Bunk Bed Playhouse with Climbing Wall

We wanted to make a playhouse for the kids, but their two cribs were taking up too much room in their bedroom. So we made a bunk bed playhouse using the crib mattresses.

Here is a tour:

Instead of a ladder, we put a climbing wall in the middle. We found these awesome climbing wall grips/handholds on amazon:

They are super strong, high quality, and were really easy to attach. I had found some plywood on a side street anyways and needed to use it for something, so now it is a climbing wall.

We have not done much in the interior yet, but we moved the kids play kitchen inside and a table a chairs. Christmas lights are on clearance right now so we used a couple strings to light the interior.

Cayman's Raccoon Video

Raccoons have been visiting us the last several nights so Cayman and I went out and filmed them and Cayman did the voice over for our nature film:

If you have not yet seen my frog documentary, might I suggest the following:

Halloween

During the month of October we went to the Los Angeles Zoo at least 10 times. The Rhino has recovered and is back on display (horn cancer). For Halloween we enjoyed several friends company and costume wise went with a finding Nemo theme of clownfish and seagulls.

Hawaii Part 2 - Diving Videos

I was able to get about 60 dives in during our trip and had many first including: being surrounded by a pod of dolphins, seeing a new born baby dolphin, finding my first Tinker's Butterflyfish, finding my first psychedelic wrasse, as well as a finding a reliable spot to find Masked Angelfish. Here are a some videos I made:

Baby Dolphin with Mom

Diving Highlights

Yellowfin Soldierfish (rare)

Here are a few photo I took of a Tinker's Butterflyfish (taken during a dive with Spencer)

Hawaii 2016 Part 1

Getting two toddlers, carseats, a stroller, camera gear, and scuba gear to the Big Island of Hawaii is not worth it for a short trip. So we are taking a long trip.

First up was celebrating Cayman's 3rd Birthday.

The kids adjusted to the island life style quickly. I made a glass bottom boat and was able to show them many neat fish.

Cayman and I found a tiny frog on the front yard and Cayman carefully held it then released it to be free and wild.

One of my favorite spots on the island is the Big Island Brewhaus restaurant. Here is Hazel and I posing for a quick photo out front. Below is Cayman and I doing the same thing back in 2014

Aloha and Mahalo for reading.

Hooray for Sleep!

Shelley and I got a great Valentine's Day present as Hazel began sleeping through the night. Just as with Cayman we carefully tracked her sleeping patterns since birth and slowly worked her towards our goals. So far it seems to have worked, as the last several days she has slept through the night. Here is her sleeping behavior since birth.

Hi Hazel

Cayman has started talking to Hazel. Here is a video from this morning.