Aloha Living

Hawaiians are a very laid back bunch.  I have struggled to find a word for this attitude.  For now, we'll call it Aloha.

We are starting to settle in and find a little Aloha.  Xander has recovered from a nasty bacteria that kept him out of day care for a week.  He is enjoying his new space, which is a little spartan with no furniture.  Of course, he hasn't noticed, since most of his toys are here.  We are getting used to waking up early.  There are these wild chickens all over the island, you see, and they all crow early in the morning.  Xander has decided that this is his wakeup call.

I've stopped being astounded at how much everything costs here.  We really can't help ourselves at the grocery store.  We are not used to having so many options, and we always walk out with more than what we had planned to buy.  I'm not too hard on myself for spending money on food.

I haven't gotten tired of my picturesque surroundings.  Just this morning, we walked to the local playground, which has a view of the ocean.

X and his dada make a sand hole at Kailua Beach Park

At the Mokapuu Tide Pools.  He insisted on wearing the hat over his towel.

You can see the ocean from the playground.

Our other neighbor, the Koolau Mountains

Our furniture-less apartment

Chickens at the post office