Felicidades a todos!

Happy Cinco de Mayo everyone. Alex and I ended up in the midst of this way-too-big Cinco de Mayo fiesta on accident this evening. Not knowing that everyone and sus madres would be out looking for cheap margaritas, we went down to Aloha tower, just to walk around and look at the big boats. Aloha tower, as you might guess, is a big tower with the word "ALOHA" on it. It is at the pier where all the big cruise ships dock. If you have been on a cruise ship, you know that the spot where they let off their passengers is always a nice place to sell, well, EVERYTHING. So there is a little mall, a bunch of restaurants and all the tourist trappings that Hawaii has to offer. Leis and aloha wear, beach attire, and the goofy "only in Hawaii" stuff, like HI license plates with names on them or magnets with hula girls, etc.

Anyway, we were really there just to see the big boats, but there was a FIESTA going on, so we also saw salsa dancing, people roaming around with sombreros and Mexican flags, and those aforementioned margaritas. And every restaurant had them on special. I was really tempted, but I tried to think what I would think if I saw myself, a woman out alone, drinking with her baby. Not cool. So, I moved on. We did see some big boats, though! A couple of cruise ships were there, and the evening dinner cruise ship The Star of Honolulu was docking just as we walked by, and then some neat looking large sail boats. Alex at least looked their way, but he's so much more interested in watching people walk by, that boats are not real attention-getters right now. The salsa dancers, however, had his full attention.

Here are some pictures from a few days ago. Alex is in the office, crawling around under the desk chair. He was kind of upset to find out that he couldn't sit up while under there. He didn't seem to hurt himself as he tried to sit up, he just looked really confused.

Shhhh....we're playing hide and seek...do you see Sydney?

"It's just another day under the furniture again..." (I'm sorry, that one is for Uncle Chris and my famiy. The story is too long and silly to relate here, but I hope that they are laughing :-) )