This is how the toy cupboard usually looks. This is how Katelyn packs to play "airplane."

This is what the "airplane" looks like.

I won't show you what I look like when Katelyn plays the airplane game.

Snapshots

A few pics of Ridge experiencing life from the sidelines. It will be soon enough he is joining in with the rest of us.

Ridge all bundled up for a hot dog roast at Uncle Mikey and Aunt Holly's house.

Thursday we always have lunch with Russ. This is our favorite spot just down the street from his office. Ridge in his carseat.

Hanging out with Daddy. They are both so handsome.

Ridge on a Saturday picnic in Eleele. He looks a little mad about not being able to eat the huli huli chicken we had.

Best Friends

As much as we would like to her to STOP, Kyleigh keeps getting older. New accomplishments include:

A budding talent in piano.
Tree climber extraordinare.
Bike rider, minus training wheels and help.
Bubble gum bubble blower.
Sibling story reader.
Recipient of tooth fairy cash. (see later post).

Katelyn has her own style.

Katelyn is always coming up with something original to wear.

She likes to wear Kyleigh's ballet clothes, her own way.

Here she is sporting every headband she could find at Holly's house. Underneath her skirt she is wearing about 4 swimsuits.

She loves to carry her backpack.

And her bike riding helmet is the best. Especially when she is wearing sunglasses underneath.

The Grandma's saved the day!

We were so blessed to have both of our mom's come stay with us after Ridge was born. They came for 12 days each so I had 24 days of help. It was VERY much appreciated. My mom arrived on February 20th. The girls got to go on walks with GG everyday. Mom even made friends with a neighbor down the street while walking with the girls and admiring flowers. She came home with a jar of homemade passion fruit jelly that Rusty is still enjoying. Because of a late plane their visits overlapped by about 20 minutes at the airport. GG had to leave and Nama arrived. Nama brought crafts and activities for the girls to do. They were so well entertained for so long by both Grandmas that boring old mom is going to have to step it up. We look forward to the next visit in May when Grandma's and Grandpa's arrive for a real vacation and a baby blessing.

Ridge's first hike

Ridge took his first hike when he was a week old. These pictures are a bit old now, but I had to put them up. We went on the Kuilau trail, which is always a favorite. It is about 2.5 miles. Ridge rode in the front pack and slept the whole way up. We took him out for some fresh air and fed him at the top. He snuggled with Daddy while Rusty and the girls found shapes in the clouds. He then slept all the way down. The day was perfect. Not too hot and not too cold with just a light breeze. We all needed some time out of the house. Our family goes stir crazy really fast.