Around & About

I would have loved to have taken more pictures in and around the resort but it seemed like every time I tried to take a picture, by the time I was done, one of the kids was missing! They are so darn fast! As I mentioned before, the flowers were freshly cut and changed and arranged differently every single day. The funny thing was...I never saw a worker changing them so they must do it in the middle of the night. In the lobby area they had local artists selling their works and that was really neat because it was also different each day. We saw a couple of pieces that we loved, but as you can imagine they were super expensive. We also managed to get ONE family picture while we were there. I think it might be the first family picture since Saige was 2 months old.

Our Room & First Meal Out

So our room was beautiful...well until we arrived! They had the kids name spelled out in sponges in the bathroom, personalized toiletries for little ones, bath toys, they each had a stuffed whale, there were fresh baked goods on our table...ah, finally our vacation had started. Dayton LOVED having his own big bed and actually stayed in it all night - of course he wanted one of us to sleep in it with him, but that worked out okay anyway since Saige ended up sharing a bed with me! The crib was pretty, but not very functional since it only had one setting and it was too deep for me to put her down while sleeping. I had to sort of drop her in there and she would wake up and scream, so I resorted to co-sleeping for the week (which was awful because she had to sleep ON me). But anyhow, we freshened up a bit and went out to eat. Everyone was starving and we even took a couple of pictures after our expensive but delicious meal!

The Four Seasons Wailea

We stayed at the Four Seasons in Wailea (more resort pictures will follow) and it truly was a beautiful place. We were greeted with lei's as you can see from Dayton's shells. While Daddy checked in, Saige explored and Dayton of course went straight to the water fountain to do a hula dance. I think he was just happy to be done with the spit up bag. (which he still talks about today) The flower arrangements were fresh and changed everyday and the grounds were immaculate. After check in we all decided to get changed and have something to eat. To be continued...

The SuperFerry

Ah..the SuperFerry...or should I say "Super-puker-Ferry?" It was very nice - sofas, coffee tables, comfy seats, a restaurant, nice bathrooms, a play area for kids, a gift shop...more luxurious than what I expected. Or was it? Scott took dramamine. The kids couldn't take anything. I wore seabands and took some ginger chews. 30 minutes into the 4 hour ride Dayton threw up all over himself. He's never been sick before (at least not since he was wee little) so it kind of scared him. Mostly he was upset about his clothes being all "bose" (gross). I didn't really have much warning so round 2 got all over the seats. I sure hope those poor workers on the boat get paid well! I got him changed into outfit #2 and he sat on my lap throwing up into a bag the remaining 3 hours. I felt so bad for him. Saige also threw up all over Daddy...several times. I'd take baby puke over toddler puke anyday..but that is neither here nor there. Both of them would sleep for short bouts and then wake up and puke. I wasn't doing so hot myself, but held myself together because what else was I going to do? The waters were pretty rough and I watched the beautiful scenery pass by....waves, boats that looked like ants and the workers walking up and down the aisles with their red hazardous waste bags for all the pukers. Apparently the beautiful scenery was on the other side of the boat. So much for taking some nice pictures. Instead, Scott was nice enough to get a shot of me holding Dayton's barf bag. Oh, and did I mention that Scott actually threw out both of the kids outfits? You cannot imagine how incredibly happy I was to see us docking. We got into the car (smelly and all) and drove off the boat feeling 100% better. I think we had our discussion about me flying the kids home after vacation instead of taking the ferry back, before we actually drove off the boat. What a start to the vacation! To be continued...

The Day We Left For Maui

So I thought I would start to post some pictures from our family vacation to Maui - for storytelling purposes I am going to post them in order. So here we go... Our alarm went off at 4am since we needed to be at the port to board the car on the ferry 90 minutes before departure. As you know (those with little ones) it is a challenge to get out the door on time for anything especially at 4am! We decided to get everything ready and let the kids sleep until the car was ready to pull out of the garage. It took a couple of pokes and prods to get Dayton up. He kept rolling over and hiding his head under my pillow. After a few mentions of the "boat" he decided to wake up. Saige on the other hand did NOT like the pokes and prods and was intent on screaming the whole time. (Don't forget that both kids had colds) Saige eventually stopped screaming in the car. I managed to snap a happy picture of Dayton and he wanted me to snap a picture of his travelling buddy. (Dora, not Saige) I decided not to take a picture of Saige since she had finally calmed down and I didn't think she would appreciate the flash in her eyes. Scott didn't want me to take a picture of him. We had hoped the kids would fall back to sleep in the car on the way to port, but that didn't happen. If only we knew what was about to transpire. To be continued...