Developing A Routine

Allen started work at Hilo Medical Center this past week and has been carpooling to work with Nana since they work at the same place.  This meant it was just mommy and the kiddos at home everyday and so we tried our best to develop a routine again.  Hilo has been really hot lately and the heat has gotten to both kids.  They both take 2 naps a day because they're so worn out.  Sometimes we just ran a quick errand to the grocery store to cool off.  Ha ha!  Chan has gotten used to only wearing a diaper around the house when we're home and luckily the mosquitos don't really like his skin like they do his sisters.  Esme's body's slowly adjusting though and she's not getting bit as often as when we first got here.  She's got Allen's skin for sure and Chan must have mines since mosquitos don't like me at all.

Chan loves chasing all the animals around Nana's house and he's starting to talk about them.  He can immitate "Jojo" which is the name of one of the cats here.  He tried to say "chicken" today and also learned "uh oh."  He really likes to make his presence known and he's always grunting or yelling when he approaches people.  The boy does not want to be ignored!  He's probably just trying to compete with Esme though :)

Allen's car arrived this weekend and our container should get here this week.  We've been on the look out for rental homes and are keeping our fingers that we find something soon.  I think both kids will be happy to be in their own space and have all their stuff back from our house in WA.  Esme keeps talking about our stuff and how it's on the boat.  She'll probably be pretty surprised to see it again.  She has a pre-school interview this week at the same school that cousins Tosh and Charlie go to. Slowly but surely our lives are getting back to a new normal...

Keeping cool with watermelon

Hanging out with cousin Tosh

Esme's favorite place for digging in the sand

Chan just likes to stomp all over the place