More Randomness

We've been in the house more than usual while potty training.  Things are getting a little crazy around here.

 Magnatiles!

 Dexter gets to enjoy much more juice than usual in order to get more practice on the potty.

There is a lot of this going on.

Fun At Home

Here's a few random shots of what life looks like in our house.

 Weekend morning story time.  Even Lily wanted to join in.

Maya reading to Dexter.

Breakfast anyone?

Naked lemonade on the first day of serious potty training.

Maya shows Dexter how it's done.

Maya heads over to a friend's house for a sleepover.

Of we go!

Daddy stays home with the naked potty trainee.

"Obligatory 'Let it Go' Performance" video

Yes, the kids can't seem to let go of 'Let It Go.'  This performance is pretty cute though....

Lulu Visit

Lulu decided to come for a visit.  It was fun!!

Lulu and Dexter get ready to decorate a helicopter.

Hanging at the park.

Lulu with her adoring grandkids.

Maya and Dexter hang out with Melodie on a quick trip to Jake and Sophie's house on the way to the airport. 

Lulu was excited that Jake's parents were in San Francisco at the same time.  Jake and his dad...

...and Sophie and Jake's momma.

The fam.

It was time for Lulu to leave.  We were sad, but we consoled ourselves with In-N-Out.

Oscar Night Winners!

We had a fabulous night watching the Oscars and winning money from our friends.

Let's get this party started.

Ballots ready, everyone watches bland speeches and beautiful people.

The cool crowd in front.

Todd proudly shows his ballot where he scored his record of 43/45.

Daddy got the winner's pool and Maya won the loser's pool for getting the most wrong.  A fun and profitable night for the Vaziri/Higgins crew.

Diamond Head

We got to spend one last day with the Coco, Nate, and Vivi.  We did a hike up Diamond Head which is the mountain just above where they live.  We enjoyed our day and then we went to airport for our redeye flight back to San Francisco.

Backpack kids.

On the way up.

Looking back at Honolulu.

Looking the other way.

10pm on the flight out.

4:30am San Francisco time.

At 5:30am good moods all around.

Meet Mickey

Since Aulani is a Disney resort, they did have some of the requisite Disneyisms including a character breakfast which delighted Maya and Dexter.  After our short Aulani visit, we made our way around the island and headed back to Coco, Nate, and Vivi.

 Mickey greets Dexter.

 Hug!

Maya and Dexter with their newest favorite mouse.

Family fun.

Now with Minnie.

More Minnie.

Goofy jokes with Maya.

A visit to one of the famous North Shore beaches.

  

Maya and Dexter take a swim in a little tide pool.

Fun!

The fam.

Time for some North Shore shrimp!

Happy eating.

Watching a surprisingly cool demo of some traditional activities of the Hawaiian people at a macadamia nut plantation.

Dexter and Maya get some cool headwear.

Maya and Dexter on a boat in a fishing lagoon as the plantation tour continues.

This area has been the site for many shows including Fantasy Island, 50 First Dates, Lost and more.

Back to Honolulu and beautiful sunset.

Aulani

We took a little break from Honolulu and headed west to the Disney Aulani Resort for a couple nights.  The weather improved and we had a lot of fun!

Aulani Beach

The Aulani resort is comprised of the brown buildings on the right.

Maya becomes a freeze frame.

Dexter enjoying the water.

Happy brother and sis.

The Aulani has many pools, a lazy river, waterslides, and water play areas like this!

It's party time.

View from our room.

An evening stroll.

Dexter explores.

Dexter, master of the stone.

Two awesome guys.