Hawaii! Big Island!

Sorry it took so long to post these pics, but we've been busy moving into yet another rental house, since our prior landlord decided to move back into his house. Anyway, we went to the Big Island of Hawaii in late April, and Boo had so much fun! We went with John, Amy, John's sister, her husband, and their cutie pie, Avelyn, who's Boo's age. He had so much fun we're going back to Hawaii sometime in September. Anyway, here are pics.

Here's art that Boo made on the plane ride over or back (I forgot). It's a smiley face, obviously. The Ipad was a lifesaver, and though the ride was 4 hours, between the Ipad and countless trips to the disgusting airplane bathroom, he didn't fuss once. His eyes were glued to the Ipad pretty much the whole time. This face summarizes his mood on the flight over/back.


Here's Boo, excited to be getting off the plane.


Here's a pic of all of us frolicking at the beach. We stayed at the Mauna Lani grounds, and they had the best private beach ever, with cabanas, a restaurant, a rental shop for boogie boards, great snorkeling right off the beach (we saw turtles and eels!), and really calm water, perfect for toddler wading. My credibility as God Mommy was ruined, though, when Boo stuck his foot in the water without holding either of our hands. This is what he said... "Look Mommy, I went in the water all by myself and I no die!!" It was as if a light went off in his head! Needless to say, now he doesn't listen to me as carefully.


Snorkeling with Daddy and Mommy. Gavin liked going fish hunting, and had a blast. Those cut out windows on the boogie boards are ingenious! That was the best 7 bucks I've ever spent for a whole day of entertainment.

Napping on the beach is the best! It kind of looks like he's sick in a third world country in this pic, though.

Here are my two photographers. And, yes, Boo does take decent pics, most of the time! He does seem to have a foot fetish, though.


Good thing the camera is waterproof, is all I have to say. Juice and milk count as 'water.'


Here's a pic of Uncle John and Auntie Amy at our condo, courtesy of Boo.


and.. another....


and finally, here's a pic he took of us at the condo...



Here he is hugging Avelyn. It's really too bad I don't have a good pic of her face, because she is extraordinarily cute!


Here we are at the Hilton Waikaloa, where we checked out the dolphins. When Boo saw them, he said "They're looong, Mommy!" Apparently dolphins on TV don't compare. We watched them doing tricks for hours.


Here is a pic of us eating delicious local hawaiian, food, which I love. I love mac nut pancakes with coconut syrup and a good loco moco, which is any fried meat (like pork katsu or a ground beef patty), with a fried egg over easy on top, a slight sprinkling of sliced onions, all smothered with brown gravy over rice. Now I am salivating. Seriously. Terence made the best homemade mac nut crusted pork loco moco there, but I'm hesitant to ask him to make it at home, since it seems so bad for you.

Oh ya, before I forget, Boo took this pic.

Here we are at Hawaiian Style Cafe, having breakfast. Those two dishes in front of Terence are part of one meal, which cost $6!! That thing could feed a whole villiage!

This is what I got- a traditional beef patty loco moco. Yum, yum!

Here's a pic of us at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse, which I am not going back to while in Hawaii. What kind of steakhouse gives you medium when you order medium rare??? Isn't that the one thing a steakhouse should get right?

Here's a pic of my last meal, chicken katsu loco moco, which was breakfast before we left Hawaii. And yes, I finished the whole thing!

Finally, here's a last drawing by Boo. It's a smiley face with legs.