Something Fishy Going On Here

Still on Maui. I could get used to it here. After all, there are water slides! Someone definitely knew two of my favorite things - slides and water. What a pair! Why don't they have swings in the water? Or what about grocery carts? I love riding around on both of those. Anyway, the kiddie pool has this water slide and daddy and I went for a ride.


Landen and Brian - Water Slide at Hyatt Maui from Brian Giambalvo on Vimeo.


Remember how I said the water shoots up out of the ground? I figured out if you put your foot on top of the shooting water, it sprays everywhere!


We also went to the Maui Ocean Center. We saw long fish, short fish, flat fish, round fish, one fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish. Oh no wait, that's one of my books. And there were sharks, turtles, lobsters, eels, and stingrays. If it lives in the water, they had it! Plus, the center had some parts where I could put my hands in the water and touch the animals. Getting a hands-on education here in LANDEN'S WORLD!

Leave the Trowel. Take the Rake

Why I love Maui, reason #329: we play in the pool every day! Today we didn't play in our pool, instead we decided to visit one of the hotels because they have this cool kids pool. And since I'm a kid, why not! This one had dancing fountains and water shooting up from the ground. It's so much fun because it's like playing at the beach without those waves. I don't think I like the waves because they're so big and I'm so small. But there is this beach just for babies because there aren't any waves. It's called Baby Beach. And since I'm a baby, why not! Maybe we'll go there tomorrow.


Then we went to lunch. I don't remember what the restaurant was called. I don't remember where it was. I don't remember what mommy, daddy, or tutu ate. But what I do remember is the dessert I ate. Okay let me just say this was the most amazing thing ever. Sure hummus and pretzels and hot dogs and clementines are great, but, why bother? Why can't we just go straight to the dessert? And another question - I'll share my shovels and pails at the beach, I'll share my blocks and cars at home, and I'll even share my hot dog with daddy, but, share my dessert? Who do these people think they are?


So they told me it was Hula Pie. Sounds good to me. It's Hula Pie for everyone in LANDEN'S WORLD!

Leaving On a Jetplane

Seriously though, nine hours on a plane? Mommy and daddy tell me that I'll love Maui, but c'mon, nine hours? I have trouble sitting still for nine minutes. Guess I'll just sleep. Racking up some serious miles in LANDEN'S WORLD!

Saturday Morning Pancakes

Saturday mornings are special because daddy makes pancakes. He lets me stir the big blue bowl. There's something about daddy's pancakes that make them different from pancakes I've had anywhere else. Well, not everywhere. I remember having the same kind of pancakes when we visited my great-great-great-great-great-great-wonderful-super-smart-funny-loving-amazing-grandfather. Hmmm, I wonder if daddy learned how to make his pancakes by watching my great-great-great-great-great-great-wonderful-super-smart-funny-loving-amazing-grandfather?


Oh! And let me not forget. Mommy had some good news for me and I want to share it with all of you. I'm going to be a big brother! Can you believe it? I'm finally going to have someone smaller than me around here. Mommy already tells me to kiss the baby and I kiss her belly. It's soon going to be +1 here in LANDEN'S WORLD!

Oh My Darlin!

That's what daddy sings when I eat one of my new favorite foods. Clementines! It's a catchy tune and a tasty treat. And I get to eat them everywhere I go. Whenever we're out at a restaurant, and it really doesn't matter which restaurant, at some point mommy or daddy will pull out a clementine and peel it for me. Funny thing is, they always pull it out right around that time when I get a little bored with whatever it is I'm doing and want out of the highchair. Sometimes when we're at home and I wander over to my stroller, if I reach into the pockets of the diaper bag I might just find an extra clementine. Jackpot! Oh I just run right over to mommy and daddy and bang - I'm in my chair eating that clementine. I wish it were that way with pacifiers but unfortunately when I find one of those in the diaper bag and stuff it in my mouth, they're so quick to yank it out. Oh so close to happiness. Just another day in LANDEN'S WORLD!

They Took My Hair!

It's not so much the chair I had to sit in - it had a fun steering wheel and I got to play with bubbles. It's not so much the random lady who was doing it - she was funny and let me take an extra lollipop. It's not so much the time I had to wait - I got to avoid my afternoon nap. It's the fact that after she was done cutting my hair, I didn't get to keep it. It's my hair! What gives? If this is how all haircuts are going to be, then count me out.


So I have this green bucket. Dadda bought me some blocks and they came in this green bucket. One day I dumped the blocks out, looked at the bucket, and thought why not plop myself down and have a read. So I did. It was the perfect fit. That's what's new in LANDEN'S WORLD!

Great-Great

Daddy and I went down to Florida to visit my great-great-grandfather. Great-great-grandfather. That's what daddy tells me to call him but if I had it my way I'd call him my great-great-great-great-great-great-wonderful-super-smart-funny-loving-amazing-grandfather. I mean that's what he is to me. And Uncle David was down there with us. We swam in the pool, walked on the beach, and had my great-great-great-great-great-great-wonderful-super-smart-funny-loving-amazing-grandfather's amazing pancakes. Love those pancakes. Livin' it up here in LANDEN'S WORLD!