Four-legged Fun

The week before last week was such a "lame" one for us with my gimpy wrist holding us back and all, that I decided we needed to get out of the house a bit more this week.

First we met up with some friends at the mall to enjoy a bug display and Safari train that was set up, and the they definitely didn't disappoint. Here are the kids doing their best bug impressions . . .

Notice that Charley has perfected the Princess wave . . . .

Cormac's birthday, and even though mommy couldn't get wet, the kids managed to get wet and sandy enough for all of us. Then we started the weekend with another beach birthday party (Happy 5th Birthday Liam!), followed by an evening at the "Dive 'n Movie" at the local waterpark. They set up an enormous floating movie screen in the wave pool every Friday night and show popular movies, new and old. You can either watch the movie from the pool itself, or you can opt to stay dry and sit on the hillside . . . we chose the latter this time around. This week they were showing Madagascar 2, so the kids were in heaven, for about an hour anyway, until they literally passed out from exhaustion on Brian. We decided to head home at that point, which ended up being a blessing in disguise because the waterpark started on fire and was evacuated only a couple minutes after we left thanks to some fireworks. Apparently fireworks on dry grass is not a good combination.

On Saturday I managed to talk Heather into letting me borrow Sawyer for a couple hours while she took her boys to swimming lessons, and as you can see, she's changed quite a bit in her short six weeks of life. Absolutely beautiful . . .

We ended the week on a high note by going to an amateur polo match on the North Shore with three other families (8 adults and 10 kids) . . . and let me tell you, this is definitely one of my favorite things we've done so far on the island. Tailgating is encouraged, so we took the spots with a view . . . although in all reality, there is no "bad" view when you are talking about the North Shore of Oahu.

Not a bad week if you ask me.

I finally got my stitches taken out today, and even though I've lost a little bit of mobility in my wrist, the doctor thinks I will not need physical therapy (thank goodness) and will heal fine by doing my own exercises at home. While I'm very relieved to have the arm wrap off and the stitches out, I was disappointed when he told me that I still couldn't submerge my hand in water AT ALL for two more weeks, with the exception of taking showers. And while I'm relieved to be able to take showers again (I was really starting to stink ;)), do you know how hard it is to be a stay-at-home mom in Hawaii that can't do dishes, bathe the kids, or go to the beach, waterpark, or pool? Okay, so maybe I can deal with no dishes and baths . . . but the beach? Woe is me . . . :(