Nancy and Sam Maui Beach Holiday

As mentioned previously, Nancy and Sam flew out to Maui, one of the Hawaiian Islands for a two week holiday.  They joined up with Wendy, Scott M and Laura-Dawn for an enjoyable time in the sunshine.  I have been receiving regular updates of their activities and fun, including a variety of photos - which I have included in this blog post.  Everyone is having a great time and Sam is loving the beach.

Sam and his Lego

Sam and Nancy are in Maui for two weeks and arrived safely last night for their holiday on the beach.  Sam continues his global trotting travels with this trip, especially as this is his second holiday to the Hawaiian Isles.  In their absence I have a peaceful and restful time at home to catch up with work and errands, including the blog.  So I thought I would share a recent photo of Sam enjoying his lego, he has shown a real joy in lego construction.  Look out for Maui photos soon.

First Haircut

Sam's curly hair has the been the source of much debate, as it has never been cut and Nancy has stopped me from having his curls cut.  For some reason, the ladies in Sam's life believe that the curls are very cute and cannot be removed as they may never come back.  However, whenever his hair gets wet especially at swimming classes it turns into "rat tails" and Nancy admitted that going to Maui on holiday she didn't want to be embarrassed by the rat tails.  So yesterday saw Sam shears get sheared!  As the photos showed the best method to cut his hair was following him around with a pair of scissors, while he is distracted by toys.  Job done and Sam even received a certificate.

Pumpkin Patch

The end of October in North America is dominant by the holiday of Halloween, which means that many of the houses are decorated with ghoulish and spooky items.  One of the mainstays is pumpkins that are then carved with faces.  Nancy led the charge and showed us the best place to go for fresh pumpkins.  The local farm, Mitchells, had a pumpkin patch with a large selection of the orange fruit and we let Sam loose to go and choose the one for our doorstep.  As you can see from the photos, Sam thought this was immense fun and made his selection from kissing the pumpkin.  We also discovered that a pumpkin is not a vegetable; it's a fruit! In fact, it's a berry.  Pumpkins belong to the family Cucurbitaceae, which includes cucumbers, melons, squash, and gourds.  We took our pumpkin home and Nancy's Uncle Peter came round the very next day to deliver a carved pumpkin as a gift for Sam.  It was an impressive effort and many thanks to Uncle Peter.