Hawaii - Day 9 - Saturday!

Today I actually slept in! I woke up at 7 and got ready pretty quick so I could make sure I was in line right before 8 to sign the kids up for the premium things they wanted to do in the kids club, plus sign them up for dinner (you have to sign them up in the morning for meals, as there are limited spots for this).

I ran over at 8 to do sign them up for the Volcano experiment after dinner and then went to go get coffee for us. By the time I got back to the room and got the kids up and ready it was nearly 9 and they wanted to head to the pool right away.  For the next 3 hours they alternated playing in the pool and doing the lazy river (which we joined them a cpl times for).  Otherwise I sat and read (and ate a Mickey bar for breakfast:)

 

Piper then got the courage to try the water slide that you go down in without a tube raft- which she loved!  The kids and Matt all did that for quite awhile.

Around noon we decided to go in for a bit- the kids were wilting a bit in the heat (and so was I!).  We went up to go get dried off and then decided to go into town a bit to get some lunch. 

We got the car from valet and then drove the 8 minutes to the closest shopping center.  The kids got McDonalds and Matt and I got takeout sushi from a little place.  It was pretty good considering it was just a strip mall place.  We took the food back to the room to eat and the kids played their DS for awhile to wind down a little.  I also took this time to run down to the family lounge and print boarding passes for tomorrow. So sad to think we were leaving!

After awhile we decided to go and play the Menehune game for a bit.  This time Aidan and I joined up while P and Matt played as a team.  We lasted about 20 minutes before the heat started getting to us.  It was def the hottest day so far on our trip! 

 

Matt returned the games to the community hall and hung our there with the kids while I ran up to get our books.  I met them back in the hall and we all just sat for an hour in the air conditioned quiet.  Aidan played wii for awhile and P colored (they have markers and coloring sheets in the cupboards there).   Matt and I read our books.  It was nice:)

 

At 4:30 we went to drop them off at the clubs so they could eat dinner and then do their Volcano class (they do the typical volcano experiment as well as learn about how the islands were formed).  Matt and I then headed over to Monkeypod (on foot maybe a 5 min walk) for their happy hour.  It was great!  We ended up each having 3 drinks (wine and beer on special) plus a shared appetizer (pumpkin ravioli) and 2 pizzas (a pear, gorgonzola arugula one and a mushroom truffle oil one) for a total of $75 with tip/tax.  Not bad!  It was all VERY good. 

After our early dinner we walked back to the hotel and grabbed our nice camera to take some pics of the resort and then took a walk to the beach where we saw the seal swimming once.  We got so lucky- there was one on the rocks!  They had little signs up and a cpl volunteers out answering questions about him.  We ran back to get the kids and P was so excited to finally see a monk seal!  We learned that his name was Benny and he was an aggressive adolescent male.  Piper also told the volunteer all about her stuffed monk seal we got her (that she named Spotty Lovey Jr McMonkseal) .  It was a great way to end the evening!

 

After that we went back to the room and changed into our swimsuits so we could hit the pools one last night. We got down there and the kids swam for awhile and Matt and I got one last drink (the vodka ginger lemonade that we love so much- and was our first drink here!).  So sad!

The kids and Matt then went down the water slides a cpl more times before they closed at 8 and then alternated between the pool and hot tub.  I sat back and talked a bunch with this lady who was on holiday from Australia.  I love meeting people on trips!

 

After awhile we spilt up and Matt took some pics at night of the resort since we didn't do it earlier in the week.

While Matt did that, I took the kids to go get treats from the ice cream case in the gift shop and P got one last souvenir (she finally got a Duffy Bear- it’s a Disney exclusive build a bear of sorts and you can get dif outfits at the parks and resorts).  The kids got settled into bed, started watching a movie and then fell asleep within 5 minutes.  They were wiped!

 

 

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