Shark Diving

Crusing out to sea

Sharks!

duhduhduh

the cage

What a morning!  Nicole and I arose early and left the house at 6:15 leaving Kai with his Pa.  We arrived at Haleiwa Boat Harbor and boarded our vessel for a 3 mile trip out to sea where we would climb into a cage to view sharks.  On our way out to sea we watched Humpback Whales frolic in the ocean.  We arrived at our spot and immediately Galapagos sharks swam to the surface.  They were joined by tiger sharks.  When we entered the cage, the sharks swam around, they were close enough to touch, but we refrained.  When you went underwater you could hear the humpback whales singing.  Once we adjusted to breathing through our snorkel, we enjoyed the sharks.  On our way back to the boat harbor, we passed by a pod of 80 spinner dolphins swimming in pairs.  They were incredibly playful and jumped and swam around the boat.

Nicole comes to visit

Playing with Auntie Nicole's glasses

Buddhist temple

Hiking at Peacock flats

Pearl Harbor

Nicole was able to come spend her Spring Break with us.  Kai and I picked her up at the airport and had dinner in Honolulu Harbor.  We took her to the Windward side, Bellows Beach, all over the North Shore, to the Buddhist Temple, hiking, FRG meetings, to a polo match and to Kai's music class.  We had so much fun exploring Hawaii together and watching Kai become more confident walking.

Baptism

Kai's baptism was held April 9, 2012 at St Michael's Church in Waialua and presided over by Fr Christopher.  Kai and another baby shared their baptism day in an intimate ceremony.  Kai loved the water followed closely by the candle and the fan at the church. Both of Kai's godparents, Nicole and Travis, were able to attend the ceremony.  I chose Nicole to be Kai's godmother, as she has a strong Catholic faith and is my best friend since freshman year of Scranton.  Victor chose Travis who has been Victor's best friend in the Army.  Kai's friend Halle and her mom came to the service and Jessica provided us with amazing photos.  After the baptism, we celebrated with breakfast at Cafe Haleiwa.

Easter

Kai's easter basket

Examing the contents

Egg hunt

Happy Easter!  Nicole flew in on Easter eve and was able to celebrate the holiday with us.  Easter morning, Kai woke to find his first Easter basket.  During the egghunt Kai was assisted by Caspian who realized that he could bite the plastic eggs and eat Kai's puffs that were hidden in them.  Caspian enjoyed the egg hunt a bit more then Kai this time.  We went to church and were able to stand outside where it was a bit cooler during the service.  We enjoyed an Easter brunch at Sam Snead's and Travis joined us for the festivities.

Cry Baby Matinee

After reading the Hunger Games Triology in five days, I was ready to see the movies.  I had recently discovered that the local theathers have a weekly Cry Baby Matinee.  Once a week there is a specific show and theather where babies and children are allowed to go and make noise.  The lights are not completely dimmed and no one looks at you when the baby makes noise.  Kai went with his friends Austin and Teddy and of course there Mamas to see the Hunger Games in Kapolei.  He enjoyed talking to Teddy behind him, making friends with the baby girl 2 rows ahead of him and standing in the back with Austin.  I was able to see the majority of the movie.  Kai was exhausted when it was over and slept the whole way home.

Spring Fest

tasting the egg

putting it in his basket

found another

Kai now puts everything in his bucket

yum

While Pa was snowboarding in Alaska, Kai and I went to the 84th EN BN Spring Fest and supported the 561st FRG by running the game, pin the egg on the basket.  Kai was a great helped and loved seeing all the people.  He sat on the easter bunny's lap with no hesitation.  He participated in his first egg hunt and was quite clever at it.  He was able to find the egg, taste it and then put it in his bucket.  I was able to put him in a secluded spot so he would not get trampled.  He found 5 eggs.  Kai likes to share so he gave all his candy to his friend Chloe.

Ohana Music Together

Trot Ol Joe

Time for bells

Playing drums with Rogan

On Friday, Kai had his last music class for the semester. The theme was bells and Kai loved class and made some great new friends there.  For the last class, he brought a lei in for Miss Peggy.  He was serenaded with the ukulele and he was able to sit on the teacher's lap for " Trot Ol' Joe".