Sad News

Tai has gone to California to help his family out since their house burned down... :(
It is so devastating. I wish there was more we could do, but I think Tai can help them out quite a bit in two weeks. He said they have put up sheds and are salvaging some things now.
I wish Tenzin and I could go too, but I know we would take more energy than provide help.
I'm glad that Barbara and Richard came to Hawaii for vacation, they have a lot of hard work ahead of them. Tenzin misses Pappa, and asks for him a a lot. He sees pictures of him on our computer slide show and gets so excited, "PAPPA!!!" Tenzin is being really good for me though, and seems to be understanding of the situation. Madeline and Genevieve are doing great now, and have had a break through! They play happily, and are getting pretty comfortable here. Tenzin loves playing with them, and they all get along better than I could have hoped. Tenzin is also doing much better if one of them is distressed. When I used to take care of Xavier, he would cry if Xavier cried, but now he just goes on playing. It's much easier now to take care of other little ones. Tenzin is really sweet to them and takes them their blankies, sippy cups and tries to feed them snacks. It's pretty cute! I've got some great pictures that I will put up as soon as I have the energy...
Katie left for Canada today, she'll be there for a few months. We had a little thing for her on the beach for her tonight. Tenzin found some briquettes in the sand and instantly had black hands and black streaks on his face...
Well, I'm off to finish cleaning up the house. I need to be a little more efficient with my time since I can't ask Tai to watch Tenzin while I shower or do the laundry...
We're doing pretty well- but we miss you Tai!
Goodnight Noon!

Tenzin proud in his underwear!





















This is what exausted looks like...

















oooohhh, nice shot pappa!




















A BBQ for Tai's company.
















Tenzin the little gabber

Gramy Bee and Grandpa Richard

Gramy Bee and Grandpa Richard just came to Hawaii for a visit. Tenzin warmed up to them right away and was good at buttering them up for taking him outside to play ball. He loved playing drums with Grandpa Richard, and would go take them books to read to him in the morning. They babysat so we could go on a date, and took Tenzin to the beach while I baked a carrot cake for Gramy's birthday. It sure was nice having grandparents around!
I am feeling like it would be really nice to live closer to family. Tenzin loves having his grandparents around. I really wish he could see all of his grandparents more often.....
Still working on the master plan...

Happy Tenzin!

From left: Tenzin, and the twins Madeline, and Genevive
Tenzin looks pretty happy!
We are taking care of them 3 mornings a week.

He loves to share his food. Want some sushi?
























Hiking on his own now
















Checking out some shrimp they found at baby beach


















His favorite place to sleep

More Beautiful Sunsets....

10 words

Tenzin can now say 10 words:
Ball
Pappa
Mamma (or Mah)
Shoes
Dog
Yah (he says this with a sigh when he agrees)
Baby
Pee Pee
Fish
? there's another one.... It's almost 1am.....

Sounds for:
Gecko
Bird
Car

We had an interview today for a job taking care of 17 mo old twin girls, Tenzin is pretty happy about the possibility of having two girls his age to play with! They were born 2 mo. premature, so they should have been born in April too. Tenzin is a giant compared with them, but he was an 11 lb. baby, and they were only 3 lbs each. He was almost 4 times as big!!!! Can you imagine?
They are very sweet, it would be a great match for both of us since they live close, and the mum needs around 16 hrs a week since she works from home. I hope we didn't loose any points when Tenzin threw his maracca and hit the lady between the eyes.... It was pretty bad... I saw it in slow motion. thankfully he kissed her afterwards, whew.

Shine City

The Gathering Place

We just took a little weekend trip to Honolulu. It is amazingly easy to travel with only day packs, a fold up stroller and no carseat. We took the bus, and it was great! We went to China Town right away for breakfast and quickly noticed that we were the only haole's in sight. When we sat down in the court yard everyone stopped talking and looked at us:) We had fun walking around china town, and Tenzin got one of those Russian nesting dolls. He's into containers of all kinds, so he loved this toy. We went shopping, out for all you can eat Sushi, Walked around Waikiki, which is such a different world from the rest of Hawaii. We played at parks and ran around on the beach. We also took Tenzin to the zoo. I'm not really into zoos, but Tenzin really loved it. His favorite part was the monkeys!

Post 51

My 51st post! Here is the sunset from our house last night. It was SO beautiful! We have the best sunsets in the world here, they are better here than any of the other islands we have lived on. I'm pretty sure it's because of the volcano. You are almost guaranteed a beautiful sunset, some are just extraordinary. Tenzin is taking his nap- they have been few and far between these days. I was trying to get him down to one nap a day, and now there have been a few days he'll only nap for 20 min. It's hard because I don't get a lot done, and he's cranky for the rest of the afternoon. Tenzin has been understanding a lot lately. He'll help us clean up his toys, and will go get a certain object when we ask him to. The potty training on the other hand has regressed a little since we went to Maui... Still working on it though. He will always go shi shi on the potty, the other not so much.
Tomorrow we are going to Honolulu, the tickets were super cheap, so we thought we'd go have a little fun in the *big* city.... We'll have all you can eat sushi and go the the aquarium and China town. Everyone always asks me "if you live in Hawaii, where do you go on vacation?" That's pretty much it. Other islands, and home to visit family. It suits us pretty well, it's just nice to get off the island for a little while, even if it's just for the weekend. You always love coming home.

See you when we get back!
Kiss Kiss

You're the best because......

1.You can make even grumpy people smile
2.You rush right in without fear or judgement
3.You dance no matter how many people are watching
4.You dance to Mozart, hip hop, or the beat of me mixing eggs
5.You are amazed by all the little things
6.You talk to the geckos in clicks
9.You kiss me in the morning
10. You believe you can do anything, even lift a rock twice your size.
11. You remind me what's important in life

Little skater

We went up to Waimea to play for the day. Tenzin watched some guys skating for a LONG....time.... He loves anything with wheels. We played at the park and ran around in the grass most of the day. It's kind of nice when you have kids how weekends go back to being play time!!!!

Bubbles

Filling Pappa's shoes

Tenzin LOVES shoes. I couldn't believe he could actually walk in Pappa's size 12's!!!!

Shadow Trippin'