Natalie and I just returned from a little mother-daughter trip. It was awesome, but let me first back up and explain how this trip came about.
A few years ago Andrew suggested I get away for a couple days while he watched the kids as a kind of "mother's retreat" (he has always felt a little guilty that his job takes him out of town so much and thought it would be fun for me to be the one that was out of town). That first year I met my best friend from high school in the Tri-cities (she lives in Seattle) and we spent the weekend doing "girl stuff." The following year Andrew offered to watch the kids again, but instead of getting together with a friend, I thought it would be fun to get away with one of my children. Alas, the annual mother-child trip was started. Each year I go on vacation with one of my children and they get to pick the destination. We only have 1 rule: the child whose turn it is to pick can't pick Disneyland or Disney World - for obvious reasons. :-) I went to Maui with Ally in 2005, Spring Training in Phoenix with Nicholas in 2006, and 2007 found me in Honolulu with my sweet Natalie. My grandparents even joined us this year.
Spending time with Natalie was wonderful - the weather in Honolulu was not. The wind blew like crazy and it rained, A LOT. We, nevertheless, made the best of it. Natalie's favorite thing to do was ride the city bus. It cost $2 and we rode that bus all over the island! We also went to the zoo, aquarium, shopping, and ran to the ocean every time the sun peaked out. The good news is no one got sunburned!
Natalie on her favorite thing . . .the bus! She's also giving the Hang Loose sign.
Check out that wind-blown hair!
A sun break
Hula Lessons
Natalie with Grandma and Grandpa
6 comments:
That looks like so much fun--hurricane conditions and all. I'm glad you guys had a fun getaway. Can't wait to hear where Mr. Adam gets to go next.
Natalie is so cute! How great to spend one on one time with her!!!!
I've been so excited to hear about the trip! Bad weather in Hawaii is still IN HAWAII! Natalie looks like she still had a great time. Welcome back to the tundra.
Wow. Um, I'm totally speechless. I was not prepared for the awesomeness of those trips. Cool, very cool tradition!!!
I didn't know you did this. What a great tradition with your kids.
Too bad about the wind and rain, but it looks like you both still managed to have a great time.
What a beautiful place to get to spend some one on one with Natalie. So does that mean that Adam gets to pick when he is four. How fun!
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