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New Baby Expo: This weekend!
May 14th
We’ve been to the New Baby Expo at the Blaisdell Center a couple of times. Lots of interesting exhibitors, stuff for toddlers to do (like visits with TV characters — my son met Curious George!), and even a crawling contest for babies. It’s happening again this weekend, May 15th and 16th. If you sign up for their newsletter you get the chance to win free tickets and learn about the event in advance.
See you there!
Hiking in nature
Apr 5th
For me, one of the best ways to get back to my true self is through a good hike in the woods. I can drop my thoughts and just *be* in nature. The sun through the trees, sound of unusual bird calls, and smells of blossoms in the air — really are refreshing to my soul. 
One of the reasons that my wife and I moved to Hawaii was to get more nature into our lives (from living in Japan). However, having a 7-month old son, means that I haven’t had so many opportunities to get out on hikes as I would like. Mason is almost 20 pounds now and too heavy to try to carry with the Baby Bjorn we have. But, I want to share the beauty of nature with him.
So, we bought a used baby backpack. We tried it last weekend on a hike through Tantalus. The hike was very nice. Mason fell asleep half-way through it, so Masako and I got a little “our time” together.
The backpack worked fine. Only problem was that my muscles were sore for days afterwards — guess I got too excited and hiked too much! 
Related Amazon Products:
Baby Bjorn: we like this — good for under 6 months
| This Kelty baby backpack is like the one we bought — 
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