Plugging Away

Well friends, I have only good things to report as we round the bend in June. I had an absolutely wonderful birthday; truly bolstered by the love and support of my friends and little boys. My friend Dawn and her two kiddos took us out to breakfast first thing. We had a small wait from the Father's Day rush but it wasn't much, and I was able to open the gift Jake picked out for me: an amber colored hurricane and lavender candle from Pier One, along with a package of multicolored butterfly guest soaps. Midday was spent at "Up in Smoke" where a friend competed in a meat smoking contest, and the boys enjoyed shave ice and bounce houses, and we rounded out the day with a delicious baked ziti and cake with friends from the squadron. Fantastic!
Jake is in his second week of Kitchen Investigators, learning more and more each day. This weekend we are going to practice two of the weeks recipes: scrambled eggs and bagel pizzas! Just two hours each morning is enough to keep his interest from day to day and doesn't bore him. He's also begun his karate class in town and is enthusiastic about beginning the path to full-on ninja stardom.
Evan is testing new words each day. My favorites are "cool," "pool," and "hot-dog." His favorite activity is running like a madman outside when he hears the brakes of the garbage truck coming up the hill, yelling "YELLOW!!! YELLOW!!" (Can you guess what color it is, kids?) He also enjoys counting, whether it's the buses on the road, or mimicking Jake playing hide and seek. His numbers start and end with three, or his version of it, which makes it super cute.
No big plans for the fourth of July (or as Chris insists, Independence Day); going to run the Runway 5K to celebrate my healed stress fracture and take the kids to the parade downtown. I think we'll enjoy the fireworks from the privacy of our own house; one of the fringe benefits of living on the highest hill in Kailua. You really should come see it.

Evan and I at the Pier

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Oh, THERE She Is

Well, the time for deployment has come and here I am, back on the blog. Things were going so smoothly. You had to know that's why no one was hearing from me. Because things were going so well. It's true, I'm a fair-weather friend, and was so busy being happy that I didn't take time to update the blog. And then June rolls around the corner and "pop"-- out of the woodwork, here I come, friends, with more tales of woe. So predictable!
Chris left yesterday for the boat; got to fly on to the ship from the squadron so we dropped him off like any other day, except of course, that it wasn't. We managed to stay awfully busy after seeing him off. We went to the beach, watched a movie, got ice-cream with friends whose husbands had gone with Chris, and had a dinner/playdate with our neighbors. All of which landed us home just in time for bath, books and bed. Just as I'd cunningly planned. At the moment, unfortunately, it seems to be 3 a.m., and I'm wide awake after Jake's nightly coughing fit, waiting for the cough medicine to kick in so I can get back to sleep. Both boys have had a post-nasal drip that really gets a grip after half a night's sleep; Jake's is just hanging on longer than is welcome. But see how productive I've been while I was waiting?