{"id":724893,"date":"2009-09-07T22:53:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-08T06:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/2009\/09\/07\/maui-2009-the-boys\/"},"modified":"2009-09-07T22:53:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-08T06:53:00","slug":"maui-2009-the-boys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/2009\/09\/07\/maui-2009-the-boys\/","title":{"rendered":"Maui 2009: The Boys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We had such fun with the boys this year.&nbsp; They are very comfortable in the water now, and we spent many hours snorkeling, bodysurfing, swimming, and just hanging around.<\/p>\n<p>Our precious ones&#8230;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2619\/3899348848_fbfbafd494.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nFeeding the koi&#8230;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3483\/3898576357_381e8fbdc6.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3451\/3898569189_6c7447e032.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nTurning &#8216;A&#8217; into a merman&#8230;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3498\/3898575081_cb995cbbc1.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nGoofballs&#8230;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3446\/3899361920_91135421f5.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nHula Grill&#8230;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3452\/3898582083_7c3de3c993.jpg\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2621\/3899364548_94024b3ca6.jpg\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2602\/3899366598_a4b9cafe30.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nThis is one of the many plumeria trees in front of our lanai at the place we stay in Napili.&nbsp; The boy learned how to climb the tree and make us a little nervous as they pushed the envelope climbing higher&#8230;higher&#8230;higher&#8230;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2517\/3898586655_e6b9883d77.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nOn top of Haleakala&#8230;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2619\/3898587213_0d83e5daa0.jpg\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3477\/3898588063_f96c65fb94.jpg\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3517\/3898589577_27d4199f0b.jpg\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2623\/3898591171_276bf17fa3.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nComing down from Haleakala, we were all famished and stopped at a sweet little market in Kula.&nbsp; Snacks and treats in their protea garden and we were happy campers&#8230;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2575\/3899373656_73b604a3e4.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<font size=\"4\"><strong>Our Nature Boy<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/font><font size=\"2\">It has been such a joy getting to know the unique traits and interests of &#8216;A&#8217; and &#8216;R&#8217;.&nbsp; They are both so different and it&#8217;s wonderful to witness.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;R&#8217; engages his senses to a degree that I envy.&nbsp; He is the first to notice color, flavor, scent, texture and brings them to my attention.&nbsp; He loves all things of nature and often asks that I take pictures of his little collections (taking a picture is our agreement over taking all the items home).<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2623\/3899347616_86b1dd264f.jpg\" \/><\/font><br \/>\nThe beginning shell collection&#8230;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3491\/3898570085_66ee743dce.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nWe all got a little too much sun one day and our little guy crashed on the couch&#8230;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2461\/3898571027_b422b9849a.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nThe pod of a Signature Tree&#8230;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2489\/3899352948_f0f030c4e7.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n&#8216;R&#8217; and Albalucia created a little &quot;corral&quot; to hold &#8216;R&#8217;s shell collection.&nbsp; It was made out of seed pods from the kiawe tree&#8230;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3520\/3899355016_7bf4279c39.jpg\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2549\/3898572775_8653f128d5.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nHula boy&#8230;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2606\/3898577929_facacdc5a2.jpg\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2460\/3898579217_c19236b457.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n&#8216;R&#8217; with Breadfruit&#8230;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3466\/3899375404_1498edb382.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had such fun with the boys this year.&nbsp; They are very comfortable in the water now, and we spent many hours snorkeling, bodysurfing, swimming, and just hanging around. Our precious ones&#8230; Feeding the koi&#8230; Turning &#8216;A&#8217; into a merman&#8230; Goofballs&#8230; Hula Grill&#8230; This is one of the many plumeria trees in front of our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-724893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family-fun"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=724893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724893\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=724893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=724893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=724893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}