a hui hou

My boys + I will be visiting hanai ʻohana for a while. We're going to Martha's Vineyard first, then celebrating Auntie's 70th birthday in Merrimacport, MA.

it's all a matter of perspective
The boys are excited because they'll be seeing their calabash cousins + they've never been further than the West Coast. I've already been all over the world for hula, but I don't get excited until I'm actually sitting on the plane anyway - too many details to take care of first!

incommunicado?
Who knows...if I can get my happy little fingers on a keyboard, maybe I'll post some pics or start a travelogue - but if you don't hear from me for a while, it just means that I've finally relaxed + am off having a great time with my boys!

Naʻu me ke aloha, ke Akua pu.

boys of summer

Here in Hawai'i, we don't experience the seasons as much as, say, the East Coast. Some people think we don't experience different seasons at all.

i beg to differ
Because it's glaringly obvious to me that we have a summer season + I don't need a change in the weather to tell me so.

here's a clue
My boys are all over each other 24/7. They can't even breathe in the same room without talking trash or gleefully pushing each other's buttons.

speaking of which
Someone should invent a MUTE button for those daily squabbles. In the meantime, though it may sound like it, I know they won't maim each other - so my iPod really comes in handy. I just plug in + tune out.

Because then I can focus more on the JOYS of summer.