Relaxing in Oahu

The pace of blogging slows down at this point because there isn't that much to report - we are just hanging out at the pool.

Day #5 – Fun in the sun

Kids slept until 730 today, which was great.  I fed the kids breakfast then headed out for a run while Ryan went to the pool with the kids.  At 1100 we went inside to build Tamiya racecars.  It was too complicated for Drew and almost too complicated for me.  Poor girl just sat there for an hour while the instructor guy and I tried to figure out why our car wouldn’t work.  Ryan finally fixed it for us.

Trevor's cool car

Drew's cool car

 Then Ryan brought lunch down for us and the kids asked when we were going to do something else.   What do you mean, something else?  This lounging by the pool thing is all that is on the agenda for the next several days!  Had steak for dinner and then went for ice cream.  I’ll leave you with two quotes for the day:

#1 – Trevor swims over to his dad in the pool and says, “Drew won’t listen to me and I didn’t hurt her and I am telling you.  That’s what you always tell me to do so make her listen.”

#2 – Ryan asks, “Drew how was dinner?”  “It is as good as a goat running away which means – excellent!”  What?????

Day #6 – Kids got up around 730 again.  After breakfast Mom went for a run and Dad took the kids over to the JW Marriott to see sharks get fed.  They didn’t do the shark feeding but the kids got to see the sharks in the pool – they were all baby hammerheads.  Then they went to walk through the Disney Aulani Resort.  Trevor thinks their pool is way cooler than ours – it has a lazy river.  After that we went to a kid golf thing.  They were using giant plastic clubs to hit tennis balls off tees toward a Velcro target.  Trevor did pretty well.  Drew was trying left-handed and it was her first time.  They got some cool schwag – Trevor got a Ko Olina golf hat and Drew got a ladybug luggage tag and notepad. 

 After that we headed back to the pool where we made friends with two couples from California (one from the Bay Area and one from Huntington Beach in Orange County.  Dinner was pasta with salad and some good bread.  Mommy finished up the third Ivy and Bean chapter book on the folded out foldout couch between the two kiddos and then promptly fell asleep at 800.  I’m blaming it on the jet lag but maybe it was all the afternoon drinks…

Day #7 – Drew woke everyone up at 630.  Daddy got up to get the kids breakfast and Mom got to sleep until 830.  Drew and Mommy headed out to a 9:00 hula lesson.  It was a pretty entertaining hour.  A little embarrassing to be learning hula in the middle of the great lawn at the resort with 5 other people but oh well.  

Doing the hula on the lawn

Towards the end Drew was getting bored – especially after some of her “friends” from yesterday (like 12 year old girls in bikinis) were like “Hey Drew, we’re going to be at the pool – see you in a little while”. 

We then headed over to the pool for a little swimming before the all-important Tamiya car race.   It was a double elimination and the kids were in different brackets because Drew’s model is the slower one. 

Waiting for the race to begin!

Drew ended up winning first place (she was only competing with one other kid) and Trevor came in second.  It was rough for him because his car was going so fast that it flipped off the track and whizzed through the lobby.  When that had happened in previous heats the ref called a “do over” and Trevor felt he was cheated. 

Happy Drew with her prizes - 2 hot wheels, a ribbon, a certificate, and a plastic trophy.

After that we came back to the pool before heading up to make ice cream in a bag.  That was pretty cool and I may try to do it at Drew’s friend party this year.  After that we went to an “owners only” activity where someone cut up pineapple, papaya , and mango for us to eat.  It wasn’t nearly as cool and the brochure made it sound.  Back to the pool until it was time for dinner and that was it for day #7.

Ahhh the view