Watch us grow!
We definitely made the most of our stay at the Sheraton Waikiki on this trip. I think we went in the pool every single day we were here – including this morning!
We went in for one last dip in the pool as a family and got all the kids together at one time!
How cute are they?!?!
Thanks to Jamie (Sophie’s dad), we got a group photo of the whole family. I love that you can see all our faces at once.
What a fun vacation!!! We can’t wait to go back again!
We spent most of the day at the pool today. Janie started out in the pool with Dada and Uncle Jason.
She also tried going down the little slide on her own! It started out with someone at the top to watch her and then another person at the bottom to catch her.
https://youtu.be/l1JZ-nZmC94
Very quickly, she became more confident and would go through the upper pool and then down the slide all on her own. No one needed to help her and no one needed to catch her. We got a video of both girls going together and Sophie was so cute giving Janie props for taking the slide on her own.
Here’s a video of Janie earlier in the day when Dada tried to convince her to take the big slide.
https://youtu.be/aEp21I5PyRA
Today, we went to North Shore with Uncle Jason and Auntie Jia.
We went to Laniakea Beach (aka Turtle Beach) but all the turtles were surfing in the big waves instead of napping on the beach like they usually do.
After the beach, we ate lunch at the shrimp trunk and then headed to Matsumoto for Shave Ice.
This girl was so happy and ate her fair share of shave ice and the ice cream underneath.
She also scored a smushed penny from the store inside.
Somewhere along the way, Janie acquired some sticks and played with them in the car on our way to the Dole Plantation.
Instead of paying lots of money for the train ride, we opted for a handful of fish food and watch the koi fight over the food.
https://youtu.be/tV_dYLSs3dc
The kids also posed for some pictures.
No visit to the Dole Plantation would be complete without some Dole Whip!
Peanut scored his very own Matsumoto Shave Ice shirt and it was a good thing we bought it because he had a blowout right after we bought it.
What a fun and exciting day! This is how Janie fell asleep tonight. So sweet.
This afternoon, Auntie Jia and Uncle Jason arrived!
https://youtu.be/w1SgcyVwtu0
Uncle Jason tried out a new calming technique on Peanut. I think it was more confusing than calming.
We went out for dinner and Peanut borrowed Toni and Thomas’ spinning toy.
The toy was nice but he was more interested in looking at himself in the camera.
Uncle Jason and Auntie Jia returned from Seattle yesterday so we postponed Thanksgiving dinner to today. They came over and the kids all played on the floor together while Dada was making the turkey.
Janie made the crescent rolls on her own today and helped herself to one while dinner was getting finished up. The chef has to taste her food, right?!
I think Peanut wanted one too.
All the kids sat at the table today in celebration of the babies’ first Thanksgiving. Toni and Thomas brought their feeder seats and had avocado!! Yum.
Happy Belated Thanksgiving!
The cousins came over this afternoon and the babies had Tummy Time together.
Why does Peanut look so huge?! Oh wait, because HE IS!
We also went out for an early dinner in Chinatown. At the end of the meal, the twins were getting their bottles, Janie got a story with Dada, Uncle Jason checked his email, and Peanut played with his blanket.
Good times…
This evening, we all went out to eat to celebrate Uncle Jason’s birthday! Peanut was such a good boy and quietly sat on our laps and even took a nap in the banquette. He woke up in time for the birthday song and dessert.
This morning we checked out of the big cabin and piled into the minivan with our stuff.
At the ferry terminal, we waited in line to board and Peanut hung out with Mama in the backseat.
We got to park on the upper deck and then went upstairs to enjoy the view and eat some Tim Bits.
After at 40-minute ride, we all went back to the car and drove off. Ferry rides are fun!
In the afternoon after all the babies woke up from their naps, we all got in the car and drove down to the coast. Peanut was intrigued by the ketchup chips that Dada bought.
We stopped for lunch at a small cafe and Janie got some potato leek soup.
The water was so clear here at Davis Bay Wharf!
The babies were sleeping so this is the best we could do for a group photo.
Janie rode on Uncle Jason’s shoulders for a good part of our time on the wharf.
Peanut eventually woke up so we got some photos taken with him.
I don’t know what was going on exactly in this series of photos but they make me smile.
