Hawaii - Day IV

We were ready for a good beach day again.  We decided to stay close on the North Shore and hit Wiamea Bay.  We got all set up and then decided this was no beach for children.  The waves were pretty rough, crashing right on the beach.  We packed up and drove to Lanikai again where we felt confident we would find the beach day we wanted.  It was just over an hour drive and this is where the miraculous turing point in Peter's life happened.  He just fell asleep... in his car seat!  He didn't even fuss.  He just fell asleep and slept for an hour.  He hasn't done that since he was 2 months or so.   Seriously, he had been full-throttle crying whenever we were in the car up until that point.  It was miraculous and though he still cries now and then, it's mostly just when he's hungry now... like a normal baby... like the old Peter we used to know.   So even though we got to Lanikai and spent a windy and relatively cold day on the beach, I can't count that trip as a fail.  It was totally worth it. 

 Whatcha got there, daddy?

 

 

 

 We headed back to the North Shore and on our way stopped at the Dole Pineapple plantation for some Dole Whip (pineapple ice cream).  Back at home we found a friend lounging in our back yard.  Pretty fun.  

 

 Jane's sand stance. I hope this is a short phase.  She used to like the beach.

We settled back in at our place and Caitlin and I watched the kids while Chris and Dave went to go jump off a big rock at Wiamea Bay.  I used this time to just take pictures of what was going on a home.  

 Zoey was giving me quite the photoshoot with her scantily-clad poses and intense smolder.  We'll have to save some of these for her wedding day or an office party baby picture contest.

 

I tried to take some pictures of Jane and Peter, but that fell apart pretty quickly.

Jane was watching Tangled from time to time.

Mason was watching the Incredibles...

 I can't really say what Quinn was doing...

Quinn and Jane did follow each other around outside for a time while Caitlin and I sat with our babies on a blanket in the grass.  Even the "down time" was just wonderful!

That night we went to dinner in Haliewa at a Thai restaurant we found listed on TV Food Maps (Restaurants featured on FoodNetwork).  It was a really cool place.  We were just getting food to go, so the owner/chef came out and didn't take our order, but asked us questions like:  Do you like spicy foods?  Chicken, pork, crab, shrimp, tofu, and duck.  Do you eat all of those meats?  After the series of questions, he said, "For you, I'm going to make a crab stir fry, and for you lettuce wraps."  We of course, shared everything and everything was so good.  It was a fun experience.