More Aloha!

Janet's trip is sadly coming to a close although she says she really, really wants to come home and see us.  Not that we are entirely sure she is telling the truth!

Auntie Bronwyn introduced Mr. Baby to two new food groups:

Chocolate!  What small child doesn't love chocolate!  It was actually a "health" bar with a thin coating of dark chocolate that Auntie Bronwyn assured Yoyo was the "healthy" chocolate!  Basically, he inhaled it!

and, bacon!  Who doesn't love bacon?  Seriously?

Mr. Baby eats all his meals on the lanai and sometimes facetimes with his Dad whilst dining.

As a result, he has a major fan club!

This is a very small gathering of Mr. Baby's fan club.  Word is out in the birdie community that there is a small, messy child in unit 1504.

They went to lunch at Roy's which everyone was really looking forward to.  Meg went for her 85th scuba dive today, so they met in Ka'anapali.  Super disappointment on two fronts - Meg's dive was going to Lanai, but high wind and huge waves precluded their ability to go that far.  Lunch - not good.  At all!

Bronwyn asked if she could give one of Janet's quilts to a friend, so Janet brought the quilt to Maui to handsew on the binding.  Janet took a lame photo of the quilt of the railing of the lanai, but Bronwyn managed to kick it up a notch at the beach.  Janet says Bronwyn's sunset photos are unbelievable.

Popular with many quilters is to have an old 1920's rusted pick up truck or old weathered barn to display your quilt on.  Janet doesn't own either, but now that she knows  how fabulous a new quilt can look on the beach in Hawaii......look out, Phil!

Sew (get it!!) far, this is Janet's favourite quilt.

Aloha!

Here is the Hawaii gangs hangout since they arrived on Maui.  They were upgraded to an oceanview unit, so were super happy.

Living room:

Kitchen:

Janet and Phil have been coming here since Palms at Wailea opened so know this is the original kitchen.  The appliances have been upgraded but the counter top and cabinets are the same.

View from the lanai:

View more than makes up for the kitchen!

Pool view from their lanai:

Meg took a 3 day Rescue Dive Course, so Yoyo and Auntie Bronwyn were in charge.  They took him to the pool for some super fun!

The closest they got to Mr. Baby going in the pool and whatever you do, do not remove his shoes!  Nothing screams a healthy drink like chlorinated water!

Seriously, let me out of here...I have had enough fun for today!

It was also Meg's 40th birthday!  Phil ponied up some money for a fancy lunch out.  They went to Mama's Fish House.

They are enjoying Lilikoi Colada cocktails previous to their lunch - at 11:30AM!!  Shameless!

Most of the restaurant is open to the outdoors.

This guest was not invited, but joined anyhow.  He/she took this nearly whole piece of bread of Meg's plate and then dropped it to the floor to enjoy at his/her leisure!

Janet says they also had a small partyette at the condo.  Bronwyn suggested they go to Sugar Beach Bake Shop and purchase some pies.  They purchased a teeny tiny Lililoi and Key Lime Pie and a teeny tiny Coconut Cream Pie.   Meg was really pleased!

Here they come.

The best Yoyo could do for candles were two tea light candles from ABC Stores that cost $2.79.  She doesn't want to appear cheap, but....

Big lunch at home - hamburgers with grilled pineapple and bacon!

Our daughts taking a really well deserved break!

Sheesh...you are probably wondering where Janet is!  She took a tiny break from the kitchen to snap this photo!

Janet Takes A Vacation!

As if Janet isn't already living the good life, now she goes on ANOTHER Hawaiian vacation.  She has gone to Maui with Mr. Baby,  Mr. Baby's handler Meg and Mr. Baby's press agent, Bronwyn.  Mr. Baby thinks he is a major Rock Star and needs a full retinue of staff!  Janet's reasoning is that she was so sick when she and Phil went to the Big Island in January that she was unable to enjoy herself - good one, Janet!

With the exception of Bronwyn, they met in Vancouver and as they were checking in, Meg says...."I forgot something at home".  Janet is thinking no biggie - sunglasses, sunhat, bathing suit....all manageable.  What Meg forgot was her drivers license and credit card.  Janet did her best to act calm but inside her head is screaming in all caps WTF!  ARE YOU NUTS?  This now means that Janet has to be the primary driver when she doesn't even want to be to secondary driver. 

Meg's car plan was good - until said driver did not have a license.  The rental was from a local company that rent "gently used" vehicles and didn't charge for baby seats or additional drivers.  All of this is a huge saving.  Meg was meant to pick up Bronwyn later that evening but no can do without a drivers license. There wasn't a snowballs chance in hell that Janet was driving back to the airport on the HIGHWAY in the DARK!  Highway, maybe.  Dark, maybe.  Together, no way!  Now, Bronwyn needs her own vehicle.

Here's Janet, at the wheel of her bitchin" 2009 Nissan Sentra!  POS - Piece of Shit Car!

 However, we all know Janet - roll with the punches.  Mrs. Happy Go Lucky.  Whist Janet is busting a gut in the kitchen, her daughters have sussed out their favourite spots.

Mr. Baby loves the sand so much he has decided to enjoy it from his stroller.

Getting ready to go:

It's early, but thus far Mr. Big hates the sand, the ocean and the pool!

Please, oh please, why can't I be a doggie that makes footprints in the sand on Maui!

Mr. Baby enjoys a snack whilst roaming around our lanai (patio!)

Let The Games Begin!

Who doesn't love spring?  I sure do!  In Camp Canada, we have not one, but two baseball diamonds in Firemans Park.  A half a block away!

Here are the first two balls I nabbed from the bushes.

I like to show them off whenever someone comes to our house.

We went to the park yesterday and I had to go in deep.

and deeper...

and even deeper!

It paid off in spades!

Now that Janet has nearly finished gardening in both yards, it's time to look at the pots on the deck.  She planted a banana tree.  I have noticed that Noodles likes to nibble on soil, so decided to give it a whirl myself.  Not bad!

Janet gets after us for snacking from the pots.

Oh oh!  Busted!

Traces of soil around the top of my mouth!  Everyone thinks my blocky style of head is so cute.  I won't waste my energy arguing with them.

We went down to the beach a few days ago - it was a doggie frolick-o-rama!

This is Kimchee, who is the boss of Gardener Holli.  Kimchee is 12 years old and goes to work with Holli everyday.  I still want to be a doggie with a job!

Isn't she cute?

Janet's Quilting Action Takes A Beating!

Janet is a fair weather gardener.  If there is even a hint of potential rain, she calls it off and quilts instead.  Unfortunately, the weather here has been nothing short of sensational!

They hadn't purchased compost for three years and decided it was time to do so.  Janet ordered  1 1/2 yards and then consulted with Holli, Gardener as to how much she needed.  Holli said 5 yards!  That was far too much for Janet to wrap her head around, so she upped her order to 3 yards.

It was delivered by a nice man who takes his doggie, Chloe to work.  She is 10 years old and the Nice Man figures Chloe has gone on about 3200 deliveries!

I wish I could be a go to work doggie like Chloe!

On Good Friday, while everyone else is enjoying Easter activities, they buckled down and started shoveling.    Karen happened to be walking by and then went home and came back with her wheelbarrow and shovel.

Look at me - helping out with the gardening again and being so well behaved.

Turns out my being well behaved was short lived as I caught a glimpse of Olly, next door neighbour kitty.

Janet made me go back behind the gate.  I resisted and tried to stare her down, but she wasn't buying it.  Once behind the gate, I gave her several "if you know what's good for you" barks, but she held firm.  Finally I had to resort to what I thought would be heart melting crying -  all to no avail.

As if Janet hadn't had enough fun with the compost, she power washed the patio next door.

Look!  Coming to a baseball diamond near our home - they've cleaned it all up which can only mean one thing.  Baseball season!

Janet says she is going to keep an accurate count of how many balls I find this year.

Frank and Shirley asked Janet and Phil to go out for dinner at The King and Thai, which is very close to our house.  Fool hardy Janet was sure it was going to be Thai food, but it turned out she was wrong and it was Chinese Hot Pot.  Delicious!

Spicy broth on the left hand side.

An unbelievable turn of events at our house.  Janet finally gets a mobile that isn't somebodies piece of shit crap hand me down.  Janet's current phone beeps all day long to let her know she is in a service area.

iPhone 6!

Think my teddy bear and I will take a little break.  This blogging business is exhausting!