Keiki Valentine's Day

The Waiohai had a Keiki (children's) Valentine's Day Activity.  The kids participated and made boxes and frames, yarn leis and sun catchers, PB&Js and cupcakes.  They played BINGO.  Ian won the first round.  Stefan and Dougie won the second.  Dougie was the only honorable one (a shock, quite frankly) and turned in his card after he won.  Eric made the other two put theirs down.

Even Stefan, who had been insisting he would not have a good time, enjoyed himself.  Didn't hurt that a boy he had befriended was there.  Oh, and he won the "guess the number of hearts in the jar" contest.  He was within five...  Sheesh!  He got quite a bag of goodies for that!

I had said we needed to get more ice-cream while we were here.  Stefan's favorite shop is Papalani Gelato, just across the street.  He and Dougie got the Mud Pie (my fave! Coffee, Oreos, coconut, fudge).  Ian picked out the Lava Flow (Pineapple, Coconut with Strawberry sauce).  Notice who is looking really impish about his ice-cream (that looks NOTHING like the above description)?!?

Ian did what he does best.  Got.  His.  Way...

The Ever-Sweet-Stefan let Ian keep the Mud Pie and happily ate the Pina Colada Lava Flow.

Crab Hunting

We started Fat Tuesday with a good helping of fresh Malasadas!  The Portuguese sugar-doughnut that is enjoyed here in Hawaii, especially on Mardi Gras, sell out FAST!  We got in line right when they opened and ended up with the last two bags!

I vowed that we needed to have more ice-cream while we were here.  The kids & Pop took that to mean "ice-cream of any variety/caliber".  Drumsticks for brekkies have become commonplace...

My intention was really to get more Lappert's...  coconut macadamia nut ice cream!  We took the boys for a walk up to Lappert's this afternoon while Grammie & Pop went to pick up some fresh Mahi Mahi

for dinner.  They met us at the ice-cream shop and we enjoyed some Kauai Pie, Coconut/Macadamia Nut/Caramel, and Kona Coffee waffle cones!

After saluting the sunset and having an amazing dinner of fresh fish, the boys went on an airplane ride...

Sneek attacked Daddy...

And basically got tickle-tortured!

Then we donned the headlamps and went on a crab hunt - a Klipper-Klan tradition (http://anthonlogy.blogspot.com/2012/03/crabby.html).

The crabs are smaller than the palm of your hand and the holes vary in size - anywhere from finger-sized to full arm-sized (like the one below).  Hole size is much less an indicator of crab size, much the same way the size of our homes are not indicative of our size...

You stick your hand down the hole so you can put your finger on the crab - honestly, it is to keep them from getting hurt.  And to keep from you getting pinched!  You dig under the hole so the crab, in theory, drops into the hole.  Sometimes, you catch something unexpected...

We caught three of the crabs in a cup.  I had visions of them skitting across the beach, and boys toes, when we realized them.  OK, I DREAMED they would scamper across the boys toes...  turned out they needed a little encouragement.

The best way to get the sand off?  A little foot-wash and a spa :)