Honolulu Adventures

We spent the first two days of our Hawaiian vacation in Honolulu. It was Joe's first time in Honolulu and he wanted to check out Waikiki Beach. So we stayed in a kid-friendly hotel that was easy walking distance from the beach, aquarium and zoo. Perfect! We didn't even need a rental car. Here are some highlights from Honolulu:

At the aquarium, Nathan watches the monk seal swim around:

A rare but increasing incident of twin cooperation:

Me and the boys at the zoo:

N&H checking out howler monkeys swinging around and hooting loudly. They still remember this vividly and often say "monkeys too loud".

Nate with elephants:



Nathan on the big (fake) giraffe:

Henry grinning/squinting (?) on Waikiki:

Joe buries Nathan in the sand:

Henry hauls a bucket of water for some reason that I can't recall:

Nathan taking his first swim in the ocean. This part of Waikiki Beach is great for kids as there is a wall that keeps the water calm.

Way Back When-esday

I have blatantly stolen the idea for this post from another twin blogger. Here are some double twinski photos from 'way back when' in no particular order. The top picture was taken last month during our trip to Hawaii. I am very close to having some Hawaii trip pictures ready to post.

The new title for the blog, Twinskis, was coined by my sister Suzy (see her below in a Boston U sweatshirt) as a shortened version of 'Chmielowski Twins'. I also refreshed the look of the blog and included links to a few other blogs that I follow.

School photos

I scanned in the school photos from October. Can anyone identify Henry and Nathan? (Meemaw and Suzy are disqualified from this test)

Autumn 2008

Byers Lake:

Reading with mom:

The homestead:

Grandma's visit:

Running and jumping:

Henry's animal sculpture:

Joe's B-day loot:

The fair is fun

We just got back from a fabulous 2 week vacation to Hawaii. Since I'm way behind on downloading and organizing photos, I'll post these gems from the Alaska State Fair in September.

You can see that the boys were excited about going to the fair:

This makes twins look easy:

Henry and the cow:

N&H love bunnies:

The prize winning pumpkin:

Nate and the chickens:

Birthdays and stuff

Nate and Henry celebrated their 2nd birthday on October 30th! We had cupcakes with chocolate frosting as you can see from Nathan's face below.

The next day was Halloween. H&N didn't go trick-or-treating due to a "case of the ass" (this is Chmielowski slang for crabby), but they were scary wearing fake monster teeth.

And, of course, I have to give the stats from their 2 year well baby doctor visit:

36" tall (90th percentile)

27 lbs (30th percentile)

Happy birthday to Nathan:

Birthday boy Henry:

Scary Nathan:

Scary Henry:

Little Gym

The blog is live again! Since there are too many photos to try to catch up on, we'll just start with current ones. Here are some photos from our first visit to Aurora Kids (aka Little Gym). Joe and I have hopes that H&N will be able to do the iron cross by the end of winter.

Nathan on the parallel bars:

Henry, monkey style:

Henry on the balance beam:

The best part of class: bubbles!

Hiatus

Hi, there. I just want to let H&N fans know that I am taking a short hiatus from blogging while I study for an exam to be a Professional Engineer. It really is as exciting as it sounds! Not. So please check back in late October for some new pictures of H&N!