Little Bird Blog

Kawela Bay is for Adventure Hidden from the road near Turtle Bay Resort is a stunning bit of Paradise. It’s part dense jungle and part quiet, sandy beach. There is no other spot quite like it on Oahu. From the road you pass by towering banyan trees. TV lovers may recognize this dense jungle scene […]

Learning to Love the Beach Your first trip to the beach can be a little intimidating as a child. The ocean feels endless and vast as it stretches to the horizon. Thoughts of baby sharks and more sinister creatures can fill your imagination as the surf tickles your feet at regular intervals. Understandably, some kids […]

Living the Dream Do you know that dream job that allows you to work from anywhere? Complete freedom to move about the world and continue getting paid. It’s always been a sort of fantasy of mine. You could spend a couple of months gawking at glaciers in Patagonia. When you tire of the cold, head […]

Tween Life Once you hit the double digits in age, life gets a little more complicated. More confusing. You lose that ability to play with wild abandon and start to worry about other people. They don’t want to look silly and it can make a family photo session particularly painful. I mean you’re excited to […]

A Dream is Born Maddie has long dreamed of Hawaii. Visions of dancing palm trees and sparkling blue water have colored her dreams as long as she could remember. And the dolphins. Oh, the dolphins! Knowing they were out there swimming free just offshore with the possibility to see them leap and spin. Her 11-year-old […]

Ready for the Beach The twins grasped each other’s arms and shrieked in delight as the current sucked at their feet. The duo couldn’t resist the lure of the water and they had slowly ventured further and further into the surf until an unexpected wave hit them. They tumbled over each other and fell laughing […]

The Beauty of Laie Beach Park at Sunrise Laie is a long drive from Koolina and it feels worlds away. You trade the protected, cultivated resort town for wild, wide open space in the country. Mountains skirted in salt spray loom on the horizon and you feel as if you have the island to yourselves. […]

Escaping the Hustle of Waikiki Waikiki family photography can make me a bit anxious. There are just so many people. Revelers dot the sand along the entire length of the beach lounging, playing volleyball, and people watching. I like to have space so my families can roam freely and explore in a peaceful part of […]

The Bigness of Sherwood Forest in Waimanalo When you live on a small island and the press of traffic and bodies and heat seems to grow every year, you treasure the few last open spaces. Wide open areas where you feel you can breathe. There are still a few beaches that make you feel small […]