A few more on Hawaii

The timeshare where we stayed has some small gardens, waterfalls, and lots of birds and chickens. The story on the chickens is quite a funny one. A few years back there was a storm that knocked one chicken coup open. Just one. And the chicken has bred all over the island. For a few years now we can see chicken and roosters everywhere! We can see them on the beach, side of highways, resort gardens, and airports (not runway of course)...just everywhere!

To our surprise walking through the garden we spotted pineapple plants! One of Caelyn's favorite activity in Hawaii was spotting birds and chickens. And her other favorite activity is to chase them all over! So needless to say nana, daddy, and I did a lot of chasing too. Chasing the pink hat!

There are fake waterfalls in the gardens that Caelyn helped herself in. So easily amused. She played in the water for over an hour!

"Borrowed" papa's reading glasses!

Papa and daddy took a morning to go hike the napoli coast while nana, Caelyn and I had a lazy day. The weather was perfect...and that's unusual in Kauai. It's usually raining, mugging, or just super warm. But this day was perfect. Caelyn who is usually not a big napper slept on her own for 3 hours on these pillows next to Nana who curled up in her favorite book.

In Kauai it rains more often than Seattle. But it is different here. It's warm and it comes and go within minutes. We have taken walks where part of the walk it down poured but by the end of the walk we're completely dried. And it was only a 45 minute walk. Caelyn heard the rain and ran outside and start stomping on the wet patio. Before you know it she's drenched. Some days she changes clothes five times.

This lighthouse is a great lookout point and as we discovered a great place for Caelyn to spot birds and chase them across the vast lawn areas. Look at the photo where Caelyn is on daddy's shoulders. See the white specs that cover the hillside cliff? Those are special species of birds that only live on the cliff and no where else in the world.

More breaking waves with her watering can.

Most days Caelyn's hair is like she just got out of the bath. It's humid and her hair shows it. I manage to put a flower over her ear for a hawaii look.

On our botanical garden tour we viewed some really unique plant life. This one below is an Indonesian ginger plant. Ginger must be in the root...but the flower is beautiful.

I can't remember the name of this flower but it's generally white with yellow in the center. The white variety is common in the tropics, in particular in Hawaii. And they are used to make lei (Hawaiian necklaces). But this rare variety is red.

This tree has large jack fruit hanging from it. I love jack fruit...Zach and I were the only ones on the tour who have had jack fruit before. Everyone inquired us what it tasted like.