Maui Vacation!

Brace yourself for a ton of photos from our Maui vacation. Mommy went kind of picture crazy and narrowing down ten days' worth of photos isn't easy. We had lots of fun in Maui. The weather was perfect, I went swimming every day, we had the best afternoon naps (all three of us), and ate a ton. It was a great vacation.

We stayed at a new condo resort in Ka'anapali that had everything, including three swimming pools, direct access to the beach, a restaurant, and market. It was also nearby lots of restaurants and shopping so we took plenty of outings.

View from our balcony.

Hockey and sunset. Daddy's in paradise.

With so many photos from our trip, we'll dedicate this post to the water activities. There were lots of 'em. Our unit came equipped with beach and pool toys, which I took full advantage of. Hmm if I had known that Mommy would take so many photos of me in the water I would have brought more than one rashguard set.

Yay! First morning in Maui. Playing in the baby pool.

Ka'anapali Beach, right in front of our resort.

The ocean water was warmer than the pool water!

The waterfall pool. I was obsessed with my ring floatie and wanted to take it everywhere.

This was the keiki (kid's) beach pool. They said it had a sandy bottom but it was more like a tiny pebbles bottom. I still loved it.

We also drove out to explore some other beaches. One morning we went to a popular beach called Black Rock, named for this huge rock that people cliff jump off of. It was nice calm beach and Mommy and Daddy took turns snorkeling while I built sandcastles. Mommy even saw a big turtle. Unfortunately, there was no sun protection so it got pretty hot.

Black Rock. You can see that guy on top of the rock is about to jump off.

More pool time...

Gotta have a fruity beverage when you're at the pool.

On our last day, we took an outing to Napili Bay, a short drive away from our resort. Too bad we didn't discover it earlier, because it turned out to be our favorite beach. The sand was so fluffy, there were trees to provide sun protection and best of all, lots of huge turtles! They were fun to follow while snorkeling, but also swam up close enough to the beach that anyone could see them. I loved seeing the turtles!

Snorkeling with turtles!

They were so friendly and swam right up to us.

That guy totally shouldn't have been trying to touch it - there's a $10,000 fine for touching the turtles!

This one was hanging just by Daddy's feet and he stuck the camera underwater to take a pic.

It was a great day at Napili Bay - two thumbs up!

First time getting my legs buried in the sand.

Still lots to come, including some excursions, food, and sunsets!

Pet Parade

My preschool was asked to lead the annual Burlingame Pet Parade this year. It was a great turnout and there were lots of pets!  In addition to lots of doggies in costume, I saw miniature horses, chickens, parrots, guinea pigs, and even a tortoise. As part of the parade, we were asked to bring either our pet or our favorite stuffed animal. I brought both.

My head is poking out behind that blue balloon. I was too short to hold the banner.

We marched up and down Broadway Ave, checking out all the animals and enjoying the marching band. Brady had a lot of fun socializing and sniffing noses with other doggies.

You can probably already tell, but I really love having a pet!

Photos by Kaitlyn

Kaitlyn got ahold of my camera and wanted to take pictures. It was my shockproof point-and-shoot so I figured why not. I showed her how to press the big button and told her to go nuts. Here are the ones that didn't make the reject pile. It's always interesting to see things from the perspective of a three year old.

Weekend with the Tans

The Tans finally came to NorCal for a visit. I was so happy to see them! Goo Ma and Goo Jeff had a wedding to attend in Healdsburg, so we rented a house by the Russian River so we could all stay together. We made good use of the pool, and even Brady enjoyed his first time swimming.

Quiet time after the pool.

Back at home, we hung out with the Chiu's and went out for some deep dish pizza and ice cream.

It was a fun weekend!

Camping in Petaluma

For the third year in a row, we spent Labor Day weekend going camping. We're like camping pros now. This year, we headed back to Petaluma KOA. Most of the weekend was spent at the pool, mixed in with bike riding, bouncy pillow jumping, visiting the playground, and lots of grilling and marshmallow roasting.

I especially had a lot of fun bonding with Caitlyn on this trip. We hung out more than we usually do and had some very deep conversations: "I'm Kaitlyn." "No, I'm Caitlyn!" "No, I'm Kaitlyn!"

There was also a hayride at the campground that we ended up riding three times. It was one of my favorite parts of the weekend (it helped that we all got a Hershey's kiss at the end of the ride).

Making our way to the hayride.

The ride took us past our campground and we were all so excited to wave to the parents.

Camping just gets better and better every time!

The best part of camping is definitely sleeping in the tent.

You give one kid a piggyback ride, and of course all kids must have a piggyback ride too.