Ahoy There Maties!!

First of all, Happy Halloween!! I cannot believe it's this time of year already. We've been in quite the festive spirit here at the McCann residence - we went to a Halloween party put on by a local shopping centre, carved a pumpkin and even made a Halloween cake for Jaden's daycare. Of course, Jaden understands little of what's going on, but it's fun all the same. This year Jaden is going to be our little pirate - I hope you enjoy the pictures of him going to the party on Saturday.

We had a great time carving the pumpkin this afternoon. Jaden sure loved getting his hands into the guts, and of course he was covered in pumpkin by the end. In fact, we had to divert his attention AWAY from the pumpkin carving in order to get it done at all because he kept making a huge mess. So, while Tyson carved, Jaden and I decorated our cake (and ate marshmallows and candy corn - needless to say, Jaden and I were on a sugar rush for the rest of the afternoon).

Uhh...where has the time gone ?!?

Well, the title says it all - October 20th and I can scarcely believe it. We'll be trick or treating soon!! Someone told me that time starts to fly here because there are no changing seasons, so it all blurs into one. I was reluctant to believe it and yet, now I think maybe they were on to something!

Jaden is up to his usual tricks, loves the garbage truck, but also now the cement truck. He has learned a couple of numbers, can recognize the numbers 1 and 4, and perhaps a couple more and is starting to hold up the right number of fingers. He loves to sing "Mary had a Little Lamb", "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and "This Old Man".
I think Jaden has finally adjusted to daycare, though Rosie mentioned today that he doesn't interact too much with the other children yet. I find it hard to believe he's antisocial (of course I would), so I'm thinking maybe he just needs to figure them out some more.

I know we need to add more pictures - this weekend we'll take a bunch of Jaden so you can see how much he's growing!!

A Weekend Alone - and Jaden up to No Good.

This past weekend was very hectic, what with all of the running around ,errands, housecleaning, and Jaden entertaining we needed to do that I can scarcely believe it's Sunday night and it's back to work tomorrow. Oh well, at least there'll be another weekend in a few days.
On Saturday we managed to get out to Sandy Beach - which I haven't been to since our first day here. The water is getting rough and beyond our swimming abilities however we did get to explore the tidal pools a lot and that was really nice.
Jaden really loves walking around on the beach now, and into the water and on the rocks and yes, even in the sand. We saw a lot of little fish in the tide pools that Jaden enjoyed looking for and watching if they were conspicuous enough. In letting him run on the beach, he found a culvert and ran directly towards it, that is until Tyson caught up with him - Jaden had a look on his face that showed he knew exactly he wasn't really supposed to be there but revelled in getting there before being caught all the same. He's really quite a handful most days, but it's hysterical watching him try to get away with any and everything.
Sunday was a day of shopping and though Jaden was tired and a bit crusty he still managed to hold it together long enough to get everything done - but it surely wasn't the most fun for anyone.
Today (Sunday) is the first day Jaden has not had a single bottle, all his milk has been in sippy cups - and I don't think he's missed it at all. I'm not sure how that will work at daycare but we're going to try - and see what happens (I hope Rosie will forgive us!)
I know I promised to put up some pictures of Tyson in Japan, and I certainly will but we have to discuss which pictures I can put up - so stay tuned.

A Visit from the Mainland !

Our visit with Randy and Marilyn was great - although it seemed very short because we wanted to do so much with them and of course there wasn't enough time for everything.
Randy and Marilyn arrived on the same day that Tyson got home from Japan - needless to say there were a lot of McCann's in the airport at the same time. Jaden and I met up with all of them after work and Jaden took to his Pa and Nana just like that.
On Friday, Pa and Nana had Jaden all to themselves for a day, and they sure kept Jaden busy! He went to the zoo and the Waikiki Aquarium (which was apparently the favourite by Jaden, who would have thought!)
The weekend was a little slow for me personally because I needed to rest, however we did make it to Waimea Bay on Saturday and a luau in the evening. The luau was pretty good - mine and Tyson's first, and of course a first for Jaden too. He was a little trooper, staying up well past his bedtime with minimal crankiness (for being up so late). Tyson, Randy and Jaden went for a three minute ride on an outrigger canoe, and Jaden loved that! He even got to try a sip of my pina colada (virgin of course, I was off alcohol that night) and I would say he loved it (better watch out!)
On Sunday Tyson, Randy, Marilyn and Jaden went to Sea Life Adventure Park and saw all sorts of sea creatures and shows. I'm looking forward to going with Tyson and Jaden in the near future. The rest of our visit was mostly that, a nice visit with not much sightseeing because I had to work, as did Tyson.
Hope you enjoy the couple of pictures from our visit with Randy and Marilyn!