Last Sunrise in Lanikai

So I'm sure some of our readers may be sick of our Hawaii pictures already, but this is the last one, I promise!  We keep having hard drive problems at home, and fear we have lost all copies of our photos over the year, so in case that does happen some time, at least we'll have the blog! 

Anyways... on our last morning in Kailua we walked down to Lanikai Beach for sunrise.  By this point Elodie was a pro at the sand, and the ocean and we had a blast!  Aloha Hawaii!  Til next time!

One of our favorite videos:

Saying Goodbye to her Friends

We walked to and from the beach so much on our trip so Grammie took some pictures of Elodie saying good bye to her little neighborhood friends.

the fish mailbox - trying out the paci

the little green guy

big hug

Scenic Overlook

We stopped by the Halona Blow Hole on the way back from one of the beaches (but forgot to take a picture of the blow hole.)  It was really windy and Elodie was tired, but she had fun playing on the ADA ramp! 

group shot

a little bit mad?

happy family!

so serious in the wind!

Ko Olina Beach

Beach, beach and more beach!  This little beach we went to on the west side of the island is actually man-made (kinda weird) but it proved to be the perfect spot for Elodie to get comfortable with the ocean water!  It was super calm and warm and once El stepped foot on the sand she just ran until she got to the water.  She ran around in the surf giggling for a good 10 minutes before she would even put on her bathing suit top!

Aunt Ali & Uncle Rick

She liked the water so much she even convinced Papa and Uncle Rick to take her in!

The sand was also nice for digging and burying.

where are my feet?

cracking through

get me outta here!

free at last

all sandy!

wash up

dry off...

Found a video:

Ice Cream Cone

Elodie stole Papa's ice cream cone!  While she's enjoyed lots and lots of ice cream before, she never experienced the cone! 

Pillbox Hike

Elodie didn't go on this hike with us, but we wanted to post some of these pictures anyways... The Pillbox hike started right around the corner from our rental house.  We felt like billy goats, but it was worth it!

Honolulu Zoo

One morning, we went to check out the Honolulu Zoo!  Elodie wore her animal print dress, and since she seems to like to wear crazy outfits, I tried to get her to wear her giraffe print pajama pants with the dress, but she said, "No Mommy, that's too silly."  We saw lots and lots of animals.  The best part was definitely the gorilla with his frog friend and the spider monkeys (we didn't get any pictures of them...) 

Hi Monkeys!

turtles!

what's that?

rhinos!

watching the funny gorilla

Here is a little video of Elodie playing/thinking at the Zoo Playground.  The last 40 seconds is probably the some of the smartest and ridiculous things Elodie has ever said.

(She says something like:  E, that's for me, the first letter!  Oh my god, there's so many! I'm pooping! giggle giggle...)