da Vinci’s Aircraft

da Vinci’s Aircraft

Today was the day I had been so excited about. We would be flying in da Vinci’s aircraft or what it is now called a helicopter. We had been watching the helicopters fly past every day while we were in the pool. On one of those days Dad said he would really like to fly...
Lazy Day and Dinner Cruise

Lazy Day and Dinner Cruise

As we spend more and more days in beautiful Hawaii we have slowly settled into a routine. Resort life is pretty easy. It’s a lot of relaxing, doing what you want to do (within reason) and swimming, but some things that the rest of the population does without...
Paddleboarding

Paddleboarding

Mum and Dad came up with a really good plan. We would go to the Paradise pool, the one with all the water slides, so we did. We swam until the sun came out to the pool and headed over to the the lagoon. The Lagoon is a humongous man-made pool which is salty like the...
4th July

4th July

Today was the 4th July – Independence Day here in America. We were not sure what to expect although we did have our sights set on what was supposed to be a spectacular fireworks display.  That was to come later though – we had adventures to seek out first....
Shop till you drop

Shop till you drop

Today was the day for shopping. Certain items, particularly shoes and clothing are definitely cheaper in the U.S., so figuring that we could spare a morning away from the cocktails and pools we headed off for the Ala Moana shopping centre. Surely it would not take...
The laundry won’t do itself

The laundry won’t do itself

We might be on holidays, but that doesn’t mean that domestic duties don’t need to be attended to.  Most mornings our routine is much the same.  Anthony gets up to make breakfast for everyone while the rest have cuddles and tickles in bed and the TV usually...