What the....what?????

Buddy's been hounding me to take him to Lagoon since we stepped foot in Utah....Well, that's a lie, the first thing he had to do was go pee, then it was "when are we going to Lagoon?" Today was the day. We rode the cannibal as soon as we entered the park....and then he pretty much lost interest. Errrrm....where did my roller coaster loving boy go? In his defense, since it's Memorial Day the lines were crazy, so we did his favorite rides and high tailed it out of there....because seriously, we have season passes, no need to extend the torture all in one day when we can drag it out over a month!!!!

 Afterwards, I took him to do one of the two things I've been excited to do while we're in Utah....rock climbing. Unfortunately, Buddy has to be 12 to be able to belay me, but it seriously worked out in his favor!!!! He had a blast.....

And from the blisters and arthritis flare ups in my hands, apparently I did too!!!!! So all in all a super fantastic, Lagoon is better with cousins, day!

Payback....

When we moved to Hawaii, I left quite a few things in my parents' barn. I'm certain they appreciate my thoughtfulness...I mean, if they really start missing me, they can just go to their barn and look longingly at my junk  very important valuables. Every summer Buddy likes to crack in there and play with all of those fantastic treasures! It's like a gold mine in there, well, it is if you're under the age of 11...and I'm not sure the number should really even be that high! Anyway, Buddy decided to break into the barn today and he rediscovered his wagon. Somehow I convinced him that he owed me a very long wagon ride as payback for his earlier years. Of course he was more than happy to accommodate....

What a good boy! In other news, I just bought our tickets for Disneyland near the end of June! Woohoo!!!!!! We are so excited!!!! Is it weird that I have my hotel room booked and bought our passes into Disneyland but haven't figured out transportation to get there???? Errrrr, I should probably work on that! So all in all a super fantastic, getting a free ride, day!

Pyromaniacs

We already know my boy has pyromaniac tendencies. Here is my boy helping me fuse some ropes for scouts...

 Of course he had to up the ante and really go for some serious fusing.....

 Turns out it runs in families. Less than one hour off of the plane in Utah and he's doing this with his papaw and cousins....

Yep, that looks about right! So all in all a super fantastic, at least there was a fire pit, day!

Tweenagers!

I had to go to the only Scout store on the island today, which means we had to take a 90 minute drive over to Hilo. Buddy didn't want to be all alone and bored, so he asked his BFF to come along and be bored with him.....great plan, right???? Anyway, I asked the boys if they wanted to go to the zoo while we were in Hilo (yet again, the only zoo on the island). They wholeheartedly declined that offer, but asked if they could go to the mall???? WHAT???? I mean seriously, WHAT?????? The mall excursion ended with these 2 yokels getting singing ties with pictures of ham and bacon on them! Who knew malls could be so exciting????? Apparently these two did!!!!

In other news, I also bought the boys a cute book with some of the works of Edgar Allan Poe. In other, other news, I read them some of his stories before bed. In other, other, other news.....I don't think reading a story about chopping someone up and then hiding them under the floor board right before bed was the best parenting decision I've ever made! So all in all a super fantastic, go to sleep already boys, day!

Dictator!

A few days ago while Buddy and I were at the community pool, we noticed an outlet blowing high pressured water into the side of the pool. Not only did it have the really awesome ability to jiggle the fat on my legs/arms/you name it, in ways I didn't think were humanly possible, but Buddy could configure himself near the outlet to do the funniest things with his bubbles....thus the pictures from yesterday's stent at the pool. Unfortunately, no matter how much I try, I cannot sink for the life of me and can't stay under the water for more than 2 seconds without being buoyed right back up! One of these days I'm going to be thankful for my surgically implanted lifesaving devices! Anyway, since Buddy and I have rediscovered the GoPro (underwater camera that was sitting on Shane's workdesk for possibly the last year....not sure if he was actually working on it while it was on the aforementioned workdesk), we decided to bring it for our snorkeling adventure up at Mahukona today....The boys wanted to stay at home and play video games. I gently (not really, but let's pretend I'm nice) reminded them that we live in Hawaii and playing video games in the middle of a day, on a day off of work and school is totally LAME!!!!! 

I fully support my dictatorship position! Of course next time I support my dictatorship position I think I may be wearing a wet suit, because seriously I've become a wuss and this 73 degree ocean was freezing me out! So all in all a super fantastic, putting my foot down, day!

That's Entertainment!!!!

Have I ever mentioned this boy could entertain himself for hours on end with a cardboard box? May I present today's watery cardboard box......

 So all in all a super fantastic, who knew a pool inlet could be so exciting, day!

Reunited....

Buddy's BFF has returned from his stent of "getting famous". Buddy stole him for the afternoon and now the lucky ducks have somehow convinced their mothers to a sleepover during the school week. I'm just worried the boys are going to get bored.....Heck, who am I kidding, those two goobers rolled around in a parking lot for 2 hours straight  just running into each other nonstop and giggling their heads off like it was the best thing since sliced bread. I'm certain they would have kept going, but the sun decided to set, and as much as the boys thought it would be awesome to do it in pitch darkness, I do have my limits!

Now they're giggling their heads off because they're making up voices for Tiny (Buddy's rat). I'm glad they are so easily entertained!  So all in all a super fantastic, go to sleep already boys, day!