Beaches, Honu, and Mo`o

It makes me nostalgic to see the changing of the leaves and cold weather clothes in everyone else's blogs. However, we're grateful that we can go to go to the beach still, even though we don't make it as often as we would like.

The kids are learning various Hawaiian words.

Honu means turtle. Pau (Pow) means done, finished. Pahipahilima (Pah-he-pah-he-lee-mah) means to clap. A`ole (Ah-oh-lay) means no.

Sometimes we'll pack a lunch and Aaron will go fishing. It's such a relaxing, fun family activity. I wish we had time to do this more often.

This beach is only about a mile from where we live and it's really child-friendly. It's sandy, only gets about 3 feet deep, and there is a man-made rock barrier so there is virtually no surf.

We love examining the tide pools full of opihi (salt water limpets), manini (small, striped surgeon fish), and other little crustaceans.

Mo`o is the name for gekko. Randomly, this one was sitting on my head after I dove into the pool. Elise is the one who pointed it out to me, and basically I freaked out. The kids were fascinated by it though!