Day #11
Today I am thankful for the veterans who have sacrificed so much to keep us and our country safe. I personally know the type of sacrifice my sailor has to go through, leaving his children and home, and I appreciate all that he does for our family and our country. Thanks go out to all of our veterans on this day and every day.
Okay, this was an honest mistake. Mostly.
See we knew there was this awesome pool on Fort Shafter, sand in the bottom, great splash area, beautiful views of Pearl Harbor and the ocean..
I assumed that is was the same deal as the pools on the other bases, like Hickam and Pearl and Tripler. They are there for all military to use.
So we get there and there is a sign in book and a sign that says something about a pool pass. Uh-oh. But instead of turning around I act like we belong there, sign illegibly in the book and grab a chaise lounge. It probably helped that it was late in the day and the lifeguards were bored.
I guess the pool is only for the residents of the Island Palm Housing, which totally sucks because we aren’t going to be able to go again and my kids LOVED IT.
Look mom! Sand. IN THE POOL!
Seriously, this is a genius concept. It’s like the beach but with clean, chlorinated water. Heaven.
The sandy beach side of the pool is shallow and great for little kids (and big kids, Mckenna loved it).
There is this rock wall divider that separates the sandy, shallow part from the non-sandy deeper part.
It really was a great pool and I’m bummed because we probably won’t be able to sneak in again and it’s the ONLY pool that Omar actually asks to go to. And yes we are spoiled by a ridiculous amount of pools (and beaches!) but dang it! This one was awesome!
Well Omar and I had a lovely lazy Saturday morning, I woke up just in time to do some chatting online with my hubby before he went to bed. I got to drink a couple of cups of coffee while watching tv, couldn’t think of a better way to start the weekend. Finally roused myself enough to get me and the boy ready to scoop up Mckenna from her sleepover. As I am heading out the door she calls asking to stay until 1:45! I know the mom had said that they had somewhere to be at 2, but I didn’t take that for pick your kid up right before then. Nope, my dear, you are getting picked up at 11am, give that poor woman a break (really? three girls sleeping over, is she crazy?)
Pick her up and head over to Hickam to see their big fall craft festival. I LOVE them! We got some good food, well I did anyways, the kids wanted snow cones and ice cream. I don’t know if letting them have it qualifies me as a good mom or a bad one. I, however, got a glorious plate of food from Sam Choy’s, three kaluha pork sliders, islands chips and plantation iced tea for $7. And it was SO pretty! I am a sucker for a well plated dish. I’ve been meaning to get over to their new location on Hickam, their menu looks great.
We finally started wandering around the booths, and I have to say I was a bit disappointed! It seems like everyone has jumped onto the same craft bandwagons. There were SO MANY hairbow booths, like really, how many bows do you think people need? And I love hair stuff, it’s the fact that they were all selling pretty much the same style! Also, the tutus! They were everywhere. It kinda sucked because there were absolutely no options for things you could by for a boy. Eight million girly accessories and not a thing in sight for a boy. I was also a little disappointed because I was on the hunt for some Christmas gifts for the family but there wasn’t much that was Hawaiian. Glitter covered seashells weren’t exactly what I had in mind. Oh, I did see some really cute crocheted pineapple ornaments that I totally forgot to go back for.
So in the end I got nothing. Mckenna bought this sock animal that is so totally her. She just adored it, and I think I am going to encourage her to try making her own. I’ll have to take a picture because this thing is wild, neon, button eyes and a tutu. No normal sock monkeys for my girl.
So now I am still starting from scratch for all of the Christmas gifts I need to send out. I think I’ll try the big flea market at Aloha Stadium, I’ve heard they have a great selection of gifty stuff.
Day #10
Today I am thankful for the friends that the kids and I have made since moving to hawaii. I was really nervous to start all over again but we’ve been so lucky to have met such great people.
Day #9
Today I am thankful for little boys who still like to snuggle in bed with me.
Omar: I am thankful that we went to fall festival.
So today ended up being a busy, busy day…
Caught up with my aunt and sister on the phone this morning, managed to wash my hair one handed. Had to run out and get more cookies for our school cookie sales all the way out in Pearl City, mailed two boxes to my hubby and had to do a return at the NEX. picked up Omar at school, back home, back to school to pick up McKenna, back home so she could get her stuff together for her sleepover, back to school to get set up for the fall fest.
Fall fest went great, I spent most of the time in the cafeteria handing out cookies, but the kids had a great time running around, eating junk food and playing with friends. Faces were painted, pizza was eaten and prizes were won. I think out PTA made a good amount of money too which is great.
So as of right now I have no plans for the long weekend. I’m sure I’ll come up with something but right now I am planning on sleeping in and lazing around tomorrow. Okay I’m sure laundry will factor in there somewhere! I also have a ton of pictures I need to get off my camera. But I’m not planning anything, we’ve been keeping so busy I’m ready for a weekend off!
Sink Or Swim 