Hawaii

Aloha! We took a six day trip to Oahu, Hawaii last week and it was amazing! The kids did so well travelling (over six hours the way there and four hours on the way home)...except for the one breakdown Grace had on the way home. She screamed bloody murder because we wouldn't let her hold the full cup of orange juice the flight attendant gave her that had no lid on it. You'd think we were pulling her toe nails out.

We stayed at the Hilton Hawaiian Village on Waikiki Beach which is an amazing resort when you have kids with you. It has three pools -one has four water slides. It has tons of pool areas that are great for toddlers to reach the bottom. It has at least a dozen restaurants, two Starbucks, an ice cream shop and tons of other attractions. We would get up everyday and head to the pool for a few hours. Then back to the hotel for family nap time (which was a success every day!), then back to the pool for an hour, Mai Tai times two, dinner, dessert, then a movie in the room.

We were greeted with leis off the plane! The kids were iffy about them.

26th floor hotel room!

Caiden mastering the art of chopsticks! 

Diamond Head in the background

Caiden spotted the paddle boats the first day and begged us everyday until we gave in. $40 to pedal a boat against the wind for an hour ;)

Mahalo!

Movie Time! 

 The kids slept great in the room. I usually shared a bed with Grace and Marc with Caiden.

We had a lot of fun! The kids are getting easier to travel with...and when you go to the pool everyday and let them have treats because they are on vacation it makes for some very happy kids. We will definitely be going back to this place! Aloha!