2005 The Browns Next Maui Adventure

Bryanna and Bailey in Maui, 2005

Thursday, February 24

Bryanna and Bailey arrived with their mom a little after noon.  They had a fun flight, and were happy to get here.  They wanted to go to the pool as soon as we got home, so that’s what we did.  We had a little snack, that Grampi brought back from Taco Bell, and then we went to the beach across the street for a little while.  It was very windy, so we played in the water but we didn’t stay very long.  The rest of the day, we just played and relaxed.

Friday, Feb 25

It was a windy day again.  We did swim at the pool, but it wasn’t really hot enough to stay in the water for very long.  Both girls went in the hot tub for a little while, too.  Bailey and Bryanna have not forgotten how to swim.  They are both really good at it.  Jumping in and diving (just a little, ‘cause it’s against the rules) is so fun.  We drove up to the Pali to look for whales. For dinner, we had hot dogs, macaroni salad, and potato chips.  We played a few games of Uno, and colored. When it was dark enough, we went frogging.  

Bryanna and Bailey had sunburn on their faces, shoulders and arms.  We put Alo Vera on them before bed.

At the Pali with mom

Saturday, Feb 26

Today was Whale Count Day.  The weather was beautiful. We had to get up early to go to the Mauna Kai. We put lots of sunscreen on so there would be no more sunburn. Bry, Bai, and Mom played at Keawaikapu Beach for a long time.  They also explored the tide pools, and found some treasures.  After that, they went to be with Grammi and Grampi at the Whale Count.  We went home soon after that, and had chicken wraps and ham sandwiches.  We played at the pool, and lay in the sun.  When we came back to the condo, we played dominoes.  For dinner, we went up to Janet and George’s house.  They are really nice.  George’s sister, Mary, was visiting from Boston, and we had a good time.  Both girls had more sunburn, and Mommy looked at the sunscreen bottle and found out that the expiration date was 2001.  Grammi was so sorry.   Bry and Bai left early so Bry could have a bath in baking soda to make her sunburn feel better.

Sunday, Feb 27

We got up early again to go on a whale watch.  We had a great time and saw lots and lots of whales.  They were breaching, pec slapping, and spy hopping. 

When we were done, we went to Rubies for a late breakfast.  Then back to the condo to swim in the pool for a long time.  In the afternoon, Bry and Bai played with Barbies and horses.  Also Grammi read the first chapter of Ramona the Pest, and Mommy blew bubbles with Bry and Bai.

Monday, Feb 28

We got up early again and went to Lahaina to ride in the Atlantis Submarine.  It was fun, but after a little while, we really wanted to have it end. 

 After that, we went to Cool Cat for lunch.  The food was good, and we watched a man across the street at the banyon tree play his guitar and yell at people about the Bible.  That was weird.  We went home and swam in the pool most of the afternoon.  We were invited over to Pat Satenstein’s condo to watch the sunset and have pu pus.  

We had a great time.  We saw lots of whales and were hoping to see dolphins, but didn’t get to see any.  Mommy spotted a turtle though, and that was neat.

Tuesday, March 1

Grampi went to work after breakfast, and dropped us off at Long’s on the way.  We did a little shopping and walked across the street to The Last Resort to meet Kathy and Paul.  Mommy was going to buy anklets for us, but Kathy gave them to us for a present.  We went across the street the other way to go to Taco Bell for lunch and walked to the market to get one more thing.  We were going to take the bus home, but found out that the bus stop was all the way back next to Long’s so we had to walk back.  The bus wasn’t going to come for a long time, so Grammi called Grampi and asked him to pick us up on the way home instead.  He got there in a few minutes, and we went home to swim for the rest of the afternoon.

Wednesday, March 2

Ennio and Sherry went with us to the Ocean Center.  We had passes for the whole month from Jennifer and Harry.  We got to watch Harry feed the Hehemanu while the other diver fed the sharks.  It was neat.  In the afternoon, we went to the Mai Tai party at the pool.  We swam the whole time except for a little break for a game of Uno with Pat and Grammi.  We are swimming as well as dolphins.  That night, Ennio and Sherry came over for homemade pizza, and we had brownies and ice cream for dessert.

Thursday, March 3

We went for a walk with Mommy all the way to Pat’s condo to see if we could find some dolphins.  We didn’t.  When we got home, we went to the pool until a little while before Mommy had to go to the airport.  We had lunch and then we left to take her there.  When we dropped her off, we left right away, so we wouldn’t feel too sad.  We did anyway but we didn’t cry at all.  We made a quick stop at Costco, and then went to Wal Mart to buy a birthday present for Mali.  We got horses in a stable with the dollar that Mommy gave us.  Grammi and Grampi also bought us noodles.  We had a little bit of fun when we left there, because we went to the Tropical Plantation to walk and run through the gardens and to visit the monkeys.  We wanted to buy some sugar cane, but they didn’t have any.  We’ll look somewhere else for it.  When we got home, we went swimming with our new noodles, and then we played with horses and Barbies.  Some new people moved into Chris and Margaret’s house and they have two girls, Hannah, 8, and Hadley, 6.  We like playing with them.

Friday, March 4

We stayed home all day.  We went swimming in the morning, then Grampi set up the play tent for us, on a sheet in the backyard so we could play with the horses and Barbies outside.  We went swimming again in the late afternoon, after the sun was low enough so that we could play without sunscreen.  After dinner, we started working on a 500 piece puzzle.  We had a fun day.

Saturday, March 5

We stayed home again all day, except for in the morning, we walked over to the Royal Mauian to look for dolphins.  Again, we didn’t see any.  But we did find lots of spiny sea urchins in the tide pools at Kamaole Point.  We did our sand art and we both did dolphins.  We’ll work on the fish another day. Grammi had a bad headache, so we just played for a while after that, but she finally took us to the pool at 12:30.  Judy met us there, and we stayed until 4:00.  We played with Jake and some girls.  When we went home, we watched the last hour of Romancing the Stone with Grammi and Grampi.  We also played with a big beach ball outside, and visited with Sherry, Ennio, and Doug, another neighbor.  We started working the fish puzzle after dinner, and at 8:00, we went for a walk.  We got to bed very late, and went right to sleep.  Grammi and Grampi moved us to the living room when they went to bed, and we liked it there.

Sunday, March 6

We went to Kewal’I Church in Makena.  It is a tiny church made out of lava rock.  We were very well-behaved, and when it was time for the children to go to the front of the church and sit together for a few minutes, we were willing to go with them.  We took communion, and heard a story about Jesus, and then we went out on the grass to have Sunday School, while Grammi and Grampi stayed inside the church.  We had a good time.  When we were done there, we came home and played in the pool all afternoon, with Grammi and Grampi watching, and playing with us part of the time.  We played with Jake, a six-year old boy who was staying in 6-106.  For dinner, we had Alexanders Fish, but we didn’t like it, so we got to have a sandwich and French Fries with fruit.  Grammi made chocolate chip cookies, which we took to George, Janet and Mary, Ennio and Sherry, and Karen and Carl (Karen got here this afternoon).  We worked on the puzzle for one hour.  We got to read for ½ hour when we went to bed.

Monday, March 7

We swam most of the day, and wore Grammi out.  In the afternoon, Grampi went in the pool to play with us for a very long time.  We also played at Jake’s house for an hour, and Grammi and Grampi got to read their books while they ate lunch.  We played with Hadley, too.  After swimming we went to Walmart to get some wrapping paper and a card.  Then we went to the Vitamin Store to get us some vitamins.  We stopped at Quiznos to get us a sandwich because Grammi had a mystery shop there.  We really liked our turkey sandwich and Grammi said we can go there again soon.

Tuesday, March 8

Grammi went to exercise at the pool for an hour, so we got to stay home with Grampi.  When she got back, Hadley and Jake were visiting us, and we all played.  Jake had to leave, so he only stayed until 10:00, but Hadley got to have muffins, pineapple, and apple juice with us, and we colored with markers and crayons, and played with paper dolls.  We are staying out of the sun all day, and we get to go to swim in the pool tonight after dark!  We are excited about that.  When Hadley left to go swimming, we painted with the paints that Jake gave us.  We dressed up in our hula skirts and played horses. 

After dinner, we walked over to the park to watch the sunset.  It was boring because we really couldn’t wait to go into the pool in the dark.  Karen stopped us on the way to the pool, saying that she had a surprise for us.  She gave us new plates, cups, and bowls, along with stickers, plastic forks, knives and spoons for play dough or sand, and fun pads. 

 Hadley, Hannah and their dad, Greg went in the pool with us. 

Greg pulled us all around on our noodles, and we had a great time.  Grampi went in the pool with us, but Grammi was too cold to go in.  She sat and watched, and when it started to rain, she put a towel over her head and shoulders to keep warm.  We went right to bed when we got home, and then we told Grammi we were hungry.  She was a little unhappy with us, because she was exhausted, but she made us chocolate milkshakes which were delicious, and we got to drink them in the bed.  We had to brush our teeth again, though.

Wednesday, March 9

We woke up in the middle of the night and heard rain.  It was really loud.  It rained all morning, so we couldn’t play outside.  We went to town to do a mystery shop at a furniture store.  On the way home, we went to try to find the end of a hiking spot that we went on with Mommy when she was here, but we didn’t find it.  We also stopped at Long’s to drop off some film so we can see the pictures Grampi took of us, and we went to the video store to find a movie to watch – Scooby Doo in Hawai’i.  We went to the pool after lunch to wait for the Mai Tai party, but we found out it was cancelled because they thought it was going to rain again.  We got to swim for two hours, so we didn’t care that it was cancelled. 

After dinner, we watched our movie.

Thursday, March 10

The wind blew hard all day.  We had to stay inside most of the day.  We watched our movie, but Grammi and Grampi wanted to get us out for a little while, so we went to the Humpback Whale Sanctuary, where we put puzzles together, looked at all the exhibits, and got to handle lots of cool things.  Grammi asked us some of the questions about cetaceans and other marine life (hard questions that are for bigger kids) and we knew lots of the answers.  The wind seemed to be a little bit weaker, so we stopped at the park and played on the climbing structures and slides.  Grampi chased us and we got to scream a lot.  We had a snack when we got home, and we watched our movie again.  Grammi fixed dinner early so we could play with Hadley and Hannah outside for a while.  Then we worked on the puzzle before going to bed.

Friday, March 11

Iao Needle

We were supposed to go to Mali’s birthday party, but her mom postponed it until next weekend because it was supposed to be stormy.  But we woke up to a beautiful, sunny day.  We went to the Iao Valley in the morning. 

We didn’t know it would be cold there, and we didn’t take jackets, so, when we got out of the car, we were chilly.  But by the time we got to the top of the stairs, we had warmed up.  It was lots of fun.  Bryanna even got to take a picture of Bailey with Grampi and Grammi.  Bailey didn’t want to take one.  We went down to the stream and walked through the darkest part of the trail.  The best part happened on the way back to the car.  In the parking lot, we found lots of cats.  They seemed friendly, but we couldn’t touch them.  We talked to them for a long time.  We stopped to get a cheeseburger and chicken nuggets at McDonald’s on the way home. 

After lunch, we did the sand art fish, and then we got to go in the pool for a couple of hours. 

We played with Hadley and Hannah and Greg.  He pulled us around on our noodles until we were dizzy.  The evening was spent playing with Hadley and going for a walk with her and her mom to look for frogs and geckoes.  We had to say goodbye because they were going home on Sunday.

Saturday, March 12

We woke up to hard rain and today was the Luau at the church.  Grammi called to find out if it had been postponed, and found out that it was going to be under tents, so we didn’t have to worry about the rain.  Well - - we got there at 9:30 and found that the tents were really metal canopies, and there were not enough dry tables and chairs for all the people who showed up.  We were lucky that we were so early, so we did get a good place to sit.  The music was good, but we were bored with sitting there for so long.  We couldn’t hear any of the talking because of the sound of the rain on the metal.  At least we had peanuts, pineapple, grapes, and apples to snack on.  After over one hour, Grammi went to the bathroom, and discovered that there was a keiki tent with craft projects.  She came back to our table to ask if we wanted to go over there to make a hat, and we thought it sounded great.  We were the only kids there so the ladies that were working there gave us lots of attention.  The food was served soon after that, and Grammi and Grampi decided that we wouldn’t like any of it.  So, they gave us time to finish our hats, and then we drove to Taco Bell to get lunch.  In the afternoon, we read, colored, watched TV, and played.  Grampi found all the movies that they had saved for us under the bed, so we got to watch Land Before Time III before bed. 

Sunday, March 13

It was a beautiful day, so we went to the beach with ALL of the beach toys.  Unfortunately, the waves were really big, and it the water felt cold, so we mostly played in the sand for two hours.  We did go in the water with our little boogie rafts to try to ride the waves in to the shore, but we fell off a lot.  It was funny.  Sherry joined us for a while, and we shared our snacks with her.  When we came home, we went in the pool for ten minutes.  Grammi fixed us some lunch, and we played while she made apple pies.  We became snakes, and hissed until she gave us an apple slice.  We ended up eating a whole apple that way.  We got to go to the pool after the pies were done, and we played for ½ hour, but the air was cold and it had started getting windy.  The Drummeys & Avalons came over for dinner.  We got to sit with Sherry and Mary.  We had a good time, and Bailey ate three hot dogs, and two servings of salad.  Bryanna decided to try the apple pie, and she even asked for (and got) a second piece.  Grammi was happy that she liked it.  Bedtime was late, and Bry and Bai were happy to go to bed.

Monday, March 14

We had no plans.  Another storm was supposed to be on the way. We decided to go see  Pacifier.  It was pretty funny.  When we went home, we got to swim because it had gotten nice and warm while we were at the movie.  Mike, the pool attendant, was talking to Bryanna and Bailey, and he told Grammi that they were flirting with him.  Just after dark, we were getting ready to go to Bada Bing with Ennio & Sherry when the power went off, again, just like the last time we were here.  We got the flashlights, so we could finish getting ready.  The power was out all the way to the stoplight.  Dinner was delicious.  We had moon pizza, and Bailey ate a big salad.  The little garlic rolls looked icky, but were our favorite part of dinner.  We were going to get an Oreo milkshake, but they were out of milk.  When we got home, we got to have ice cream and cookies for dessert.

Tuesday, March 15

We woke up to the sound of rain.  It stopped and Grammi heard the sound of the ocean, so we walked to the park and ran around screaming.  We had lots of fun.  Grammi showed us the line near the horizon, where the rain was falling, and we could see it coming our way.  After ten minutes, the line reached the shore, and it started to pour.  We ran to the street, and got across right away, when a nice driver stopped for us.  We got the newspaper, and went home. 

It rained REALLY hard most of the morning and Grammi thought we should go to Hookipa to see the big waves, so we left for town a little while after breakfast.  We stopped at Walmart
and bought art stuff, the new paints we saw on
TV, and posters to color with markers.  We
played the alphabet game on the way.  When
we got to Hookipa, we found that the way
down was blocked with yellow tape, so we
had to watch from above, but the waves weren’t
very big anyway.  

At Haiku, we found a great park to play in for a while, and Grammi said we’ll go back there another time.  Then we drove until we found the horse we fed the last time we were here. 

 

She was very friendly, and we think she remembered us.  We went to Ruby’s for lunch.  Bry had a cheeseburger.  Bailey split a bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich with Grammi.  And we all had milkshakes.  Oreo!!!  We came home and used our new paints.  We loved making lots of pictures for Mommy and Daddy.  Grampi had to go to a meeting and Grammi took us swimming.  For dinner we had quesadillas and spam.  

 Wednesday, March 16

Ennio and Sherry had to leave today.  We were sorry, because they were so nice to us, and Ennio was very funny.  We finished the puzzle!!!  

 Grammi and Grampi put it on the lanai table so we can enjoy it.  We started coloring the unicorn pictures.  We went swimming at mai tai party and Judy Lawson joined us to visit and swim.  We played Uno.  Dinner was steak and salad.

Thursday, March 17

Grampi had to go to a big meeting, so Gammi and Mary took us to Long’s, to the church to drop off some food, and to the library.  We got oodles of great books.  Then we came home to have lunch and go to the pool.  We swam for a long time.  Then Mary and Grammi played Uno with us.  After the meeting, Grampi came home and relaxed for a little while.  We met the new family next door.  They have two girls, Samantha and Bailey.  They also have lots of friends staying nearby, and we got to play with all the kids after dinner.  Karen came over for spaghetti and apple pie. 

Friday, March 18

Bounce House

Yeah!! Today is the day of the big party at the pool.  It will closed at noon, so Grammi took us to the pool early in the morning to swim for a while Grampi went to take care of the recycling.  We had a snack, played and read books after we went home.  Grammi went to Karen’s at 11:30 to talk to the people we are going to babysit for on Monday.  Grampi got a phone call from Jennifer reminding him about the birthday party.  Bryanna quickly ran down to Karen’s to get Grammi, and we all went speedy quick to the park for the party.  The bounce house and playing with the kids was so fun, that Grampi didn’t want us to have to leave, so Grammi took the van to work at The Last Resort.  Later Grampi, Bryanna and Bailey took the bus to pick up the van, and they went to Taco Bell for lunch.  Bryanna thought she only wanted one taco, but after she ate it, she was still hungry, so Grampi gave her some money, and (all by herself) she waited in line, ordered a taco, paid, and then waited off to the side for it to be ready.  She was very proud of herself.  When Grammi was finished working, we all went home, and Bry and Bai took a shower, because they were still very hot from all that jumping and playing at the park.  We rested for an hour, and then went to the big party at the pool.  We got lots of compliments on our behavior and on how adorable we looked.  The food was pretty good.  There was lots of fruit, cheese, and, for Bailey, salami!  Then the show started.  There were hula dancers and a fire dancer who wasn’t really out there long enough.  It was all very entertaining.  When we went home, it was already almost 9:00, so we all went to bed.

March 19, Saturday

It was a pretty routine day.  We went to the pool after we helped Grammi sort through some books.  We only swam for a little while.  Then we got to play several games of Hic Up Sticks and Uno. When we came home, we had bologna and cheese sandwiches on hamburger buns.  We ate every bite.  We read books, and started reading one of the new chapter books.  Bry and Bai were discussing dinner with Grammi and they suggested a fruit salad, so Grammi called Grampi at work to ask him to stop on the way home for some different kinds of fruit.  He bought strawberries, cantaloupe, blueberries, bananas and oranges.  Grammi made cheesy potatoes, which Bryanna liked and Bailey didn’t.  We loved the fruit salad with yogurt.  After dinner we walked over to the park and played Frisbee for a long time.  Bryanna got pretty good at aiming the Frisbee.  We were going to get to go swimming but there were too many rowdy people at the pool when we got home.  We watched Cops for a few minutes, and Grammi let us have books in bed until we were ready to go to sleep.

Sunday, March 20

In the morning, we went shopping at the mall with Karen.  She bought us Icees.  We flew our kites in the backyard.


The people we’re going to babysit for tomorrow came over to swim with us at 3:30 and we swam for a while, but it got a little cold, so we couldn’t stay very long.  We went to  Marco’s Grill for dinner.  We prefer to call it the gecko restaurant.  Dinner was fun, and we stopped on the way home to buy ice cream so we could have dessert when we got home.  After dessert, it was time 
for Grammi to read us some stories, and then we
went to sleep.

Monday, March 21

Grammi went over to babysit at the beach house where the Mansisidors are staying.  We got up and had breakfast with Grampi, and then he and Karen took us over to babysit with Grammi.  We went to Charlie Young Beach to play with lots of sand toys.  It was kind of hard with the two little boys, but Grampi helped us and he sat with is while we played at the beach.  When we were done at the beach, we went back to the house to have lunch, and both boys took a nap, so Grammi read to us in the backyard.  Grampi walked home.  When the parents got back, they brought us new coffee cups from Starbucks.  They said the cups were for helping Grammi take care of the boys.  When we got home, we swam in the pool for a long time, played Uno, and flew kites.  After dinner we went to the beach boardwalk at Wailea to watch sunset while we walked.  We stopped at a Luau, but the firedancer was not going to come out for a long time, and we were getting tired, so we came home and went to bed.

Tuesday, March 22

Grammi had to work at The Last Resort, so we went to the Ocean Center with Grampi.  When we got home, he took us swimming at the pool.  We picked Grammi up at work and we went to Peggy Sue’s for dinner.  We had delicious hamburgers and fries and for dessert, we got hot fudge sundaes.  When we got home, we played Uno with Grammi and Grampi for a very long time and then we played our new princess game that Mary got for us.

Wednesday, March 23

After taking Grammi to work, we came home and played for a while.  Then Grampi made a list of stuff we needed, and we went to Kahului to shop.  Grampi asked us what we’d like for lunch, and we asked if we could go to IHOP.  We had pancakes and bacon.  Bryanna got to go into the restroom by herself with Grampi waiting outside the door.  We went home to play until it was time to go get Grammi.  As soon as we got home, Grammi took us to the pool to practice our diving and swimming under water.  For dinner, we had BBQ steak, French fries and salad.  Dessert was cantaloupe, strawberries, and ice cream.  We went frog hunting with the new flashlight Grampi bought at Lowe’s.  Grammi read us two stories when we went to bed, and then it was time for light’s out.

Thursday, March 24

After breakfast, we took Grammi to work.  After dropping her off, we went to Star market to buy yogurt for Grammi & took it to her.  We went home for a while – had snack & Grampi read from the scary Garfield book while we ate yogurt and donuts.

Went to Foodland for drinks to have with lunch & bought 2 Sponge Bob coloring books.  We talked about going to see Robots at the movies, but Bailey couldn’t be persuaded to see it by Grampi and Bryanna, so we went to Taco Bell, bought lunch and took it to Kalama Park.  We played in the park after lunch – met a girl named Misty who was 4 years old & we played follow the leader with her.  We got really hot and sweaty, and Bryanna asked Grampi if we could go home so we went to Lappert’s for ice cream & took it home to eat.  The ice cream was delicious.  We colored in our new books & watched Dragon Tales & then Sponge Bob.  Picked Grammi up from work and went home to play while Grammi fixed leftover pizza & KFC with salad.  Grampi read more from the Garfield book while we ate dinner.  He even read Psyco Pizza again, so Grammi could hear it.  After dinner, it was still a little bit light, so we played outside with Bailey and Samantha.

Friday, March 25

Went swimming before we took Grammi to work.

Went to the recycling center & dropped off our plastics.

Had lunch – bacon, yogurt, wheat thins with squirt cheese and juice.

                     Bailey had 3 bacons, lime yogurt and apple juice

                     Bryanna had 3 bacons, pina colada yogurt and orange juice

Took Karen to the airport.

Went to Walmart looking for toys – no luck.

Went to K mart & found two Sponge Bob toys.

Picked Grammi up at work.

Went to Cheeseburgers for dinner.

Had Lappert’s ice cream for dessert.

Played with our new toys before bed.

Watched the last half of Madeline when we went to bed.

Saturday, March 26

Pool closed today because somebody pooped in it! 

Took Grammi to work & Grampi got doughnuts for snack.

Came home & had snack & watched some TV.

Took a walk with Grampi.

Picked up Grammi & took home Chinese food from Panda Express.

What beautiful colors

Colored Easter eggs, both hard boiled and raw.  We got really messy hands, but it was lots of fun and the eggs were very pretty.

George & Janet came over with chocolate bunnies for us. They stayed to watch old movies of Bryanna and Bailey from 2003 & 2004 – Sparks & Maui 

Grammi read stories at bedtime.  Grampi had to go to the store to see if he could find corn on the cob for Easter dinner.  They didn’t have any.

Sunday, March 27

The bunny hid our eggs all over the house and even on the lanai.  We were glad he didn’t make a mistake and hide the raw eggs along with the cooked ones.   We got up fast when Grammi came into the bedroom and said, “Happy Easter.”  We got some nice surprises from the Easter Bunny, like sets of rings inside neat cases, bracelets, whale key chains, coloring books, and reading books.  We also got some little presents from Grammi and Grampi. 

While we were finishing our breakfast of bacon, scrambled eggs and English muffins, Mommy and Daddy called us.  We got to talk to both of them for a long time, and we told them all about what we’ve been doing.

Phoning home

We were going to go into town to look for corn on the cob, but Grammi took us for a walk first, and we got so sweaty, that she decided to let us go swimming for about an hour first.  When we got to town, we went to the mall to run an errand at Sears, and we found some cute short and shirt outfits that we tried on in the dressing room.  They looked adorable on us, so we bought them.  We wanted to get pretzels and smoothies for lunch, but, because it was Easter, they were closed, so we went to Jack In the Box for hamburgers, which Bryanna loved, and the rest of us didn’t. 

The markets didn’t have any corn so we went home and swam for a long time.  We then played before we had ham, rice, corn, garlic bread, and baked beans, which Grammi said we didn’t have to have any of.  After dinner, we took some Easter eggs and candy up to George and Janet.  We were going to play dominoes, but we found a neat show on Animal Planet, so we all watched that.  Then it was bedtime, and Grammi read us our new books, along with a library book and the story of Easter from the children’s Bible.  Bryanna learned how to read some new words, and we will practice them, so she can surprise Mommy and Daddy in a few days.

Monday, March 28

We went to Kula planning to go to the Kula Lodge for lunch, but we found that the cheapest thing on the menu was a $14.00 hamburger, so we changed our minds about eating there.  We drove around looking for horses to feed with the two bags of carrots we bought and it was raining really hard, so we were worried that we wouldn’t be able to get out of the van, but the rain stopped just before we found the same horse we fed the last time time Bry and Bai were here.  She was very friendly, and happy to get the carrots.

We went to Bada Bing for a late lunch / early dinner.  When we got home, we swam for a while and then read and played until bedtime. We slept like logs after a busy day.

Tuesday, March 29

Grampi worked today, so Grammi cleaned house while we played.  Then she took us to the pool for the rest of the morning.  We had a late lunch, and when Grampi got home, we had salad, leftover Easter ham, beans, corn, and rice.  Also, Grammi made Garlic Knots, like Bada Bing serves, but they weren’t as good.  After dinner, Jim and Ginny came over to visit and we went to swim at the pool for an hour, until after dark.  When they left, we got into bed, and Grammi read to us.

Wednesday, March 30

After breakfast, we each peeled eggs for the egg salad that Grammi wanted to make.  We drove into Kahului looking for some good workbooks for the plane trip, but we didn’t find anything Grammi thought was good enough.  Since we were in town, we Ruby’s for lunch and had pancakes, bacon, and scrambled eggs.  As soon as we got home, Grammi went to save our places at the pool, and we went to the pool at 1:30, and stayed until after the Mai Tai party was over.  We swam during most of that time, and we got to play dominoes with Grammi and Judy.  When we went home, Grammi gave us bowls of egg salad and crackers to spread it on.  We also had cantaloupe and some other stuff to go with it.  We went to bed at 7:30 because we were all verrrry tired. 

Thursday, March 31

We had a fun day.  Breakfast of chocolate chip pancakes and bacon was early, so we could go to the beach.  We went to Ulua.  We got a great spot right near the water in the shade.  Bry and Bai played in the sand, and took a long walk all by themselves.  When it got warmer, we all went in the water.  Bailey was afraid to go past the waves.  Grammi persuaded her to let her carry her in and jump a few of the waves.  Bryanna went all the way in with Grampi and swam and floated on the little float.  Grampi took her over to look for fish at the reef.  Then Grammi, Bry and Bai went to the rocks and went tide pooling.  We found lots of creatures, especially sea cucumbers.  When we got home, we had peanut butter sandwiches for lunch, and then went to the pool for an hour.  Bryanna said that she likes swimming in the pool more than swimming in the ocean.  We cleaned out our drawers and played with our parasols on the lanai for a while after that.  We all played UNO, and then Grammi put a movie on in the bedroom for us and she and Grampi relaxed for a while.  For dinner, we had meatloaf and spaghetti. 

Friday, April 1

We went to Haiku again today, to feed the horses.  We found two beautiful ones to feed and pet. 

We also went back to the neat park we went to last time.  We ran and played for a long time, and had a lot of fun.

We had a picnic there and stayed so long that we had to hurry home because Judy and Bill and Jeannie were supposed to come over for dinner.  We stopped at Safeway to get the pizzas, and Grammi made a pie.  Just before they were supposed to get here, Bill called to say that Jeannie was sick and had to go to the hospital, so they couldn’t come over after all.  We went to swim in the pool until almost sunset, and then we went over to the beach to hunt for crabs.  The sunset was beautiful, with lots of pink and red streaks in the sky.

Saturday, April 2

We did a lot of cleaning today.  Grammi and Grampi moved the furniture in the living room, too.  After lunch, we went to the Whale Foundation Store and bought new sea horses and four pair of sunglasses.  We also got to have ice cream cones. 





Then we went to the park in the Iao Valley, where we walked through the bamboo forest like last year.  Poor Grampi slipped on some mud and fell part way down, hurting his arm.  Grammi drove home because it hurt so badly.  Judy and Bill came over for dinner, and took Bry and Bai to the pool for a few minutes while Grammi got everything ready.  We had pizza and salad and chocolate cream surprise pie for dessert.  The surprise was cookies and cream pudding.  Both of us ate some of the pie.  After dinner, we all played Uno, and then Bry and Bai went to bed on the fold-out and watched Shrek, while the grown-ups played 5000.

Sunday, April 3

We went on our last whale watch today, but first we had to take Grampi to the doctor because his arm was hurting a lot.  He got some medicine, and decided not to go on the whale watch with us.  Kathy and Paul went with us, and we saw a few whales up close. 

  

The wind was blowing hard.  When we got home, we had spam and cheddar wraps and chicken noodle soup for lunch.  After Grammi did a little cleaning, we went to the pool for two hours.  We played hard and wore Grammi out.  Dinner was leftover pizza, and Grammi gave us pop-sicles for dessert.

Monday, April 4

This was our last full day on Maui until we get to come here the next time. Grammi crawled into bed with us for a little while before we got up.  We were sad to leave, but happy that we would be going home.  

Grammi and Grampi wanted us to have fun all day.  They had to do some work around the house, but then we went to the public pool for a while.  We were going to dive off the diving board, but we both decided that it was just too high, so we dove off the side into the 13 foot deep pool.  We swam out to the middle, where Grammi was waiting, and Bailey swam back to the side, and got scared because the distance from the water to the deck was far away.  Grammi helped us to get out of the pool, and we went into the other pool to play.  

When we were done, we went home and Grammi made us grilled cheese and bacon sandwiches and read us two stories from the new book that we got for the airplane.  After that, we went to our pool for a few hours!  We were really hungry after all that swimming, so we went to Peggy Sue’s for an early dinner.  We also went to Long’s to buy leis for our friends.  

Back at home, we played quietly, and at 8:00, which is bedtime, Grammi asked us if we wanted to go swimming for a while!  We sure did!  We love to swim when it's dark.

One last dip in the pool

We had a great time, and we finally got into bed at 9:15, after our showers.  Bryanna told Grampi that tomorrow was going to be a sad day and a happy day.

Tuesday, April 5

Today we go home!  We are excited to see Mommy and Daddy, and all our friends.  The flight home was great.  We got to sit together for most of the time, because we were playing so nicely.  We were really happy to see Daddy and Mommy waiting for us at the airport, ready to take us home in our NEW TRUCK!!  But we are already planning our next trip to Maui, because we love it there so much.