Crawling Kauai

Well, one could never do this on Bishop's Beach--brrr!

Must Baby-Proof the Homer Home!

Although he has somewhat of a guilty expression at the moment, Emery decides he will learn to cook on the Irish wood stove with these fascinating utensils...just as soon as he's tall enough. (And if someone puts in the wood or coal!)

"Moloka'i" and "Honolulu"

Since the relatives were out of town this weekend, I awaited the snow by spending Saturday reading Moloka'i, finishing it up and starting the book Honolulu, thus it was a productive weekend! I finished Honolulu when little Emery fell asleep on my chest Monday--I laid him down on our nest of blankets on the floor and read right beside him!
I think I enjoyed Honolulu more; I didn't feel right about reading Moloka'i without reading James Michener's version first--I couldn't help but feel that I was missing out on too many details with THIS leper colony book. But I wanted to read it since my daughter had lived on this island--and I smiled when a group of the 'colony' girls climbed up out of their hell to go to a party in Kaunakakai--the town Bail and Nate had rented a house...
but really--I liked Honolulu more--(maybe because it mentions Waialua and the Sugar Mill on Oahu first--where I got to stay when the kids first moved to the islands!)--alas....
I still felt something was missing and couldn't fully relate to the characters, (although there are some really sad spots)--so it was not the gripping, in-depth story that I would of liked...
I think I grow too picky.