We had a really fun month with a lot of activity. There are lots of pictures, and lots of videos to enjoy! My kids interviewing my grandparents in the first slide show is great. and the videos of the kids going (and me) going down the water slides are really fun too.
Feb 1-9: My grandparents Visit to Maui
 |
 |
Feb 12: Charlie's Valentines Day Party
Charlie made tissue paper flowers for his valentines this year. Actually, I made them, but he DID pick out the tissue paper, and told me which colors to layer for them. He passed out valentines, decorated a cookie, and got to play with his friends.
Feb 12: BON JOVI!!!!!!!
So, I'm sure you've all seen the video of Charlie singing Bon Jovi. If for some reason you missed it, click here and scroll down to find those super videos. Bon Jovi came to Oahu for 2 concerts. We knew we had to go! We got awesome tickets, and made a week end out of it. We stayed with our super good friends, the Carharts, and we enjoyed the show, the company and the whole week end.
This was Haley and Charlie's first rock concert. I took Haley to see Demi Lovato last summer, but that doesn't really count. Sam came with us to see Aerosmith. If you ask Charlie, however, he'll tell you this was his 2nd rock concert. We saw our friend, Matt Dodge, perform last summer (Click HERE to read about his band and hear his music), and Charlie says Rockstar Matt was his first concert. For those who don't know, Matt was the boy (Now a 22 year old man...wow!) who I babysat for all through high school and college. The Dodges are family to me, and words cannot express how proud I am of Matt for his talent and pursuing his dreams (can you hear the haros in the background?)I was babysitting him and his little brother Nick in Hawaii when I met Ari...
OK, the pictures...
This is a great picture of Charlie watching the show. He sang loudly at the songs he knew, and studied the show when he didn't.
Singing Livin' on a Prayer
Haley sang and danced her butt off the whole time!
Charlie wore his rock 'n roll jacket (Thank you Morgan for outgrowing it)
We're gearing up for the show.
Feb 14: Charlie's first snorkel
The Carharts live in Ko Olina which has a few lagoons. These lagoons have no waves, and it was the perfect spot to try Charlie with snorkeling gear. He's a total fish. He dives off the side, jumps off the diving board, and can swim his basic strokes...and for quite a while. He loves the water! He got the snorkeling thing in like 5 minutes!
Ari got an underwater camera for Hanukkah this year, and Sam will showyou in the video below how cool it is!
 |
The Baum family- Julie, Ben, Ilana, Daniel and Alicja came for a week to visit from Minnesota. We played in the pools at their hotel, went to the beach, played and ate. It was a really fun visit, and it was not nearly long enough. The Marriott has a really fun pirate ship kiddie pool. The kids all had a great time (until they found some poop in the pool... and then we were out of there. The risks of using the kddie pool)
Feb 21: Zip Line at Piiholo Stables
 |
Feb 24: Dance Party
On the Baums last night here, we had a BBQ at our house with them and our friends the Magys (Also visiting from MN). After dinner, Club Shapiro was in full swing.Dark with the disco lights going...Ilana and Daniel didn't want to leave. We know how to PARTY!!!
Feb 27: Tsunami
My sister Nancy showed up about 4am. She lives just feet from the beach, and being the party animal that she is...she heard about the earthquake in Chile and impending tsunami before the sirens even started. At about 6am, the warning sirens began, and we filled containers with fresh water, got out candles and flashlights, got ready for the impending big tsunami that was headed our way. The news showed continuous footage of past tsunamis and we just sat at our house, looked out at the ocean, and watched the whales, and more whales...but no tsunami. We're all very thankful that the tsunami was as small as it was (about 3.2 feet), and that there was no destruction. However, since we had so much warning, and everyone had plenty of time to get out of harms way, a little more to see would have been nice.
So, this is the view from our lanai at the time that the tsunami was scheduled to hit Maui...
Feb 28: No rain, no rainbows
This was just to make all of you cold mainlanders jealous. Even when we wake up in the morning to winds and rain...we have true beauty.
No comments:
Post a Comment