It was a bit of work to get everything ready to go for Maui this year. It seemed like a rush for me to get all the personal things done while I KNOW Dale has been working for months to get to a place where he would feel comfortable leaving the company and his projects that he has going on. Sometimes it seems we are moving mountains! But, of course, we got it all done... despite the whole family having hacking coughs and TOTALLY worn out. We were fortunate enough this time to have a house sitter stay (thanks Candace) and take care of the home front while on vacation.
We had a pretty uneventful plane trip over and Ella was a great little traveler. The toys have been replaced by technology and gaming on Dale's iPhone with various apps that he downloaded. Something tells me Ella will have an iTouch here shortly so she can play away without burning through the batteries on our phones! She totally pantsed Dale while we were waiting in line at the Hawaiian ticketing counter. One minute daddy standing there normal... the next standing there with a kid and pants around his ankles. She was sliding down daddy's legs and took his jogging pants with her. Pretty funny. Not many people saw it, I quickly got them pulled back up when I realized what had happened. His hands were full of backpacks, plane info and a Puddin. The couple behind us was trying to be polite and not laugh, but that quickly subsided when we were all ROLLING and dale was saying... now that was funny!
We had some troubles getting Ella to eat enough through out the travels, which had an effect on our first night of slumber. She was cranky and crying most of the night keeping Dale and I up. Alyssa got a great night of sleep!!! In the morning we FORCED her to eat saying she couldn't go to the beach until she finished her breakfast. Then it was off and running!
This is how a typical Maui day stacks up for us.... Alyssa (Sasa) and I go on our morning walk along the boardwalk (6:30am) which is about 4 miles round trip. By the time we get back the Puddin is through her morning routine with Daddy and fueled up. We head to the beach at about 9am. Ella has REALLY grown since the last time we were here. It is AMAZING the difference in her capabilities from 2 years old to 3 1/2. After the beach we head to the pool for a while and then it is up to the condo for lunch and a group nappy! We all passed out for a while the first day and were ready to go after our nice long moi! Then it is about 3:00 in the afternoon and we start thinking about dinner. After dinner we come home, put our Pud to bed and wake up the next morning to start all over!!! It's a rough schedule, but someone has to do it!
More beach time and pool time today and we have just finished our naps. I am sure there will be some afternoon Puddin' walk collecting flowers for a lei we are trying to make. It ahs been very windy with the trade winds in the afternoon. The grounds here become littered with Plumera flowers and we are gonna thread some together. There are many "tasks" to do in Maui, we figured this was a good accomplishment!
The whales are still here and we can see them from the condo. The temp has been in the 80s, lots of afternoon wind, and some high clouds. The feeling of Aloha has definitely set in. Now if only our colds would go away!!!
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