Hawaii: Day 2

As expected, the kids were up super early and so were Yai and Ta. So we took a walk around the village and found Lappert’s open and serving coffee and bagels.

Then we walked to the beach and played in the water and sand while the sun came up.

Once Dada woke up, we headed out to the lagoon.

We rented a stand-up paddle board and gave it a try. It was surprisingly easy and even the kids went out on their own.

Next stop was the Paradise Pool where they had a couple water slides.

Dada and Uncle Jamie went off property to pick up a bunch of Spam musubis for everyone to eat for lunch. The kids loved them and probably tasted even better by the pool!

Then it was time for Peanut to take a nap and he was able to fall asleep in the stroller as soon as we started moving. In the meantime, the girls continued to swim and then we met up for ice cream.

For dinner, we walked to Ala Moana Shopping Center to try out Shirokiya Japan Village Walk. It’s a huge Japanese food court complete with all the different foods you would want to eat.

They also had a bunch of toy machines that started at $1/piece. Yai bought a token for Peanut and he scored a Pokemon badge.

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Lawry’s

This evening, we went to Lawry’s for dinner to celebrate Mama and Uncle Johnny’s birthday. Everyone cleans up so nicely.

Look at the cute cups they give to the kids!

Everyone enjoyed some prime rib and all the sides.

It was so nice to have the whole family together at one of our favorite restaurants of all time.

We also went out for dessert at milk bar.

We couldn’t resist not following this request. 🙂

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Morning in Cerritos

Last night, Janie was complaining of pain in her foot. She couldn’t walk or stand on it and couldn’t sleep. This morning wasn’t any better so she stayed inside to play.

Meanwhile, Peanut got one last ride on the bike in the backyard.

Before heading back up to Alameda, we got all the cousins together for a photo.

We also got our big family group photo done too. It was cool to have Koa still in the photo in the background.

I’ll have to dig up our earlier photos for comparison.

 

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Astro Blaster!

One of Peanut’s favorite rides at Disneyland has always been Buzz Lightyear’s Astro Blasters. The above photos are from our last two trips in 2017 and 2018.

Mama finally found one for him on eBay and he was so excited to see that he had his very own blaster.

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