March Madness

March began with a family vacation to Hawaii. It was nice to relax (as much as a family can on vacation with two small children) and play in the sand. The kids loved the beach and sand and were generally covered most of the time in sand.

We spent part of our vacation on the tiny island of Molokai where our friends Adrienne and Josh shared their place with us. We enjoyed living in a house rather than a hotel and loved spending time with our friends.

Before we left on our vacation Otto's only goal was to climb a coconut tree and get a coconut to eat. On Molokai he actually succeeded although Daddy did the climbing. Otto cracked this coconut open all by himself with a swift throw onto the cement. Otto loved all the insects and creatures on the island.

The boys played pretty well together with James imitating a lot of what Otto did.

James' first sand encounter. He rolled in it. It was everywhere!

James also loved all the creatures on the island. Here is a cute one of him with a small green lizard, which Otto caught, climbing on his shirt under his chin.

Here are our friends Adrienne and Josh. They are getting married in June in CA (can't wait). Adrienne by the way is the best tsunami packer in the world. If ever we encounter a tsunami danger again I want her on my team. Yes, we had to evacuate to higher ground after the devastating Japan tsunami. Luckily we returned to no damage just very sleep deprived.