Summertime—Life is Good

Alright, I must (MUST) get this completely caught up before our next big trip and we’ve got another round of visitors here between now and then, so I’ve really got to get cracking!  Yikes, will life ever slow down?  It’s good though.  And it certainly doesn’t look hectic in these pictures!

 

 

 

Just chillin’ at the beach/playground.

 

 

 

 

 

Some random person volunteered to take our picture while we were at the Wonder Museum.

This giraffe puppet is Logan’s favorite.

 
The dress-up section is fun too!  Look at my cuties!

Naomi was so pleased with herself sitting in the kid-sized chair.

Exploring shapes, colors, and sharing!

Ooooh, neat!

   
Back home, Logan gets a lesson in volume while Naomi just gets wet.

Logan’s got his firefighting gear on but Naomi seems to be running off with the fire engine.

Looks like we’re getting wet again.

Yeah! says Naomi.

Two climbers.  Yep, they keep me busy.

    
Busy but very, very good.

How about you?

Not So Fast

Oops!  Just when I thought I was really making progress towards getting caught up, I realized that I hadn’t included any of the photos from our other camera.  Not that you would know the difference (well, Rachel would) but in the interest of journalistic accuracy (heh-heh) and the continuing quest for cuteness, I couldn’t just leave these out!

So, backing all the way up to the beginning of Rachel’s visit . . .  Obviously this set of pictures was taken with our little (waterproof) camera.  Not sure why we had both cameras with us that day, but don’t we both look cute?

This is at Zakimi Castle, in case you don’t remember from the first time around. 

See, I knew there was something that I was forgetting to show you!

Naomi was excited to be at the playground that day too.

This WAS right after that typhoon but we worked around the mess and had fun anyways.

She can’t reach the pedals but she loves being pushed on Logan’s old trike.

 
And even though she was looking very cute at Shuri Castle, it was Logan that was getting all the attention from the ladies.

Sibling shot.

We discovered a family of ducks on the way out.

Logan tried to make friends but as soon as the duck figured out that we didn’t have any food, it swam away.

Random giggles.

A parting shot at the airport.  And NOW I have completed Rach’s trip!

Trucking Right Along

Of course we had to take Rach up north to some of our favorite spots up there: Chura-umi Aquarium and (new favorite!) the Tropical Dream Center.  However, since it had only been a couple of months since our last visit (with Mom and Dad), I didn’t take as many pictures, and since it’s been an even shorter time since I posted the last round of pictures from each of these places, you’ll get the uber-condensed version!

Logan used to completely FREAK OUT over hand driers and still refuses to use them.  Naomi, however, found them very amusing.

 
Both kids say, “Hey look!  It’s a fish!”

Waiting for the dolphin show.  Naomi was tired.

She perked right up when the show started though and both kids enjoyed it.

This is one of my favorite tricks from the show—the dolphin jumps out and does a flip to “kick” the ball with its tail.

  At the Tropical Dream Center the next day, the kids entertained themselves (with Dad’s help/supervision) by splashing and stamping.

Hi Aunt Rachel!

 
Just as breath-taking as I remembered.

I found a few hidden surprises that I hadn’t noticed the first time through.

Doesn’t this look like something Dr. Seuss would come up with?  I swear it’s a real flower. 

The kids got goofy . . .

and giddy. 

So we climbed the tower . . .

 
and saw just a few more things before we scooted off for lunch!

Lunch was at Pizza in the Sky.  Logan apparently didn’t feel like playing along.

 

Bonus shot.  Just because.