Fun in the Sun

We had a great pre-Memorial Day Saturday. First we went to the beach. We just went to a beach here in Laie. As you can see in the picture, it was beautiful day and the beach was virtually empty of people. I went snorkeling with some friends while Ady and Kasey played on shore. Then when I got back Ady and I played in the sand and took her out in her tube.

Ady loves floating around in her tube. She says "kick kick kick" the whole time and kicks her feet furiously but still gets pushed around by the waves. She absolutely loves it.

This is a small pool for Ady to play in. Seems she didn't want play in the big ocean, she just wanted her own pool.

Ady sometimes gets bored and likes to go exploring in the bushes. She loves climbing and playing. She was quite dirty and totally exhausted when we were done. After the beach we drove to Kaneohe and went miniature golfing. The golf course even had a small plastic putter for Ady. She had so much fun trying to hit the ball. She decided that it was easier to just pick up the the ball and throw it towards the hole. I don't think she quite understood the whole concept because she would go and get her ball and bring it back to the tee box and start over. The best was the one where the ball goes in a hole and comes out a tube on another green. She was so upset when she went to get her ball out of the whole and it wasn't there. Ady got down on her hands and knees, looked into the whole and started crying so hard. She was crying and yelling "My ball gone" over and over. We were with some friends and we were all laughing pretty hard. We took her down and showed her where the ball went. She was so excited to see it. She quickly grabbed the ball, ran back up the steps and threw the ball down the hole, and ran back to see it come out the tube. It was funny until we had to go to the next hole and she didn't want to advance. After the golf we went to the movies and watched Star Trek. We were completely exhausted by the end of the very fun day.

My Toy

Adyson's latest favorite words are "My Toy!" It is usually said every time that another kid is around and she has something(whether it really is hers or not) and she thinks she needs to let them know its hers and they are not going to share(whether they want to share or not). 

This morning Ady was riding her bike and the neighbors 9 mos old baby was crawling after her for fun.  Ady kept looking back at her and kept yelling at her "My toy, My Toy!" -- like the baby who can't even walk yet was going to come over and take her bike from her.  The baby just kept a crawling after her, and finally Adyson turned her bike around and rode to the side of the girl, mind you the whole time yelling "my toy" gradually getting louder each time.   Finally she leaned over close to the baby's face and yelled at the top of her lungs so hard her face turned red, "MY TOY!" and then rode away.   So I guess she is a little possessive?  Sharing lessons coming up for FHE.  

The pics are from her ToysRus outing.  She loves to play with the set they have in the store.  It's so nice cause it has a table they can walk around as they play.  As you can tell Ady is holding 3 trains in her arms and driving only one.  At least there are lots of other trains so other kids can play too!   She is also doing an amazing disappearing one leg trick for the camera...taking after the grandpa's.  

Overall buying a bike and train set has been a great investment for us.  Ady loves to play with them.  She also really likes her duplo lego's, and her books, but most of those were presents! There is one book that Ady loves to read-It's called Dr. Suess' book of Ridiculous Rhymes.  The first page asks "Did you ever have the feeling there's a zamp in the lamp?" and without fail she will always say "NO." Just on that page though, she won't answer any of the books other questions.  

 Ady also loves her movies.  She will watch anything with a penguin(Happy Feed, Surf's Up) or Kung Fu Panda.  She will walk around and stick out her leg and say "kick" after she watches "Nana"  (thats short for Panda).  She also gets very excited any time she sees a picture of a panda anywhere like in a book, or at Panda Express where she runs over to the picture on the wall and screams "Nana, Nana, Nana" over and over cause she is so excited about her find.  

One last thing I'll share about Ady is that she loves nursery.  The leaders say she is so active and fun to have there.  She is always dancing to the singing time music and always the first one up to do the actions for the songs.  The only problem is she doesn't want to leave with us and will continually wave and say "bye" to us when we come to pick her up! Ady is certainly one of a kind, and we love her.

 

Coloring Devil

So this morning I was working on some homework and thinking to myself how grateful I was that Ady was being quiet and actually letting me get something done. Often she just wants me to play with her and I don't get any homework done till after she goes to bed, or when Kasey comes home and I go to the library(also usually after both go to bed). Well I hadn't heard anything out of her for 15 or 20 minutes and thought I should check on her. This is what I found. If you can't see it look closely at her right arm.

Think she is such a cute little angel do you? Take a look at that face, the little devil. And yes, she used permanent markers so all those lines on the dresser won't come off. Trust me I've been scrubbing it.

She wants to make sure you know that she didn't just color the dresser or her arm, she colored her hands too. What are the neighbors gonna think, my kid is black and blue and I swear I didn't hit her.

Honolulu Zoo, Adyson's two.

Sorry for the picture overload, but this post is for the grandma's and grandpa's.  Last Saturday we took Ady to the Zoo.  We thought it would be a good way to celebrate her turning 2.  Turns out we were right.  It was so fun and Adyson was even funnier.  She kept saying "Hi" and "Bye" to all the animals in the only voice tone she has-LOUD.  Everyone around us thought it was pretty cute too.  We practically peeled her away from all the fences and glass cages to go to the next animal-which she loved just as much as the last!  

Ya know, as a kid going to the zoo was sort of fun for me.  Time went on, and as I got older it really wasn't at the top of my list.  But now I'm older and a mom and this zoo outing was great and even more fun than when i was little.   Kinda like how christmas starts losing its excitement the older you get, but then when you have kids it turns exciting again.  It's a different exciting, but I think i like it even better.  Watching Adyson be so excited about the little things in life is so fulfilling.  Its a good reminder that I should enjoy the small excitements of life too.

Here are the pics...hope you enjoy them as much as we enjoyed being there with Ady.

This is how Ady was nonstop...like she was glued to a TV Screen.  If she could have gone in she would have.  When we finally pulled her off, she'd make a monkey noise and put her hands on her shoulders.  She is pretty cute.Hanging with Dad and the Hippos
Leaning over the fence to get a closer look again!
So interesting.
Always pointing to the next animal
Look Mom!  It's the same guy off of Madagascar 2.
She didn't want to look at the camera to pose for a picture(taking after dad again!)...just wanting to see the "phant" as she calls them.  
Hug the glass more Ady...maybe you'll get closer. 
This is her favorite one...zebras giraffes and rhinoceros!
She didn't look back twice...
And there she goes!

Ady's Play Buddies

Here are some fun shots of Ady and some of her play buddies. The upper Pics are Ady and So-eul in their easter dresses. They were really cute walking home from church holding hands.

The other ones are Ady and her friend Vaia. (Sorry if I didn't spell that right) We got a DDR(Dance Dance Revolution) with Adams winnings from his business plan competition(it's a good workout too!) and it's a good thing we got 2 mats,-1 for us to share and 1 for Adyson. She loves to dance anytime, and she and Vaia were having pretty good time jumping up and down "dancing" to the music.