21/52

We had a sunset flower-picking session the other evening.

A friend was visiting from North Carolina 

and the girls wanted to give her a little Aloha Spirit to carry her home...

 Indigo finding a good cluster of Plumeria flowers to sew a lei with

Hazel did her own flower collecting

Violet watched all the commotion from her favorite perch on Mama's hip

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"A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, for 2013"

20/52

iphones don't take the best pictures do they?

Oh well.

Joe rode his bike to work on "Ride Your Bike To Work Day"

and we had fun tracking his ride home on my phone.

We were tracking him in real time so the girls ran outside 

to welcome him home when they "saw" him coming over the bridge.

Violet is smitten.

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"A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, for 2013"

19/52

We had some internet problems last week (for 5 days! eek!)

So here are last week's photos, a bit late.

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Indigo & Hazel

Tandem wardrobe on a bicycle

Violet with a plumeria tucked behind her ear

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"A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, for 2013"

18/52

We had a bit of a hard week and I didn't think to take many pictures of our days.

Nothing terrible; just a 4 month old baby who's decided to become a night owl

and all the crankiness that goes along with that.

We did manage to take a nice Saturday afternoon walk though...

Feeding the fish at the lily pond

3 out of 4 ain't bad

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Indigo displaying her self-drawn tiger stripes

I spy with my little eye....Hazel!

Violet, taking it all in and looking a bit skeptical.

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"A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, for 2013"

16/52

Indigo's training wheels are off!

Hazel with tired eyes from a morning spent playing at the beach

Violet is happy to have discovered how to control her hands

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"A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, for 2013"

15/52

 Indigo and Hazel learning a hula at the Polynesian Cultural Center

Trying out the poi balls that the Maori dancers demonstrated 

at the Aotearoan (New Zealand) village

Joe pointing out the waves to Violet while we watched the sunset at Magic Island

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"A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, for 2013"