 year olds.

The first week was miserable.  Sadie whined and cried nearly the entire time.  One of the main contributing factors was that her cousin, Chase, was not there as expected.  Embarrassing is an understatement.  She stuck out like a sore thumb.

Second week was a great improvement, however, it was still quite UNenjoyable for all.  Sadie participated in the stretches and warm-ups and we were hopeful for a successful day....BUT when game time came....she literally STOOD on the field the whole time.  It was actually pouring rain, so we blamed the rain on this mediocre/bad performance, lol

Week three - a complete turnaround (thanks to some extra help during the week from daddy and uncle -- which I think boosted her confidence)!  At first, Sadie didn't want to participate, but once her team started to play a game of "sharks and minnows" she started getting into it.  She ran and ran during the game and got a few touches!  She even did a throw-in.....which was hilarious because she threw-in to HERSELF and started dribbling the length of the field!  We were in AWE!  She is actually good when she TRIES!

Looking forward to seeing her develop....To Be Continued....

Week 6: much better.  No crying, some whining, lots of running.

Callie's 18 month check up

Callie had her 18 month check up and as expected, everything "checked out."  Unlike her giant big sister, Callie is only 60% for height (versus Sadie who was 98% at this point)!  She is also a bit heavier than Sadie - Callie: 22 lb 7 oz (45%) Sadie 21 lb 15 oz (41%).  Dr. Tim Sing called Callie "happy and explorative" and said that second children often don't have as big of an early vocabulary because "parents are smarter and know what their child needs by the second time around."  I think, however, that second children don't talk as much because they don't have as much attention and learning time as first children, lol.  She had one shot, and according to daddy, "she thought about crying but didn't."  At the time of her appointment she didn't have too many words, but in the last week she's had "a word explosion" as Aunty Jenn would say and now she can say a lot more words: mama, dada, baba, yes (with a nod), no (with a head shake), ball, Sadie, good girl (hehe), uh oh, wow, gramps.

Spring break 2014

Aulani

 We had our second official staycation at the Aulani hotel, where we stayed overnight with the Hew family, Uncle Alika, Aunty Brittany, and Uncle Maikai.  It was a fun filled weekend as we arrived at the hotel at 10am, went to our "villa" to check it out and get settled, then headed to the pools.  Previously, we thought Callie might not be as "into" the water as her big sister, but this weekend disproved that theory, as Callie was loving every minute of the pools and water fountains.  We'll definitely be going back there, in fact, we already have our next staycation planned for May with the Yamashitas