A little bit of Hawaii...

A friend of mine was showing some visitors around the island and they came across this...

Hi ho! Hi ho! It's off to work we go!

Today was my first day and I think Ella knew. She woke up at 5 am and wanted to lie on me, in my bed. I got up to leave her with Rob and she followed me downstairs, in tears, while I was drying my hair. Rob dropped her off at our temporary babysitters @ 8:30 and she didn't even notice we were missing until I walked in the door at 1:30. Work was great but Kim, the awesome at home daycare provider, quit yesterday. It seems that there is some sort of family emergency and her sister is shipping out Kim's niece. That will put her at the max allowable number of toddlers, three. So, until her niece leaves, we are without a permanent solution.

My first day of work was great. It looks like I'll be learning a TON of new things and they're willing to train me to do whatever I'm comfortable with. I'm quite excited to be going back to work and I think Ella is going to survive without me. If only we could find someone to take care of her. Are there any takers? You can live in Hawaii for free.

How can you resist a child creative enough to say "Bye, Daddy" into her banana without any prompting?

Nolan gets a bath, Ella style!

Isn't he lucky?

Brum, brum, brum, brum, brum...

Ella's off to the beach with her 'uck on Daddy's brum, brum (her response whenever she hears the word motorcycle).

Rough night...

It seems that something viral going around here in Hawaii. Last night Ella threw up on her favorite bear. Then she woke at 3 am hungry and wide awake so we were up for a couple of hours. I checked my email and found my daycare provider cancelled on me. The good thing about the night is that I got some things done and spoke to a friend in Charleston at 10 am her time. I'm still in search of a nanny if anyone is interested. It would be @ 4 hours of childcare a day and the rest of the time you can play to your heart's content.

The bear's drying after a couple of spins in the wash, it's now almost 11 am, and I need to go wake Ella.


Aunt Nancy's bear (pre yesterday)

Ella's svelte figure...

I came into the living room the other evening and Rob had bathed and dressed Ella for bed. He explained that he didn't like her new PJs because the weren't very flattering. I have no idea what he was talking about. Do you?

DWN (Driving While Naked)