We are in Hawaii! This is for sure the most beautiful place on earth. We decided to bring the kids on a family vacation since we didn't get to take one last summer because Malak was born. We have wanted to return to Hawaii with our children for years, but just never have. It is my favorite place to be and I'm pretty sure my children will adopt that mentality! We are having so much fun!
The kids did really well traveling. We left Las Vegas at around 6:00 in the evening. I think the excitement kept everybody awake longer than I expected, but for a 6 1/2 hour flight, they did amazing, especially Malak. We arrived at around 9:40 local time and went to get our rental car.
We drove to the north shore and we are staying in Turtle Bay which is absolutely beautiful and very quiet. We have a 2 bedroom condo that sleeps everybody very comfortable. In fact, we have room for at least 2 more people....any takers on the next trip??? The first night was a little rough, only about 2 hours sleep for mommy and daddy. We didn't have a crib for Malak. We trained him too well not to sleep with us and we paid for it the first night, but went quickly to get a crib the next day and Malak slept wonderful!!
This is the first day that we were in Oahu. We woke up early and went to the base first to check things out and get our tickets for the Polynesian Cultural Center. It was fun to just drive around on the island and look at everything. It is such a beautiful place to try to absorb it all is hard. The PCC was alot of fun. We went in the afternoon for the Luau and the big show so we didn't wear the kids out in one day. We decided to go back the next day to visit the villages. The evening show was amazing. One of the best fire dancers I have ever seen. I enjoyed watching the kids try the poi poi balls and the stick games from New Zealand. I think it's exciting to learn about the beautiful culture from Polynesia and my kids thought it was very interesting. I think Jamie just liked all the half naked girls!!
