Halloween Part 3…

We couldn’t leave the pumpkin patch without getting our faces painted.  Jack went with the usual Batman:

 

Stacy got her face painted for the first time as well with a small flower.  She was more afraid of the face painter than the animals!

 

Happy Halloween!!

Halloween Part 2…

The local pumpkin patch had a small petting zoo.  I didn’t think the kids would want to go, but Stacy really seems to like animals and she wanted to go and pet them.  Jack didn’t really want to go but when he saw Stacy go then he came as well.  Jack showing Stacy the rabbit:

 

Stacy was following around the chicken, yelling ‘bok-bok-chicken’:

 

Jack was a little nervous feeding the animals:

 

I dunno what this animal was:

 

Stacy and the goat:

 

Stacy was following the rabbit all around the cage.  She didn’t want to leave.  I really was amazed at how much Stacy took to the animals and really liked feeding and petting the animals.     We could have stayed in the petting zoo all day…but Jack didn’t like the animals and I thought they smelled so I was glad to leave the petting zoo too.

Halloween Part 1…

Man, going to the pumpkin patch brought back flashbacks from last year when I stubbed my toe and broke my big toe nail.   Needless to say I was very careful when walking around this year.

The Giant Pumpkin:

 

Mini Giant Pumpkin:

 

Wheeeeeee…..

 

Pumpkins!!

Vacation Part 12…

It may seem like Jack was the only one in the pool but Stacy was out there trying to do everything brother was doing.  Unfortunately she was not allowed on the water slide but Stacy just liked being in the sun:


Striking her pouty pose:


Making her own pool:


The good thing about travelling during school and off peak times…less people!  Stacy had the whole kiddie pool to herself:


Make in rain:


No real dolphin but at least nice pretty painted dolphins!


Ahhh…vacation!!  So sad to come back home….but it was great 2 weeks!!

Vacation Part 11…

So I found out my limit….12 straight buffets is all I can take.   There were mornings I would wake up dreading to go to the buffet…but I couldn’t pass it up because it was free!   Big breakfast and big dinners….it was the vacation were we just ATE and ATE!
We went to one of our favorite place Sarrento’s:


It wasn’t that good but really, it is super hard to pass up eating 20 feet from the water during sunset.   I think that is the main reason we continue to go:


We went Nicks the next night:


At sunset they come around and light the tiki torches and Jack tried to creep close to the guy so we could get a picture:



One night we were tired of going out so we just got pizza and stayed in and ate on our balcony:


This was our view:


It ended up being one of our best dinners.  Just low key with a nice view.

Now this might be our NEW favorite place on Maui.  We went to Mama’s Beach house in Paia.  Not really close to Wailea but it gave us another reason to drive past Kahalui…to get guri guri and Malasadas!


We had a great time at Mama’s and I will definitely being going back here:

Vacation Part 10…

I have no one to blame but myself.  Jack and Stacy loved to be outdoors at the pool.  Jack loved the fact that they would address him as Mr. Yoshioka and bring him cold towels, fresh pineapple, water and his lunch:


Sadly he got all too ‘comfortable’ just saying I am in room 604 and charging everything to the room!


Jack and Stacy even slept pool side:

Vacation Part 9….

Well if a picture says 1000 words then a video is…more exciting!

 

Every day we went to the pool and rode the water slide!

 

Vacation Part 8…

Water slide!!   I totally forgot that our hotel had a water slide.   It was Jack’s first time on a water slide and I am not kidding, I think rode went on it about 80 times the first day!!   I thought I would be smart and I bought a crappy underwater camera.  I took quite a few pictures on it but Stacy got a hold of it and hit DELETE ALL.  I didn’t realize it until we got home…but luckily I was taking pictures with my other camera:

 

 

 

Of course I had to try it out as well:

 

Wooooooo!!!!

Vacation Part 7…

So our hotel was under going some construction, so to make it up to the guests they had free snorkels and beach stuff for us to use.  Sadly, no one wanted to go into the ocean.   Luckily, Jack and I spent some time on the beach:


But in reality it was really me doing most of the work, while Jack supervised:


JACK:


Stacy on the other hand did not like the beach.  She did not like sand on her feet.  She did not like the ocean.   This is how it starts…the road to snooty-ville.  Stacy was content just sitting on the beach chair in the shade:


Luckily we got ONE photo of us on the beach:

Vacation Part 6…

Ahhh, nothing says Maui like Guri-Guri!  

 

The real seal of approval came when both Jack and Stacy liked Guri Guri.

 

Jack has had Guri-Guri before but this time he really enjoyed it.  Jack would ask daily if we would drive from Wailea to Kahalui for some guri-guri.

Vacation Part 5…

On our last night on Oahu, my parents watched the kids and Aya went to eat at Morimoto’s restaurant in Waikiki:

It was okay.  Not great, not terrible.  Service was excellent but the food was just okay.  I think I would rather eat at Alan Wong’s again over Morimoto’s.

Still it was nice to be out for one night without the kids.

Vacation Part 4…

I tell you nothing beats having breakfast right next to the beach at sunrise.  Jack and Stacy were both on LA time and were up and ready to go at 4:30 am!!   Sadly, Aya and I had to wake up early every day on vacation and we were the first ones in line at the buffet…even BEFORE they opened!

Jack started off his mornings doing homework:

 

Stacy just loved the breakfast buffet!   She is a little fatty!

 

After breakfast we took a nice stroll along the beach!

Ahhh, if only we could do this *EVERY* day….I totally need to win the lottery.

Vacation Part 3…

Aya got some video of Jack and I swimming with the dolphins.