We've been back a couple of weeks, soaking up the last few sunny days of summer... I saved the Hawaii recap for a lousy weather day.... which was today.
This was our third time to Hawaii as a family of four, and we are very good at settling into island time now:) We followed our typical routine. 200 yard rule still in effect most days, with the occasional diversion to Lahaina plus a special birthday dinner for Steph in Paia.
The big new adventure for Jackson was snorkeling. He had been talking about it nonstop since our last trip to Hawaii two years ago. My personal assumption was that there was no way he could catch on to snorkeling at this young age, but he insisted and I am not one to hold him back. Sure enough, Jackson knows best. With no practice in the pool or anything, he just jumped into the ocean with me, stuck his face in the water, breathed through the snorkel with no hesitation, and off we went! He was thrilled at the variety of marine life and was able to stay out with me as long as I wanted to be out there. By the end of the trip we had gone 4 times together. Inspired, Kenzie went snorkeling in the pool a couple of times. That was good enough for her this time around!
We are also proud to report that we have become master sand castle architects. With the kids' help, we built two monster castles, the second of which included a large sea wall to protect against the invading sea. Jackson and Mackenzie also cleverly thought to dig a giant hole in front of the seawall, to swallow up the first attack brought on by rogue waves. The kids were very excited to return to the beach after dinner to discover that the castle survived high tide, just barely. The mid section of the seawall was washed away, but it did it's job and the main structure maintained its dominance of the beach!
Kenzie is still our amazing creature collector, catching a lizard almost every night during our evening lizard hunts. Jackson caught on quickly as well and had a few successful hunts of his own. Kenzie also returned from the trip with a very deep tan. We had her covered in SPF 110 at all times, and she never got a sunburn, but still came back looking like a hawaiian native. Steph is proud and jealous of her skin!
Steph and I just enjoyed our time with the kids. They are so much fun to be around!! We can't wait to go back.
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| Beach time on day 1 |
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| Mr and Miss Silly |
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| Pre dinner for Steph's birthday celebration at Mama's Fish House |
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| My girl |
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| My guy |
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| our traditional sugar train ride! |
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| another gorgeous Maui sunset |
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| Beachcomber |
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| Don't forget to water the castle! |
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| Tan tots |
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| Luau! |
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| sweetheart melting my heart! |
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| Kenzie in her happy place, dancing the night away! |
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| hang loose bruh! |
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| too cool for school |
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| Hangin' at the Maui Ocean Center |
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| Big Air!!!! |
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| Dinner in Lahaina at the Mai Tai Lounge, home of "the best Mai Tai in Maui", and I swear the friendliest service in the entire world. |
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| me, really stressed out:) |
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| Beautiful |
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| constructing a sea wall, to fight off the invading waves |
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| Steph loves watching her babies run into the crashing waves unattended |
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| they had goggles on though, so it's fine |
aloha!
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