Bunny Ears Everywhere

Finishing up our Easter fun, this was A's first year that she really got into the whole Easter egg hunt activity.  So of course we had to mix things up a little bit and you should have seen her face when there were pieces of paper in the eggs and not prizes...huh?!  She quickly got the hang of things when she started picking prizes from the bunny stash, including a pair of glasses that double as a straw.  I remembered having a pair of these when I was a kid, so when I saw them they were a must have.
Penelope was happy as long as she could chew on the eggs and try to rip the ears off of her sister.  Oh and a little food on the face.
Another Easter, another great meal, another day at the Mandarin Art Festival and for Adelaide another day of golf obsession.

Baseball

A new activity for the girls this weekend, first visit to see the Jacksonville Suns. A was really excited when we got there, but the excitement did die down when there wasn't a lot of cheering happening.
A was also excited to get an Easter egg from Sunny the Bunny and I was excited that I managed to actually catch it when it was thrown into the stands. In true Penelope fashion she was just excited about her new food selection, French fries.
We knew that the girls wouldn't last the entire game, but we did keep them awake until the seventh inning so that A could learn a new song, may have been a mistake because she is now obsessed!  The baseball stadium is about 30 minutes from our house and A made us sing to her the entire way home and then immediately asked for the song again when she woke up.  One fun fact Adelaide will hate reading one day in this blog when printed is that the obsession with the song never ended and now when she is sitting on the potty we have to sing it to her.

Hippity Hop

First stop of the Easter weekend activities, the golf club.  All eyes, especially Penelope's, were on the bunny.  Adelaide didn't just fill her bucket this year, she was so excited for the egg hunt she also filled her sisters bucket.  Last year she was pretty timid with the whole thing, but this year she got in there and I thought was going to start throwing elbows.  The difference this year was that she didn't exactly pick up the eggs, the golf club also threw out snack bags of animal crackers and I don't think any other kids were able to get those after A was done.  As expected P was the spectator, but she was not taking her eyes off of that big white thing with ears.

Fast forward a few weeks and when we took A to the driving range her first question was...where is the bunny?  Apparently in her mind, the bunny is a permanent course fixture.

Aloha

This family spent 9 days saying aloha to the beach, sand, waves, ahh yes, the Pacific!  Adelaide and Penelope had their first dip in the Pacific Ocean, but the water was a bit cold in March so there wasn't too much wave jumping happening.  I should probably back up a little bit to mention how and why we landed in Hawaii for our vacation.

To make a long story short, we were first going to go to the Mediteranean for a family event that was later canceled, so then we had the bright idea to fly to Barcelona and cruise from there.  Well surprise, the ship sank.  Yes, the Costa Concordia was the exact ship we were to take in March.  So much for that cruise.

Of course we are thankful that we were not on this ship, we were also bummed that there were now no vacation plans.  This was the point where we said, "Mom, just pick something."  Next thing you know our inboxes were full of itineraries for a trip to Hawaii and a stay at the famous Turtle Bay.  If some of the photos jog your memory and you aren't sure why, it is because this resort has been featured in a ton of moves.  In fact, our 3 bedroom villa was across the lawn from all of the infamous shots in Forgetting Sarah Marshall.

Getting there:  when you tell people that you took two little ones on a vacation, they don't care much about the trip it is all about the plane ride.  I would like to report that my babies were ANGELS and that is not me over exaggerating.  Neither child screamed or cried the entire trip.  It definitely helped that we had bulkhead seats with a bassinet.  Penelope played in the bassinet, napped in it and all was great.  Other passengers were high-fiving us and some didn't even know that we had children with us until they saw us getting off of the plane.  Now I do question why I can't get them to behave like this at home all of the time.

So on to the fun stuff...Penelope put herself in jail, we went through multiple bottles of suntan lotion, ate off of shrimp trucks, rode a train through the Dole Plantation, golfed, spa treatments, napped, went to a luau and most importantly we just relaxed.

Sometimes naps happened outside, because getting into dry clothes and into the villa was too much effort after all of that pool time.

Strolling, lots and lots of strolling around the grounds.

First time in the Pacific for both girls and the truth is, we could have just been in St Augustine because the pool was much more fun to Adelaide.

All aboard!!!  Adelaide loves trains, so to be able to take her on this little tour of the Dole Plantation was a great experience.  Of course we couldn't leave this local without a Dole whip.

Russ's restaurant of choice EVERY time he is in Hawaii, Cholo's.

This was also the week that Penelope tried just about any food she could get her hands on, literally.  This child eats and eats and eats, I would bet that most mornings she out ate her sister.

Once upon a time A was a shy, quiet little girl that didn't stray far from my side.  This was not the trip for that little girl.  We were at the luau and when they called A up to the stage, she ran.  A listened to all of the instructions, did a dance and then had to be coaxed off of the stage.

Another great trip in the books for this fun bunch.  Only a few more months until the next one and we can't wait.