Shane awoke on Monday feeling right as rain, so he made plans to play some island pickle ball while I took Isaac for a sunrise walk. A pre-sunrise walk, actually. Buddy was up at 5 am and jiggling the door handle begging to go outside by 5:30… The hotel coffee shop opened at 6am and I was first in line!
Dark, schmark. This boy was ready to roll.
A new day dawns in Maui! Such promise…
Isaac loved this wide-open lawn. I thought I’d sit down with my back against that tree and finish my latte while he ran wild, but then he tried to cut in on a couple of guys playing football, then he tried to climb the rocks down to the ocean, then he started chasing after a stray cat, and then I gave in and the two of us played a too-early game of tag.
We headed back to the room around 7:30 to find sister still snoozing. Rise and shine, girl!
We walked up to the market for acai bowls and a sausage scramble.
Morning nap for the early riser…
And then pool time!
So much pool time. The four of us felt so good to feel so good.
Isaac dug his first water slide. Next year he might be zipping down this thing on his own!
Juliette’s freckles were poppin’ by this point, which made me so happy! (They’ve already faded by now…)
We did the slide circuit several times over, lunched at our lounge chairs, and then got back in. I had a fleeting thought that maybe we should go exploring, go see something new, but then again, if it ain’t broke…
At this point I think Isaac officially pooped out. WE DID IT! We exhausted the energizer bunny! Afternoon nap was goooooood.
There was some late afternoon beach play…
And then dinner at the Chens’ hotel, where Isaac refused to sit still at the table for even a minute (bunny was BACK!), so Shane and I took turns playing with him out front while the other parent ate.
Evening zoomies on our favorite lawn…
And then a set of pushups to round out the day? We walked back to our room and Isaac snoozed deeply while Shane, Juliette and I watched Rookie of the Year, which was just how I remembered it from 30 years ago, for better and for worse.
Tuesday morning brought more coffee and scones in the dark.
I will say, I do very much enjoy watching the sky turn from blue-gray to lavender to pink.
Isaac stopped to take a call on the grass…
And then Juliette joined us as Shane was heading out for pickle ball day 2. This girl does not awake with quite the same joie de vivre as her brother, but she comes around…
His pants were soaked and came off within a minute of us landing on the beach.
And then the onesie…Â I tried to teach this kid a healthy respect for the ocean, but when the water is that warm and the waves are that gentle, it’s a hard lesson to learn.
Just one more quick dip, Mom!
Ok, now she’s awake! And ready for a game of tag!
We dried off back at the room and then settled in for a little doze.
Isaac has the best surfer hair post-nap!
We beached a bit before lunch.
And pooled a bit before lunch…
And then actually got in the car for the first time in several days, to grab fish tacos and sandwiches at the food trucks at South Maui Gardens.
We laid low the rest of the afternoon, having hit our sun limit by 1pm. But when the cloud cover rolled in, back to the pool! I walked Juliette over to the Chens’ pool so she could swim with N, then circled back to our pool to hang with Shane and Isaac. I wish I could freeze-frame the sight of the two of them swirling and laughing together, caught up in their own world… I mean, you know I tried to freeze-frame it, but pictures hardly capture how sweet it was.
Isaac’s afternoon nap had done him good.
Back to the beach!
I waded into the water with Isaac and let the waves lap at his legs. Juliette said she was too tired to play anymore, but her fatigue was short-lived.
Seriously, these are the gentlest waves ever, but the look on her face! Such drama! I love her.
It was so cloudy that night that it was hard to tell when the sun actually set, but I’m fairly certain it was below the horizon by the time we headed in.
Ok, I’ll stop now.
…after ice cream. Another two glorious days in the books.
