Day 1: Saturday
Long rental car line, played light green light w kids while we waited (about an hour...)
Rented a white pickup truck!
Eleanor snapped – cried and cried for water bottle, so quick detour to Walmart, yogurts for dinner. “Why did the chicken cross the road? To get to water bottle city!” That one had the kids laughing.
Picked up Mom and Dad's thank-you leis + Eleanor's birthday lei from @milianani_kauai – must make this a tradition each time we visit!
Nate had Jack in the box for dinner on the way to the hotel — Lu fell asleep en route
Parents loved the leis!
Chris and Dan helped bring up all our stuff, Mom stayed and helped get everything settled in
Super late bedtime — Charlie still woke up at 3:30am for 2+ hours, in our bed/ out of bed. ugh
Day 2: Sunday
Attended church at the Lihue Ward, they passed out yarn leis to visitors!
Charlie played in rainy mist during church
Walmart for the week's groceries
Drove to Hanalei Bay bc highway will be closed due to mudslide
Wishing Well Shave Ice – OMG. AMAZING. Need to look up the movie about the owners
Nate got donuts (taro?) from food trucks – could have spent all day here!
Eleanor and Charlie napped on the drive back to Waiohai (Lu stayed awake! thumbs up picture on phone)
Pool with kids in the afternoon – read John 10 - 11
Sunday dinner with Mom, Dad, boys
Sat out on Mom and Dad's deck and enjoyed the sunset
Girls read The Friend with Mom, Charlie watched Dad's iPhone videos (Dad thought it was super cute)
Put kids to bed around 8/8:30
Bed at 9:45
Day 3: Monday
Family pool time
Becks arrived!
Nate surfed in afternoon – rented two boards in Kukui'ula
Met the babysitters, Maya and Clara
Nice chat on beach with Dan about the meanings of modesty
Snorkeled with Mom and Dad! Saw a turtle as soon as we got in! Picked up lots of trash
Can’t remember everything – went to the Grand Hyatt for dinner (stunning hotel!!!!)
Day 4: Tuesday
Thought I might be pregnant but got my period 💔Took Charlie on a walk around 5:30 am, sat on west chairs and cried and prayed
Watched sunrise yoga class at Koa Kea w Charlie (he found large snail and lizard)
Saw a rainbow!!
Peanut butter smoothie for breakfast – new travel go-to!
Sat in Mom and Dad's suite for a while until Charlie asked for a nap(!)
Worked on newsletter while Nate took girls to beach
Swam as a family til lunch
Kukui'ula Market with Em, Nathan, and Charlie while girls were with babysitters
Amazing açaà bowl from the smoothie shop in the back of the store, I got the “Hulk”
Went to SoHa Living, I want to make a little shell mirror!
Back to Waiohai and took Charlie to beach while Nate napped
Dan took Charlie in the water, he hated it, but then sat with grandparents on parachute blanket while...
I swam in ocean!
Nate went surfing, Charlie was sad
Girls flew kite with the babysitters in Poipu Beach Park
Walked all the way to park w Mom and Charlie
Back to the beach to pack up, got everyone ready for bed (early bed for Charlie)
Clara babysat while adults went to La Spezia for dinner — AMAZING bread, pasta and desserts
Stopped by Mom and Dad's suite to get Lucy's snuggle
Charlie up at 1:15am, went back to bed after Nate went in
Day 5: Wednesday
Snorkeled with Em and Dad first thing in the morning
Nate took kids to pool while I hung out/ read in the room
Took kids to shave ice/ Lapperts in Kukui'ula, bought some Havaianas for Eleanor, a fish diagram for Lucy, tie dye t-shirt for me, shorts for Nate at Poipu Surf
Charlie down for nap around 1:30 and girls went to babysitter in Em’s room
Hiked down to secret beach by Allerton Plantation, body surfing (too many shark jokes) – came home and girls had made leis for Nate!
Kukui’ula farmers market (passionfruit croissants, a fresh coconut for Eleanor, herbs)
Family photo at 6:30, beach was beautiful !
Herb salad for dinner, Nate took Charlie to Puka Dogs
Early bed for me
Day 6: Thursday
Nate surfed in the AM
Aloha Market in the National Tropical Botanical Gardens – Hula performance!
Lotus photos and light leak trick..!
Rip Tides Shave Ice on Lawai Rd.
Glass Sand Beach and Chinese cemetery
Stopped at Aloha Xchng and got tees for everyone
Picked up hula pie from Keoki's and Thai food
Played on beach as a family
Nate took kids to pool while I had alone time
Hula pie with everyone in the room
Started watching In the Heights
Day 7: Friday
Breakfast buffet at the Grand Hyatt – saw parrots in the lobby!
Lydgate Farms with Mom and the girls, on the way we stopped at a mangrove river fishing pond
Bought chocolate, tasted raw cacao fruit, sampled different chocolates (one tasted like banana to me – i was right!), bought the girls cacao fruit popsicles and they pushed each other on the swing in the parking lot. One of the happiest moments of my life
Stopped at a bamboo store in Kapaa
Picked up babysitters from their grandparents'
Got to read out on a lounge chair, finished GWNJ's book!
Everyone was sad the trip was ending (especially Eleanor)
Told all the kids the story of how I got sprayed in my chair while I was reading – they loved it
Finished In the Heights
Day 8: Saturday
Packed everything while the kids had one last swim
Everyone was sad to leave – girls asked if we could move to Hawaii :)
